| 1 | Nadeshda Chishova | URS | |
19,41 |
| 2 | Antonina Ivanova | URS | |
18,54 |
| 3 | Marianne Adam | GDR | |
18,30 |
| 4 | Ivanka Christova | BUL | 17,92 | |
| 5 | Ludwika Chewinska | POL | 17,88 | |
| 6 | Galina Nekrasova | URS | 17,68 | |
| 7 | Radostina Vasekova | BUL | 17,60 | |
| 8 | Helena Fibingerová | TCH | 17,40 | |
| 9 | Valentina Cioltan | ROM | 17,09 | |
| 10 | Sigrun Kofink | FRG | 16,18 | |
| 11 | Ana Salagean | ROM | 16,04 | |
| 12 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 15,63 | |
| 13 | Mary Peters | GBR | 14,90 |