| 1 | Marlies Göhr | GDR | 7,19 | Q |
| 2 | Ludmila Storoshkova | URS | 7,27 | Q |
| 3 | Elvira Poßekel | FRG | 7,38 | |
| 4 | Annie Alize | FRA | 7,44 |
| 1 | Sofka Popova | BUL | 7,26 | Q |
| 2 | Wendy Clarke | GBR | 7,28 | Q |
| 3 | Helinä Laihorinne | FIN | 7,35 | |
| 4 | Ludmila Maslakova | URS | 7,37 |
| 1 | Marita Koch | GDR | 7,23 | Q |
| 2 | Linda Haglund | SWE | 7,28 | Q |
| 3 | Vera Anissimova | URS | 7,35 | |
| 4 | Michelle Walsh | IRL | 7,42 | |
| 5 | Grazyna Rabsztyn | POL | 7,44 |