| 1 | Karoline Käfer | AUT | 54,13 | Q |
| 2 | Svobodka Damyanova | BUL | 54,33 | Q |
| 3 | Tilly Verhoef | NED | 54,48 |
| 1 | Tatyana Goyshchik | URS | 53,23 | Q |
| 2 | Ilona Pal | HUN | 53,26 | Q |
| 3 | Rossitza Stamenova | BUL | 53,45 | q |
| 4 | Mona Evjen | NOR | 55,58 |
| 1 | Elke Decker | FRG | 52,76 | Q |
| 2 | Rosine Wallez | BEL | 53,49 | Q |
| 3 | Christine Champenois | FRA | 54,30 | q |