| 1 | Anne-Marie van Nuffel | BEL | 2:05,7 | Q |
| 2 | Jolanta Januchta | POL | 2:06,3 | Q |
| 3 | Fita Lovin | ROM | 2:06,4 | |
| 4 | Petra Kleinbrahm | FRG | 2:06,5 | |
| 5 | Mary Appleby | IRL | 2:08,8 |
| 1 | Elizabeth Barnes | GBR | 2:05,2 | Q |
| 2 | Elzbieta Katolik | POL | 2:05,3 | Q |
| 3 | Violeta Zvetkova | BUL | 2:05,3 | q |
| 4 | Kirsti Voldnes | NOR | 2:05,7 | q |
| 5 | Brigitte Koczelnik | FRG | 2:07,7 | |
| 6 | Rosa Colorado | ESP | 2:08,2 |