| 1 | Semra Aksu | TUR | 24,52 | Q |
| 2 | Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 24,69 | |
| 3 | Pia Engström | SWE | 25,19 |
| 1 | Jarmila Kratochvilová | TCH | 23,63 | Q |
| 2 | Olga Antonova | URS | 23,66 | q |
| 3 | Elisabet Pandazi | GRE | 24,59 |
| 1 | Marie-Christine Cazier | FRA | 23,98 | Q |
| 2 | Elzbieta Wozniak | POL | 24,13 | q |
| 3 | Susanna Bergman | SWE | 24,77 | |
| 4 | Sibel Tercan | TUR | 25,18 |
| 1 | Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 23,65 | Q |
| 2 | Els Vader | NED | 24,05 | q |
| 3 | Stepanka Sokolová | TCH | 24,18 | q |