| 1 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 2:06,10 | Q |
| 2 | Zuzana Moravciková | TCH | 2:06,41 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Borisova | URS | 2:06,71 | |
| 4 | Martina van Dam | FRG | 2:07,20 |
| 1 | Milena Matejkovicová | TCH | 2:04,61 | Q |
| 2 | Cristeana Cojocaru | ROM | 2:04,71 | Q |
| 3 | Petra Kleinbrahm | FRG | 2:04,83 | q |
| 4 | Jill McCabe | SWE | 2:05,09 | q |