| 1 | Dagmar Neubauer | GDR | 52,50 | Q |
| 2 | Erica Rossi | ITA | 53,34 | Q |
| 3 | Blanca Lacambra | ESP | 54,34 | |
| 4 | Fabienne Lise | FRA | 54,49 | |
| 5 | Semra Aksu | TUR | 54,54 |
| 1 | Sabine Busch | GDR | 52,92 | Q |
| 2 | Alena Bulirova | URS | 53,53 | Q |
| 3 | Regine Berg | BEL | 53,80 | q |
| 4 | Ratti | ITA | 54,98 | |
| 5 | Patricia Amond | IRL | 56,86 |