| 1 | Maria Pinigina | URS | 52,09 | Q |
| 2 | Helga Arendt | FRG | 52,61 | Q |
| 3 | Judit Forgacs | HUN | 52,61 | q |
| 4 | Cristina Perez | ESP | 52,93 | q |
| 5 | Fabienne Ficher | FRA | 53,86 | |
| 6 | Semra Aksu | TUR | 55,17 |
| 1 | Gisela Kinzel | FRG | 52,76 | Q |
| 2 | Marzenna Wojdecka | POL | 52,77 | Q |
| 3 | Rossitza Stamenova | BUL | 53,18 | |
| 4 | Gerda Haas | AUT | 53,89 | |
| 5 | Nathalie Simon | FRA | 54,22 |