| 1 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | |
1,97 |
| 2 | Tamara Bykova | URS | |
1,94 |
| 3 | Susanne Beyer | GDR | |
1,91 |
| 3 | Elzbieta Trylinska | POL | |
1,91 |
| 5 | Heike Redetzki | FRG | 1,91 | |
| 6 | Janet Boyle | GBR | 1,91 | |
| 7 | Danuta Bulkowska | POL | 1,88 | |
| Emilia Draguyeva | BUL | 1,88 | ||
| Katalin Sterk | HUN | 1,88 | ||
| 10 | Jana Brenkusova | TCH | 1,88 | |
| 11 | Hanne Haugland | NOR | 1,88 | |
| 12 | Ringa Ropo | FIN | 1,85 | |
| Svetlana Issayeva | BUL | 1,85 | ||
| 14 | Diana Davies | GBR | 1,85 | |
| Christine Soetewey | BEL | 1,85 | ||
| 16 | Sigrid Kirchmann | AUT | 1,85 | |
| 17 | Christina Nordström | SWE | 1,80 |