| 1 | Marie-José Perec | FRA | 23,16 | Q |
| 2 | Jennifer Stoute | GBR | 23,50 | Q |
| 3 | Sabine Tröger | AUT | 23,76 | Q |
| 4 | Krasimira Ilyeva | BUL | 23,86 | |
| 5 | Ingrid Verbruggen | BEL | 24,37 |
| 1 | Regula Aebi | SUI | 23,71 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Papillina | URS | 23,82 | Q |
| 3 | Sisko Hanhijoki | FIN | 23,86 | Q |
| 4 | Maria Fernström | SWE | 24,47 |