| 1 | Oksana Stepichova | GUS | 23,20 | Q |
| 2 | Iolanda Oanta | ROM | 23,20 | Q |
| 3 | Sabine Tröger | AUT | 23,53 | Q |
| 4 | Regula Anliker-Aebi | SUI | 23,69 | |
| 5 | Karin de Lange | NED | 23,75 | |
| 6 | Monika Spickova | TCH | 24,20 |
| 1 | Natalya Voronova | GUS | 23,47 | Q |
| 2 | Zvetanka Ilyeva | BUL | 23,69 | Q |
| 3 | Sanna Hernesniemi | FIN | 23,89 | Q |
| 4 | Solvi Olsen | NOR | 24,16 | |
| 5 | Muriel Leroy | FRA | 24,16 | |
| Donatella Dal Bianco | ITA | DNS |