| 1 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 4:12,10 | Q |
| 2 | Lyubov Kremlyova | GUS | 4:12,25 | Q |
| 3 | Ivana Kubesova | TCH | 4:12,35 | Q |
| 4 | Elisa Rea | ITA | 4:12,77 | |
| 5 | Christina Cahill | GBR | 4:14,46 | |
| 6 | Melehat Kokalp | TUR | 4:21,67 |
| 1 | Tudorita Chidu | ROM | 4:09,52 | Q |
| 2 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | GUS | 4:09,53 | Q |
| 3 | Theresia Kiesl | AUT | 4:09,62 | Q |
| 4 | Maria Akraka | SWE | 4:09,78 | q |
| 5 | Anna Brzezinska | POL | 4:11,14 | q |
| Carla Sacramento | POR | DNF |