| 1 | Silke Knoll | GER | 22,94 | Q |
| 2 | Jacqueline Poelman | NED | 23,41 | Q |
| 3 | Giada Gallina | ITA | 23,84 | Q |
| 4 | Lucrecia Jardim | POR | 23,88 | |
| 5 | Fabienne Ficher | FRA | 23,91 | |
| Olga Bogoslovskaya | RUS | DNF |
| 1 | Galina Malchugina | RUS | 23,05 | Q |
| 2 | Petya Pendareva | BUL | 23,67 | Q |
| 3 | Hana Benesova | CZE | 23,70 | Q |
| 4 | Maria Staafgard | SWE | 23,73 | |
| 5 | Marcia Richardson | GBR | 23,95 | |
| 6 | Mireille Donders | SUI | 24,38 |