| 1 | Ionela Tirlea | ROM | 52,30 | Q |
| 2 | Helena Fuchsova | CZE | 52,35 | |
| 3 | Marina Zivkovic | YUG | 53,85 | |
| 4 | Dursan Öznur | TUR | 53,91 |
| 1 | Grit Breuer | GER | 51,33 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Shepikina | RUS | 52,03 | |
| 3 | Hana Benesova | CZE | 52,75 | |
| 4 | Dora Kyriacou | CYP | 53,47 |
| 1 | Olga Kotlyarova | RUS | 52,29 | Q |
| 2 | Virna de Angeli | ITA | 52,65 | |
| 3 | Nadeshda Kostovalova | CZE | 52,70 | |
| 4 | Emma Nicholson | IRL | 53,63 |