| 1 | Ilona Usovich | BLR | 51,23 | Q | |
| 2 | Olesya Zykina | RUS | 51,84 | Q | |
| 3 | Grazyna Prokopek | POL | 52,00 | Q | NR |
| 4 | Ionela Manolache | ROM | 52,62 | ||
| 5 | Emma Duck | GBR | 53,02 | ||
| 6 | Yelena Novikova | RUS | 53,66 |
| 1 | Nicola Sanders | GBR | 51,06 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Veshkurova | RUS | 51,69 | Q |
| 3 | Angela Morosanu | ROM | 52,42 | Q |
| 4 | Claudia Hoffmann | GER | 52,76 | |
| 5 | Daniela Reina | ITA | 53,00 | |
| 6 | Zuzanna Radecka | POL | 53,18 |