| 1 | Ginka Sagorcheva | BUL | 7,99 | Q | |
| 2 | Rita Heggli | SUI | 8,12 | Q | |
| 3 | Yingua Feng | CHN | 8,41 | ||
| 4 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 8,62 | ||
| 5 | Patrizia Lombardo | ITA | 8,65 | ||
| 6 | Maria Usifo | NGR | 9,23 | NR | |
| Flora Hyacinth | ISV | DNS |
| 1 | Cornelia Oschkenat | GDR | 7,87 | Q | |
| 2 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 7,96 | Q | |
| 3 | Stephanie Hightower | USA | 8,10 | q | |
| 4 | Lesly-Ann Skeete | GBR | 8,11 | q | |
| 5 | Marjan Olijslager | NED | 8,15 | q | |
| 6 | Aliuska Lopez | CUB | 8,18 | q | NR |