| 1 | Natalya Lissovskaya | URS | |
20,52 |
| 2 | Ilona Briesenick | GDR | |
20,28 |
| 3 | Claudia Losch | FRG | |
20,14 |
| 4 | Heidi Krieger | GDR | 20,00 | |
| 5 | Natalya Achrimenko | URS | 19,32 | |
| 6 | Ramona Pagel | USA | 19,25 | |
| 7 | Mihaela Loghin | ROM | 18,44 | |
| 8 | Iris Plotzitzka | FRG | 17,97 | |
| 9 | Judy Oakes | GBR | 17,85 | |
| 10 | Myrtle Augee | GBR | 17,85 | |
| 11 | Peggy Pollock | USA | 17,49 | |
| 12 | Ursula Stäheli | SUI | 16,98 | |
| 13 | Cong Yuzhen | CHN | 16,44 |
| Athletin | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Natalya Lissovskaya | 20,12 | 20,09 | 19,81 | 20,01 | 19,99 | 20,52 |
| Ilona Briesenick | 19,60 | 19,58 | 19,77 | 20,18 | 20,28 | 20,07 |