| 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 Akhrimenko | 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 |
| Claudia Losch | 18,66 | 19,66 | 19,52 | 20,14 | 19,76 | 19,65 |
| Heidi Krieger | 20,00 | 19,69 | x | x | x | 19,04 |
| Natalya Akhrimenko | 19,17 | 19,32 | x | x | x | x |
| Ramona Pagel | 18,27 | 18,93 | 17,59 | 18,81 | 19,25 | 17,96 |
| Mihaela Loghin | 18,27 | 17,64 | 18,44 | x | x | 18,17 |
| Iris Plotzitzka | 17,97 | x | x | 17,75 | 17,00 | 17,70 |
| Judy Oakes | x | 17,65 | 17,85 | |||
| Myrtle Augee | 17,85 | 17,39 | 17,44 | |||
| Peggy Pollock | 17,34 | x | 17,49 | |||
| Ursula Stäheli | 16,26 | 16,43 | 16,98 | |||
| Cong Yuzhen | 15,68 | 16,23 | 16,44 |