| 1 | Claudia Losch | FRG | |
20,45 |
| 2 | Huang Zhihong | CHN | |
20,25 |
| 3 | Christa Wiese | GDR | |
19,75 |
| 4 | Stephanie Storp | FRG | 19,63 | |
| 5 | Heike Hartwig | GDR | 19,44 | |
| 6 | Belsis Laza | CUB | 19,32 | |
| 7 | Sonia Vasickova | TCH | 18,52 | |
| 8 | Li Meisu | CHN | 18,08 | |
| 9 | Ramona Pagel | USA | 17,71 | |
| 10 | Connie Price | USA | 17,47 | |
| 11 | Viktoria Horvath | HUN | 17,10 | |
| 12 | Agnese Maffeis | ITA | 16,95 | |
| 13 | Hanan Khaled | EGY | 15,05 |
| Athletin | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| Claudia Losch | 20,10 | 20,35 | 20,00 | 20,45 | 19,85 | 20,21 |
| Huang Zhihong | 19,58 | 20,25 | 19,94 | 19,98 | 19,99 | x |
| Christa Wiese | 18,02 | 17,99 | 17,55 | 18,32 | 19,75 | 19,48 |
| Stephanie Storp | x | 18,67 | 19,63 | x | x | x |
| Heike Hartwig | x | 18,20 | x | 19,07 | 19,26 | 19,44 |