| 1 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 2:01,70 | Q |
| 2 | Ella Kovacs | ROM | 2:01,75 | Q |
| 3 | Meredith Rainey | USA | 2:02,19 | Q |
| 4 | Aisling Molloy | IRL | 2:02,93 | |
| 5 | Olga Burkanova | URS | 2:03,51 | |
| 6 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 2:03,54 |
| 1 | Violeta Beclea | ROM | 2:01,44 | Q |
| 2 | Lyubov Gurina | URS | 2:01,48 | Q |
| 3 | Charmaine Crooks | JAM | 2:01,63 | Q |
| 4 | Joetta Clark | USA | 2:02,02 | |
| 5 | Gabriele Lesch | GER | 2:02,68 | |
| 6 | Sharon Stewart | AUS | 2:03,98 |