| 1 | Silke Gladisch-Möller | GDR | |
21,74 | |
| 2 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | |
21,96 | |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | |
22,06 | |
| 4 | Pam Marshall | USA | 22,18 | ||
| 5 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 22,40 | ||
| 6 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 22,52 | NR | |
| 7 | Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 22,52 | ||
| 8 | Nadezhda Georgieva | BUL | 22,55 |