| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petra Pfaff |
GDR
|
55.77 | |
| 2 | Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun |
URS
|
55.99 | |
| 3 | Ann-Louise Skoglund |
SWE
|
56.01 | |
| 4 | Susan Morley |
GBR
|
56.09 | |
| 5 | Debbie Flintoff-King |
AUS
|
56.63 | |
| 6 | Gwen Wall |
CAN
|
56.68 | |
| 7 | Judi Brown-King |
USA
|
57.98 | |
| Hilde Fredriksen |
NOR
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Ambraziené |
URS
|
55.18 | |
| 2 | Ellen Neumann-Fiedler |
GDR
|
55.23 | |
| 3 | Petra Krug |
GDR
|
55.98 | |
| 4 | Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei |
ROU
|
56.71 | |
| 5 | Sharrieffa Barksdale |
USA
|
56.81 | |
| 6 | Nawal El Moutawakel |
MAR
|
57.10 | |
| 7 | Anna Filicková |
TCH
|
57.64 | |
| 8 | Christine Slythe |
CAN
|
58.53 |