| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 | Yanina Pravalinskay-Karolchyk |  BLR | 19.87 Q | 
| 2 | 798 | Vita Pavlysh |  UKR | 18.68 Q | 
| 3 | 180 | Yumileidi Cumbá |  CUB | 18.64 Q | 
| 4 | 344 | Astrid Kumbernuss |  GER | 18.54 Q | 
| 5 | 616 | Krystyna Zabawska |  POL | 18.48 Q | 
| 6 | 684 | Svetlana Krivelyova |  RUS | 18.47 Q | 
| 7 | 571 | Lieja Koeman-Tunks |  NED | 17.93 q | 
| 8 | 369 | Kalliópi Ouzoúni |  GRE | 16.82 | 
| 9 | 643 | Elena Hila |  ROU | 16.57 | 
| 10 | 494 | Iolanta Ulyeva |  KAZ | 16.22 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 341 | Nadine Kleinert |  GER | 19.35 Q | 
| 2 | 681 | Irina Korzhanenko |  RUS | 18.96 Q | 
| 3 | 695 | Larisa Peleshenko |  RUS | 18.65 Q | 
| 4 | 68 | Nadzeya Ostapchuk |  BLR | 18.44 Q | 
| 5 | 79 | Elisângela Adriano |  BRA | 18.11 q | 
| 6 | 618 | Katarzyna Zakowicz |  POL | 17.71 | 
| 7 | 508 | Myung-Sun Lee |  KOR | 17.66 | 
| 8 | 130 | Xiaoyan Cheng |  CHN | 17.32 | 
| 9 | 850 | Seilala Sua |  USA | 16.61 | 
| 10 | 124 | Georgette Reed |  CAN | 15.92 |