Qualifying performance 62.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q)
| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | B | Ellina Zvereva |
 BLR |
65.94 Q SB |
| 2 | 2 | B | Natalya Sadova |
 RUS |
65.14 Q |
| 3 | 1 | A | Iryna Yatchenko |
BLR |
65.00 Q |
| 4 | 2 | A | Beatrice Faumuina |
 NZL |
64.58 Q |
| 5 | 3 | A | Stilianí Tsikoúna |
 GRE |
61.52 q |
| 6 | 3 | B | Teresa Machado |
 POR |
61.36 q |
| 7 | 4 | B | Zhili Luan |
 CHN |
61.18 q |
| 8 | 4 | A | Nicoleta Grasu |
 ROU |
60.44 q |
| 9 | 5 | A | Larisa Korotkevich |
RUS |
60.30 q |
| 10 | 6 | A | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari |
 AUS |
60.28 q |
| 11 | 7 | A | Agnese Maffeis |
 ITA |
59.94 q |
| 12 | 5 | B | Anna Söderberg |
 SWE |
59.88 q |
| 13 | 6 | B | Olena Antonova |
 UKR |
59.62 |
| 14 | 8 | A | Fengying Liu |
CHN |
59.50 |
| 15 | 7 | B | Anastasía Kelesídou |
GRE |
59.22 |
| 16 | 8 | B | Edie Boyer |
 USA |
59.18 |
| 17 | 9 | A | Alice Matejková |
 CZE |
58.96 |
| 18 | 9 | B | Elisângela Adriano |
 BRA |
57.88 |
| 19 | 10 | B | Yanling Xiao |
CHN |
56.32 |
| 20 | 11 | B | Lacy Barnes-Mileham |
USA |
55.52 |
| 21 | 10 | A | Suzanne Powell Roos |
USA |
54.22 |
| 22 | 11 | A | Shelley Newman |
 GBR |
53.96 |
| 23 | 12 | A | Tsvetanka Khristova |
 BUL |
53.64 |
| 24 | 13 | A | Aretí Abatzí |
GRE |
49.72 |
| 25 | 14 | A | Husniye Keskin |
 TUR |
48.80 |
| 26 | 12 | B | Siniva Marsters |
 COK |
35.22 |
| 27 | B | Franka Dietzsch |
 GER |
NM | |
| 28 | B | Isabelle Devaluez |
 FRA |
NM | |
| 29 | B | Mette Bergmann |
 NOR |
NM |