Eligible	Alicante iz	Rio de Janeiro iz
Semifinalists of 1977 candidates' matches (2)	Akhmylovskaya, Fatalibekova
Quarterfinalists of 1977 candidates' matches (4)	Lemachko	Levitina (wasn't allowed since her brother defected to Israel), Kozlovskaya, Alexandria
From West European zonal 1 (3) No info! Maybe selected from FIDE ZONE 1	García Vicente, Van der Mije	Miles
From West European zonal 2 (3)		Borisova-Ornstein, Hund, Fischdick
From East European zonal (5)	Ivánka, Baumstark	Verőci-Petronić, Polihroniade, Eretová
From Soviet zonal (5)	Gurieli, Litinskaya, Ranniku	Zatulovskaya, Ioseliani
From US zonal (2)	Savereide	Crotto
From Canadian zonal (1)	Shterenberg
From Central American zonal (2)	De Armas Pérez	Carvajal Gamoneda
From South American zonal (3)	Carrasco Araya	Soppe, Cardoso
From West Asian zonal (1)		J.Khadilkar
From Asian Pacific zonal (2)	Kellner, Chan Lai Fung (did not arrive)
From Mediterranean-African zonal (3)	Marković, Bjelajac-Prokopović	Lazarević
Nominated by FIDE (0)
Home player (0)
Replacements (2)	Watai (replaced Chan Lai Fung)