| 1 | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 42.45 | (1) | TR | 4:34.91 | (2) | | 2:12.86 | (2) | | 7:57.82 | (4) | | 180.336 | TR | - |
| 2 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 44.19 | (14) | | 4:33.77 | (1) | TR | 2:13.92 | (5) | | 7:50.28 | (1) | TR | 181.486 | | +1.150 |
| 3 | Sabine Brehm (Neo) | GDR | 43.55 | (9) | | 4:37.15 | (4) | | 2:13.40 | (3) | | 7:55.42 | (3) | | 181.749 | | +1.413 |
| 4 | Ria Visser (Neo) | NED | 44.30 | (17) | | 4:38.02 | (5) | | 2:12.24 | (1) | TR | 7:53.42 | (2) | | 182.058 | | +1.722 |
| 5 | Olga Plesjkova (Senior) | URS | 43.26 | (5) | | 4:39.39 | (6) | | 2:14.77 | (8) | | 8:02.00 | (6) | | 182.948 | | +2.612 |
| 6 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Senior) | GDR | 44.21 | (16) | | 4:36.91 | (3) | | 2:15.42 | (9) | | 7:58.32 | (5) | | 183.333 | | +2.997 |
| 7 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 43.69 | (11) | | 4:42.77 | (8) | | 2:13.91 | (4) | | 8:07.43 | (7) | | 184.197 | | +3.861 |
| 8 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 42.82 | (3) | | 4:45.91 | (10) | | 2:13.93 | (6) | | 8:21.61 | (11) | SB | 185.275 | SB | +4.939 |
| 9 | Natalja Petrusjova (Senior) | URS | 43.49 | (8) | | 4:46.78 | (11) | SB | 2:16.54 | (10) | | 8:10.29 | (8) | SB | 185.828 | SB | +5.492 |
| 10 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 43.66 | (10) | | 4:47.54 | (12) | | 2:14.18 | (7) | | 8:17.95 | (10) | | 186.104 | | +5.768 |
| 11 | Grietje Mulder (A2) | NED | 44.52 | (19) | | 4:42.34 | (7) | | 2:17.17 | (11) | | 8:10.87 | (9) | TRJ | 186.386 | TRJ, PB | +6.050 |
| 12 | Irina Bogatova (Senior) | URS | 42.98 | (4) | | 4:50.89 | (15) | | 2:18.65 | (14) | | 8:24.96 | (13) | | 188.173 | SB | +7.837 |
| 13 | Irina Fatejeva (Senior) | URS | 43.77 | (12) | | 4:50.04 | (14) | | 2:19.23 | (15) | | 8:22.79 | (12) | | 188.799 | | +8.463 |
| 14 | Sigrid Smuda (Senior) | FRG | 44.59 | (20) | | 4:53.31 | (16) | | 2:17.98 | (12) | | 8:34.26 | (14) | SB | 190.894 | SB | +10.558 |
| 15 | Marie-France van Helden-Vives (Senior) | FRA | 44.03 | (13) | | 4:53.96 | (17) | | 2:20.29 | (17) | | 8:34.31 | (15) | | 191.217 | | +10.881 |
| 16 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Senior) | POL | 43.45 | (7) | | 4:54.36 | (18) | PB | 2:18.63 | (13) | | 9:08.66 | (16) | SB | 193.586 | PB | +13.250 |
| 17 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 44.19 | (14) | | 4:55.20 | (20) | | 2:20.85 | (20) | | - | | | 140.340 | | -39.996 |
| 18 | Edel Therese Høiseth (A2) | NOR | 43.43 | (6) | TRJ | 5:03.13 | (24) | | 2:20.43 | (18) | | - | | | 140.761 | | -39.575 |
| 19 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 42.69 | (2) | | 5:01.58 | (23) | SB | 2:24.39 | (22) | | - | | | 141.083 | | -39.253 |
| 20 | Maila Lehtimäki (A2) | FIN | 44.35 | (18) | | 4:59.43 | (22) | | 2:20.79 | (19) | | - | | | 141.185 | | -39.151 |
| 21 | Jasmin Krohn (A1) | SWE | 45.54 | (21) | | 4:54.94 | (19) | | 2:24.45 | (23) | | - | | | 142.846 | | -37.490 |
| 22 | Lena.61 Andersson (Senior) | SWE | 46.68 | (23) | | 4:55.99 | (21) | | 2:23.71 | (21) | | - | | | 143.914 | | -36.422 |
| 23 | Minna Nystedt (B2) | NOR | 47.22 | (24) | | 5:06.03 | (25) | | 2:26.62 | (24) | | - | | | 147.098 | | -33.238 |
| 24 | Marie Tollefsen (A2) | NOR | 47.27 | (25) | | 5:09.69 | (26) | | 2:28.85 | (25) | | - | | | 148.501 | | -31.835 |
| Heike Schalling (A2) | GDR | DQ | | | 4:43.32 | (9) | | 2:20.24 | (16) | | - | | | 93.966 | | - |
| Angelika Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 45.61 | (22) | | 4:47.88 | (13) | | DQ | | | - | | | 93.590 | | - |