| 1 | Nina Statkevitsj (Senior) | URS | 48.00 | (5) | | 2:26.30 | (1) | | 1:36.50 | (4) | | 5:10.70 | (1) | | 196.800 | | - |
| 2 | Kapitolina Serjogina (Senior) | URS | 48.20 | (8) | | 2:29.90 | (3) | | 1:35.70 | (1) | | 5:14.10 | (3) | | 198.367 | | +1.567 |
| 3 | Ans Schut (Senior) | NED | 49.10 | (11) | | 2:28.60 | (2) | | 1:38.10 | (8) | | 5:12.90 | (2) | | 199.833 | | +3.033 |
| 4 | Lāsma Kauniste (Senior) | URS | 47.80 | (4) | | 2:32.70 | (7) | | 1:36.10 | (3) | | 5:20.80 | (5) | | 200.217 | | +3.417 |
| 5 | Elly van den Brom (Neo) | NED | 47.40 | (2) | | 2:30.90 | (4) | | 1:37.60 | (5) | | 5:27.60 | (9) | | 201.100 | | +4.300 |
| 6 | Rieneke Demming (Senior) | NED | 50.10 | (15) | | 2:32.40 | (6) | | 1:39.60 | (11) | | 5:16.00 | (4) | | 203.367 | | +6.567 |
| 7 | Vera Surovikina (Neo) | URS | 48.10 | (6) | | 2:33.60 | (12) | | 1:37.90 | (7) | | 5:37.20 | (13) | | 204.450 | | +7.650 |
| 8 | Trijnie Rep (A2) | NED | 47.40 | (2) | | 2:33.20 | (9) | | 1:40.10 | (14) | | 5:36.20 | (12) | | 204.550 | | +7.750 |
| 9 | Carry Geijssen (Neo) | NED | 49.30 | (13) | | 2:33.50 | (11) | | 1:41.00 | (15) | | 5:24.10 | (8) | | 204.984 | | +8.184 |
| 10 | Ljudmila Mokhnatsjeva (Senior) | URS | 49.10 | (11) | | 2:36.30 | (16) | | 1:38.60 | (9) | | 5:29.30 | (11) | | 205.383 | | +8.583 |
| 11 | Wil Burgmeijer (Neo) | NED | 49.90 | (14) | | 2:35.60 | (14) | | 1:41.90 | (17) | | 5:21.30 | (6) | | 206.250 | | +9.450 |
| 12 | Irina.40 Jegorova (M30) | URS | 48.30 | (9) | | 2:38.10 | (17) | | 1:39.70 | (12) | | 5:37.20 | (13) | SB | 207.050 | SB | +10.250 |
| 13 | Ruth Schleiermacher (Neo) | GDR | 48.50 | (10) | | 2:33.40 | (10) | | 1:38.70 | (10) | | 5:49.30 | (15) | | 207.200 | | +10.400 |
| 14 | Anke Schmidt (Neo) | GDR | 50.10 | (15) | | 2:36.00 | (15) | | 1:54.50 | (26) | | 5:28.50 | (10) | | 214.100 | | +17.300 |
| 15 | Tatjana Averina (Neo) | URS | 1:00.10 | (27) | | 2:32.90 | (8) | | 1:39.80 | (13) | | 5:23.70 | (7) | | 214.917 | | +18.117 |
| Jaroslava Jandertova (B1) | TCH | 59.30 | (26) | SB | 3:17.50 | (27) | PB | 1:53.30 | (25) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Iva Novotná (Neo) | TCH | 55.20 | (25) | | 2:59.60 | (26) | | 2:06.50 | (27) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Stanisława Szandała-Durko (Neo) | POL | 53.50 | (23) | | 2:52.70 | (25) | | 1:47.90 | (22) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Helena Štemberová (n/a) | TCH | 52.90 | (22) | | 2:50.10 | (24) | | 1:48.40 | (23) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Katarzyna Lasek (Neo) | POL | 53.50 | (23) | | 2:47.50 | (23) | | 1:49.30 | (24) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Gudrun Haubold (A1) | GDR | 51.90 | (20) | | 2:45.30 | (22) | | 1:42.50 | (18) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Lidija Vedenejeva (Neo) | URS | 52.10 | (21) | | 2:42.30 | (20) | | 1:43.90 | (20) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Petra Heinicke (A2) | GDR | 51.30 | (18) | | 2:42.80 | (21) | | 1:43.70 | (19) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Gabriele Wimmer (B2) | GDR | 50.50 | (17) | | 2:39.10 | (19) | | 1:46.30 | (21) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Helena Pilejczyk (M35) | POL | 51.70 | (19) | | 2:38.50 | (18) | | 1:41.00 | (15) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Tatjana Sjelekhova (Senior) | URS | 48.10 | (6) | | 2:31.00 | (5) | | 1:37.70 | (6) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Ljudmila Titova (Senior) | URS | 47.00 | (1) | | 2:33.90 | (13) | | 1:35.70 | (1) | | - | | | - | | - |