| 1 | Karin Enke (Neo) | GDR | 2:03.42 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | GDR | 2:05.29 | | +1.870 |
| 3 | Natalja Petrusjova (Senior) | URS | 2:05.78 | | +2.360 |
| 4 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Neo) | GDR | 2:07.69 | | +4.270 |
| 5 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 2:08.08 | SB | +4.660 |
| 6 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Senior) | URS | 2:08.17 | | +4.750 |
| 7 | Natalja Artamonova-Kurova (Neo) | URS | 2:08.41 | | +4.990 |
| 8 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Senior) | NOR | 2:09.53 | | +6.110 |
| 9 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 2:10.35 | SB | +6.930 |
| 10 | Sigrid Smuda (Senior) | FRG | 2:10.55 | | +7.130 |
| 11 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 2:10.61 | | +7.190 |
| 12 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 2:10.80 | | +7.380 |
| 13 | Ria Visser (Neo) | NED | 2:11.06 | | +7.640 |
| 14 | Mary Docter (Neo) | USA | 2:12.14 | | +8.720 |
| 15 | Seiko Hashimoto (A2) | JPN | 2:12.56 | TRJ | +9.140 |
| 16 | Sylvia Brunner (Senior) | SUI | 2:12.62 | | +9.200 |
| 17 | Janet Goldman (A2) | USA | 2:12.94 | SB | +9.520 |
| 18 | Nancy Swider (Senior) | USA | 2:13.74 | | +10.320 |
| 19 | Gum-Hyon Park (A2) | PRK | 2:14.23 | SB | +10.810 |
| 20 | Chun-Ok Han (A1) | PRK | 2:14.25 | SB | +10.830 |
| 21 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 2:14.72 | | +11.300 |
| 22 | Sylvie Daigle (Neo) | CAN | 2:15.50 | | +12.080 |
| 23 | Guifang Wang (Neo) | CHN | 2:16.19 | SB | +12.770 |
| 24 | Xiuli Wang (A1) | CHN | 2:16.68 | | +13.260 |
| 25 | Chang-Hae Kim (B1) | PRK | 2:17.37 | PB | +13.950 |
| 26 | Seung-Yoon Choi (A2) | KOR | 2:17.80 | | +14.380 |
| 27 | Kyeong-Ja Lee (Neo) | KOR | 2:17.96 | | +14.540 |
| 28 | Yeon-Joo.64 Lee (Neo) | KOR | 2:18.34 | | +14.920 |
| 29 | Meiyu Kong (Senior) | CHN | 2:19.56 | | +16.140 |
| 30 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Neo) | POL | 2:39.37 | | +35.950 |
| 31 | Dubravka Vukusic (A1) | YUG | 2:42.12 | | +38.700 |
| 32 | Bibija Kerla (Senior) | YUG | 2:46.32 | | +42.900 |