| 1 | Kaija Mustonen (Senior) | FIN | 2:22.40 | OR, NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Carry Geijssen (Neo) | NED | 2:22.70 | | +0.300 |
| 3 | Stien Kaiser (Senior) | NED | 2:24.50 | | +2.100 |
| 4 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (Senior) | NOR | 2:25.20 | NR | +2.800 |
| 5 | Lāsma Kauniste (Senior) | URS | 2:25.40 | | +3.000 |
| 6 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka (Neo) | FIN | 2:25.80 | PB | +3.400 |
| 7 | Ljudmila Titova (Neo) | URS | 2:26.80 | | +4.400 |
| 8 | Ruth Schleiermacher (A1) | GDR | 2:27.10 | TRJ | +4.700 |
| 9 | Hildegard Sellhuber (B2) | FRG | 2:27.50 | NRJ, NR | +5.100 |
| Christina Lindblom (Senior) | SWE | 2:27.50 | NR | +5.100 |
| 11 | Lidija Skoblikova (Senior) | URS | 2:27.60 | | +5.200 |
| 12 | Ans Schut (Neo) | NED | 2:28.30 | | +5.900 |
| 13 | Dianne Holum (B2) | USA | 2:28.50 | SB | +6.100 |
| 14 | Martine Ivangine (Neo) | FRA | 2:29.90 | | +7.500 |
| Kari Kåring (A2) | NOR | 2:29.90 | PB | +7.500 |
| 16 | Jean Ashworth (Senior) | USA | 2:30.30 | PB | +7.900 |
| 17 | Lisbeth Berg (Neo) | NOR | 2:30.70 | | +8.300 |
| 18 | Sachiko Saito (Neo) | JPN | 2:31.40 | | +9.000 |
| Christina.46 Karlsson (Neo) | SWE | 2:31.40 | | +9.000 |
| 20 | Ylva Hedlund (A1) | SWE | 2:31.50 | | +9.100 |
| 21 | Doreen McCannell (Neo) | CAN | 2:32.20 | SB | +9.800 |
| 22 | Arja Kantola (A2) | FIN | 2:33.20 | SB | +10.800 |
| 23 | Kaname Ide (Neo) | JPN | 2:34.20 | | +11.800 |
| 24 | Marcia Parsons (Neo) | CAN | 2:34.40 | PB | +12.000 |
| 25 | Jeanne Omelenchuk (M35) | USA | 2:35.50 | | +13.100 |
| 26 | Jitsuko Saito (Neo) | JPN | 2:36.60 | | +14.200 |
| 27 | Kwee-Jin Kim (Neo) | KOR | 2:36.70 | NR | +14.300 |
| 28 | Marie-Lise Perrenoud (Neo) | FRA | 2:39.20 | | +16.800 |
| 29 | Patricia Demartini (B2) | FRA | 2:40.60 | | +18.200 |
| 30 | Paula Dufter (B2) | FRG | 2:45.20 | | +22.800 |