| 1 | Nina Statkevitsj (M30) | URS | 5:00.58 | TR | - |
| 2 | Tatjana Sjelekhova-Rastopsjina (Senior) | URS | 5:01.09 | | +0.510 |
| 3 | Tatjana Averina (Senior) | URS | 5:02.37 | | +1.790 |
| 4 | Kapitolina Tkalja (Senior) | URS | 5:02.93 | | +2.350 |
| 5 | Ljudmila Kiseljova-Savrulina (Neo) | URS | 5:04.00 | | +3.420 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Sivkova (Neo) | URS | 5:05.03 | | +4.450 |
| 7 | Tamara Kuznetsova (Senior) | URS | 5:06.12 | | +5.540 |
| 8 | Natalja Girenko (Senior) | URS | 5:06.76 | | +6.180 |
| 9 | Galina Stepanskaja (Senior) | URS | 5:06.87 | | +6.290 |
| 10 | Anzjelika Rozjkova (Senior) | URS | 5:09.96 | | +9.380 |
| 11 | Tatjana Gorobets (Neo) | URS | 5:10.04 | | +9.460 |
| 12 | Vera Bryndzej (Neo) | URS | 5:10.60 | | +10.020 |
| 13 | Jelena Karasjova (Neo) | URS | 5:11.38 | | +10.800 |
| 14 | Tatjana Baranova (Senior) | URS | 5:11.42 | | +10.840 |
| 15 | Elvira Dmitrijevykh (Senior) | URS | 5:12.62 | | +12.040 |
| 16 | Tatjana Rusakova (Neo) | URS | 5:14.12 | | +13.540 |
| 17 | Galina Sukhomlinova (Senior) | URS | 5:15.54 | | +14.960 |
| 18 | Irina Mamosjina (Neo) | URS | 5:15.56 | | +14.980 |
| 19 | Ljudmila Netsjajeva (Neo) | URS | 5:16.00 | | +15.420 |
| 20 | Natalja Komarova (Neo) | URS | 5:16.21 | | +15.630 |
| 21 | Anna Sablina (Senior) | URS | 5:18.12 | | +17.540 |
| 22 | Ljudmila Fetsjina (M30) | URS | 5:18.27 | | +17.690 |
| 23 | Galina Baranova (Senior) | URS | 5:18.49 | | +17.910 |
| 24 | Nina Karetnikova (Neo) | URS | 5:18.81 | | +18.230 |
| 25 | Lāsma Kauniste (M30) | URS | 5:19.04 | | +18.460 |
| 26 | Valija Nemkovica (Senior) | URS | 5:19.61 | | +19.030 |
| 27 | Natalja Khorobrova (Neo) | URS | 5:19.66 | | +19.080 |
| 28 | Nina Kuznetsova (Neo) | URS | 5:19.75 | | +19.170 |
| 29 | Vera Stefanovitsj (Senior) | URS | 5:19.76 | | +19.180 |
| 30 | Svetlana Nosko (Neo) | URS | 5:20.64 | | +20.060 |
| 31 | Ljudmila Beloded (Senior) | URS | 5:21.70 | | +21.120 |
| 32 | Ljudmila.50 Kuznetsova (Senior) | URS | 5:21.96 | | +21.380 |
| 33 | Nadezjda Romanova (Neo) | URS | 5:22.12 | | +21.540 |
| 34 | Olga Korzik (Senior) | URS | 5:22.67 | | +22.090 |
| 35 | Galina Nikitina (Neo) | URS | 5:23.49 | | +22.910 |
| 36 | Galina Vlasova (Senior) | URS | 5:25.67 | | +25.090 |
| 37 | Valentina Gil (Senior) | URS | 5:28.23 | | +27.650 |
| 38 | Nadezjda Sjeveljova (Neo) | URS | 5:29.12 | | +28.540 |
| 39 | Nina Glazyrina (Neo) | URS | 5:29.35 | | +28.770 |
| 40 | Tatjana Ivtsjenko (M30) | URS | 5:33.76 | | +33.180 |
| 41 | Vera Kosjkarova (Senior) | URS | 5:34.16 | | +33.580 |
| 42 | Inessa Priede (Senior) | URS | 5:38.65 | | +38.070 |
| 43 | Silvia Gajdula (Senior) | URS | 5:47.19 | | +46.610 |
| DQ | Nina Isakova (Senior) | URS | DQ | | - |