| 1 | Jacqueline Börner (Neo) | GDR | 43.08 | (7) | | 2:16.60 | (14) | | 1:27.67 | (7) | | 4:45.39 | (3) | | 180.013 | | - |
| 2 | Heike Pöhland (Neo) | GDR | 44.10 | (21) | | 2:14.37 | (9) | | 1:27.01 | (6) | | 4:51.34 | (9) | | 180.951 | | +0.938 |
| 3 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 43.15 | (8) | | 2:15.98 | (11) | | 1:26.66 | (5) | | 4:58.64 | (20) | | 181.579 | | +1.566 |
| 4 | Hwa-Seon Song (A2) | PRK | 43.81 | (17) | | 2:13.49 | (7) | | 1:28.96 | (11) | | 4:56.12 | (14) | | 182.139 | SB | +2.126 |
| 5 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 44.12 | (22) | | 2:16.23 | (12) | | 1:28.90 | (10) | | 4:53.52 | (11) | | 182.900 | | +2.887 |
| 6 | Chun-Ok Han (Neo) | PRK | 44.28 | (24) | | 2:17.10 | (15) | | 1:30.61 | (18) | | 4:53.82 | (12) | | 184.255 | SB | +4.242 |
| 7 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 41.31 | (1) | | 2:11.51 | (3) | | 1:26.03 | (3) | | - | | | 128.161 | | - |
| 8 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 42.29 | (2) | | 2:11.60 | (4) | | 1:24.21 | (1) | | - | | | 128.261 | | - |
| 9 | Natalja Artamonova-Kurova (Senior) | URS | 42.75 | (3) | | 2:11.65 | (5) | | 1:24.84 | (2) | | - | | | 129.053 | | - |
| 10 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 43.52 | (14) | | 2:11.21 | (2) | | - | | | 4:31.03 | (1) | | 132.427 | | - |
| 11 | Katie Class (Senior) | USA | 42.86 | (5) | | 2:17.54 | (16) | | - | | | 4:50.77 | (8) | | 137.167 | | - |
| 12 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 43.41 | (13) | | 2:16.24 | (13) | | - | | | 4:58.18 | (18) | | 138.519 | | - |
| 13 | Anette Hammarin (Neo) | SWE | 43.84 | (18) | | - | | | 1:30.73 | (20) | | 5:04.34 | (25) | | 139.928 | | - |
| 14 | Ariane Loignon (Neo) | CAN | 44.49 | (26) | | 2:18.79 | (20) | | - | | | 4:56.54 | (16) | | 140.176 | | - |
| 15 | Ylva Fors (Neo) | SWE | 43.85 | (19) | | 2:19.24 | (23) | | - | | | 5:00.16 | (21) | | 140.289 | | - |
| 16 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Neo) | ITA | 45.38 | (28) | | 2:18.79 | (20) | | - | | | 4:52.87 | (10) | | 140.454 | | - |
| 17 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 44.88 | (27) | | 2:18.87 | (22) | | - | | | 5:00.44 | (22) | | 141.243 | | - |
| 18 | Kelly Mullen (Neo) | USA | 45.56 | (30) | | 2:19.71 | (25) | | - | | | 4:56.83 | (17) | | 141.601 | | - |
| 19 | Kathy Gordon (A2) | CAN | 45.64 | (31) | | - | | | 1:34.50 | (22) | | 5:02.36 | (24) | | 143.283 | | - |
| 20 | Taina Salmia (Senior) | FIN | 45.55 | (29) | | 2:22.11 | (27) | | - | | | 5:09.98 | (26) | | 144.583 | | - |
| 21 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 44.17 | (23) | | - | | | 1:26.44 | (4) | | - | | | 87.390 | | - |
| 22 | Christine Aaftink (Neo) | NED | 43.38 | (12) | | - | | | 1:28.05 | (8) | | - | | | 87.405 | | - |
| 23 | Angela Stahnke (Neo) | GDR | 43.24 | (10) | | - | | | 1:28.52 | (9) | | - | | | 87.500 | | - |
| 24 | Ingrid Haringa (Neo) | NED | 43.03 | (6) | | - | | | 1:28.96 | (11) | | - | | | 87.510 | | - |
| 25 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 42.84 | (4) | | - | | | 1:30.40 | (17) | | - | | | 88.040 | | - |
| 26 | Shelley Rhead (Neo) | CAN | 43.20 | (9) | | - | | | 1:29.73 | (14) | | - | | | 88.065 | | - |
| 27 | Svetlana Bykova (Neo) | URS | 43.77 | (16) | | - | | | 1:29.12 | (13) | | - | | | 88.330 | | - |
| 28 | Marina Jevgrafova (A2) | URS | 43.29 | (11) | | - | | | 1:30.70 | (19) | | - | | | 88.640 | | - |
| 29 | Els Meijer (Senior) | NED | 43.60 | (15) | | - | | | 1:30.09 | (15) | | - | | | 88.645 | | - |
| 30 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | - | | | 2:09.74 | (1) | | - | | | 4:34.65 | (2) | | 89.021 | | - |
| 31 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Senior) | POL | 44.02 | (20) | | - | | | 1:30.39 | (16) | | - | | | 89.215 | | - |
| 32 | Petra Moolhuizen (Neo) | NED | - | | | 2:12.87 | (6) | | - | | | 4:46.15 | (5) | | 91.981 | | - |
| 33 | Rose-Marie Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | - | | | 2:19.89 | (26) | | 1:32.04 | (21) | | - | | | 92.650 | | - |
| 34 | Jelena Lapuga (Neo) | URS | - | | | 2:14.23 | (8) | | - | | | 4:49.44 | (6) | | 92.983 | | - |
| 35 | Chantal Côté (Neo) | CAN | 45.72 | (32) | | - | | | 1:35.07 | (23) | | - | | | 93.255 | | - |
| 36 | Marieke Stam (Neo) | NED | - | | | 2:14.45 | (10) | | - | | | 4:50.75 | (7) | | 93.274 | | - |
| 37 | Ingrid Paul (Neo) | NED | - | | | 2:17.60 | (17) | | - | | | 4:45.61 | (4) | | 93.467 | | - |
| 38 | Jasmin Krohn (Neo) | SWE | - | | | 2:18.16 | (18) | | - | | | 4:54.37 | (13) | | 95.114 | | - |
| 39 | Minna Nystedt (A2) | NOR | - | | | 2:18.75 | (19) | | - | | | 4:56.34 | (15) | | 95.640 | | - |
| 40 | Angelika Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | - | | | 2:19.56 | (24) | | - | | | 4:58.49 | (19) | | 96.268 | | - |
| 41 | Tatjana Kabutova (A2) | URS | 44.45 | (25) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 44.450 | | - |
| 42 | Małgorzata Tomporowska (Neo) | POL | - | | | - | | | - | | | 5:01.21 | (23) | | 50.201 | | - |