| 1 | Sylvia Burka (Neo) | CAN | 44.09 | (5) | | 2:18.60 | (1) | TR | 1:29.59 | (3) | | 4:58.53 | (7) | | 184.840 | TR | - |
| 2 | Tatjana Averina (Senior) | URS | 43.79 | (4) | | 2:19.44 | (3) | | 1:29.58 | (2) | | 5:01.34 | (9) | | 185.284 | | +0.444 |
| 3 | Sheila Young (Senior) | USA | 42.26 | (1) | TR | 2:20.76 | (6) | | 1:28.69 | (1) | TR | 5:12.09 | (14) | | 185.540 | SB | +0.700 |
| 4 | Sijtje van der Lende (Senior) | NED | 45.40 | (15) | | 2:19.38 | (2) | | 1:30.63 | (7) | | 4:56.43 | (4) | | 186.580 | | +1.740 |
| 5 | Paula-Irmeli Halonen (Senior) | FIN | 43.69 | (3) | | 2:20.38 | (4) | SB | 1:30.02 | (4) | | 5:07.34 | (13) | | 186.718 | SB | +1.878 |
| 6 | Sylvia Filipsson (Neo) | SWE | 44.73 | (9) | | 2:20.56 | (5) | | 1:31.83 | (14) | | 4:55.61 | (2) | | 186.768 | SB | +1.928 |
| 7 | Karin Kessow (Neo) | GDR | 45.72 | (18) | | 2:21.28 | (9) | | 1:32.22 | (16) | | 4:51.01 | (1) | TR | 187.426 | SB | +2.586 |
| 8 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg (Senior) | NOR | 45.35 | (14) | | 2:21.95 | (12) | | 1:31.69 | (13) | | 4:56.52 | (5) | | 187.932 | | +3.092 |
| 9 | Ljudmila Ankudimova (Senior) | URS | 45.07 | (11) | | 2:20.76 | (6) | | 1:30.43 | (5) | | 5:05.39 | (12) | | 188.104 | | +3.264 |
| 10 | Monika Zernicek (Neo) | GDR | 45.99 | (20) | | 2:21.33 | (10) | | 1:31.58 | (11) | | 4:55.66 | (3) | | 188.168 | | +3.328 |
| 11 | Nancy Swider (A2) | USA | 45.33 | (13) | | 2:22.97 | (15) | TRJ | 1:30.61 | (6) | TRJ | 4:59.39 | (8) | TRJ | 188.191 | | +3.351 |
| 12 | Erwina Rys (Neo) | POL | 45.24 | (12) | | 2:22.32 | (13) | | 1:31.63 | (12) | | 5:03.55 | (11) | | 189.087 | | +4.247 |
| 13 | Galina Stepanskaja (Senior) | URS | 46.63 | (24) | | 2:21.15 | (8) | | 1:31.49 | (10) | | 4:58.12 | (6) | | 189.113 | | +4.273 |
| 14 | Annie Borckink (Senior) | NED | 45.51 | (17) | | 2:21.35 | (11) | | 1:31.93 | (15) | | 5:03.20 | (10) | | 189.126 | SB | +4.286 |
| 15 | Kim Kostron (A2) | USA | 44.37 | (6) | TRJ | 2:24.18 | (18) | | 1:31.11 | (8) | | 5:18.84 | (16) | | 191.125 | | +6.285 |
| 16 | Vera Bryndzej (Senior) | URS | 45.43 | (16) | | 2:23.59 | (16) | | 1:34.20 | (21) | | 5:13.21 | (15) | | 192.596 | | +7.756 |
| 17 | Haitske Pijlman (Neo) | NED | 44.93 | (10) | | 2:22.71 | (14) | | 1:32.96 | (17) | | - | | | 138.980 | | - |
| 18 | Ann-Sofie Järnström (Senior) | SWE | 44.40 | (7) | | 2:27.02 | (23) | | 1:31.38 | (9) | | - | | | 139.097 | | - |
| 19 | Elisabeth Appleby (B2) | CAN | 46.18 | (21) | | 2:23.88 | (17) | | 1:34.27 | (22) | | - | | | 141.275 | | - |
| 20 | Tuula Vilkas (Senior) | FIN | 45.96 | (19) | | 2:25.64 | (21) | | 1:33.54 | (18) | | - | | | 141.277 | | - |
| 21 | Makiko Nagaya (Neo) | JPN | 44.51 | (8) | | 2:29.34 | (26) | SB | 1:34.05 | (20) | | - | | | 141.315 | | - |
| 22 | Margriet Pomper (Neo) | NED | 46.61 | (23) | | 2:24.55 | (20) | | 1:33.85 | (19) | | - | | | 141.719 | | - |
| 23 | Janina Urszula Korowicka (Neo) | POL | 46.66 | (25) | | 2:26.74 | (22) | | 1:34.94 | (24) | | - | | | 143.044 | | - |
| 24 | Yuko Ota (A2) | JPN | 46.46 | (22) | | 2:29.04 | (25) | | 1:35.57 | (25) | | - | | | 143.925 | | - |
| 25 | Ewa Malewicka (Neo) | POL | 47.44 | (28) | | 2:28.29 | (24) | | 1:34.72 | (23) | | - | | | 144.230 | | - |
| 26 | Anne Gjersem (A2) | NOR | 47.09 | (26) | | 2:32.33 | (27) | | 1:37.80 | (27) | | - | | | 146.767 | | - |
| 27 | Berit Haugård (Senior) | NOR | 47.23 | (27) | | 2:33.94 | (28) | | 1:37.88 | (28) | | - | | | 147.484 | | - |
| 28 | Brigitte Flierl (B1) | FRG | 47.90 | (29) | | 2:34.86 | (29) | | 1:37.21 | (26) | | - | | | 148.126 | | - |
| Leah Poulos (Senior) | USA | 43.08 | (2) | | 2:24.29 | (19) | | DQ | | | - | | | - | | - |