| 1 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 41.13 | (1) | TR | 4:27.77 | (1) | TR | 2:08.34 | (1) | TR | 7:51.11 | (4) | | 175.649 | TR | - |
| 2 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 42.47 | (5) | | 4:29.41 | (2) | | 2:09.45 | (2) | | 7:42.89 | (1) | TR | 176.810 | | +1.161 |
| 3 | Sabine Brehm (Neo) | GDR | 43.06 | (7) | | 4:34.86 | (3) | | 2:12.00 | (4) | | 7:48.62 | (2) | SB | 179.732 | SB | +4.083 |
| 4 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 43.55 | (9) | | 4:36.55 | (4) | | 2:11.42 | (3) | | 7:53.12 | (5) | | 180.759 | | +5.110 |
| 5 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Senior) | GDR | 43.86 | (15) | | 4:39.00 | (5) | | 2:12.65 | (5) | | 7:50.73 | (3) | | 181.649 | SB | +6.000 |
| 6 | Seiko Hashimoto (Neo) | JPN | 42.06 | (2) | | 4:45.97 | (8) | | 2:14.91 | (9) | | 8:12.79 | (12) | | 183.970 | SB | +8.321 |
| 7 | Marieke Stam (Neo) | NED | 43.89 | (16) | | 4:46.03 | (9) | | 2:13.57 | (6) | | 8:02.31 | (7) | | 184.315 | | +8.666 |
| 8 | Jelena Lapuga (Neo) | URS | 43.83 | (13) | | 4:45.91 | (7) | | 2:13.97 | (8) | | 8:07.68 | (10) | | 184.905 | | +9.256 |
| 9 | Ria Visser (Senior) | NED | 44.78 | (25) | | 4:43.60 | (6) | | 2:14.97 | (10) | | 7:59.51 | (6) | SB | 184.987 | | +9.338 |
| 10 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 43.77 | (11) | | 4:51.00 | (11) | | 2:16.17 | (12) | | 8:07.06 | (9) | | 186.366 | SB | +10.717 |
| 11 | Xiuli Wang (Neo) | CHN | 42.48 | (6) | | 4:53.26 | (16) | | 2:13.95 | (7) | | 8:25.56 | (15) | SB | 186.562 | NR | +10.913 |
| 12 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 44.57 | (23) | | 4:46.07 | (10) | | 2:17.69 | (16) | | 8:04.41 | (8) | | 186.585 | SB | +10.936 |
| 13 | Petra Moolhuizen (Neo) | NED | 44.32 | (19) | | 4:51.33 | (12) | | 2:15.42 | (11) | | 8:14.00 | (13) | SB | 187.415 | | +11.766 |
| 14 | Marie-France van Helden-Vives (Senior) | FRA | 44.14 | (18) | | 4:51.46 | (13) | | 2:17.33 | (15) | | 8:20.99 | (14) | | 188.591 | | +12.942 |
| 15 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Senior) | NOR | 45.35 | (28) | | 4:53.13 | (15) | | 2:17.13 | (14) | | 8:11.77 | (11) | SB | 189.092 | | +13.443 |
| 16 | Nathalie Lambert (Neo) | CAN | 44.33 | (20) | | 4:52.85 | (14) | | 2:18.93 | (20) | | 8:37.40 | (16) | PB | 191.188 | SB | +15.539 |
| 17 | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | 43.18 | (8) | | 4:53.81 | (18) | | 2:17.81 | (17) | | - | | | 138.084 | | -37.565 |
| 18 | Inga Gilauri (Neo) | URS | 43.82 | (12) | | 4:53.40 | (17) | | 2:16.98 | (13) | | - | | | 138.380 | | -37.269 |
| 19 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 42.11 | (3) | | 5:02.59 | (26) | | 2:18.26 | (19) | | - | | | 138.627 | | -37.022 |
| 20 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 42.22 | (4) | | 5:06.44 | (30) | | 2:19.62 | (22) | | - | | | 139.833 | | -35.816 |
| 21 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 44.11 | (17) | | 4:56.53 | (20) | | 2:19.64 | (23) | | - | | | 140.077 | | -35.572 |
| 22 | Sigrid Smuda-Fröschl (Senior) | FRG | 43.70 | (10) | | 4:57.72 | (21) | | 2:21.19 | (25) | | - | | | 140.383 | | -35.266 |
| 23 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 43.83 | (13) | | 4:54.51 | (19) | | 2:22.46 | (26) | | - | | | 140.401 | | -35.248 |
| 24 | Natsue Seki (Neo) | JPN | 44.35 | (21) | | 5:01.51 | (25) | | 2:21.14 | (24) | | - | | | 141.647 | | -34.002 |
| 25 | Lena.61 Andersson (Senior) | SWE | 45.89 | (30) | | 5:02.76 | (27) | | 2:19.36 | (21) | | - | | | 142.803 | | -32.846 |
| 26 | Hyeon-Na Kim (Neo) | KOR | 44.72 | (24) | | 4:59.18 | (22) | | 2:24.92 | (30) | | - | | | 142.889 | | -32.760 |
| 27 | Angelika Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 45.59 | (29) | | 5:00.47 | (24) | | 2:22.60 | (27) | | - | | | 143.201 | | -32.448 |
| 28 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 44.81 | (26) | | 5:04.18 | (28) | | 2:24.72 | (29) | | - | | | 143.746 | | -31.903 |
| 29 | Ariane Loignon (Neo) | CAN | 44.44 | (22) | | 4:59.26 | (23) | | 2:50.56 | (34) | | - | | | 151.169 | | -24.480 |
| 30 | Karen Gardiner (Senior) | AUS | 49.94 | (32) | SB | 5:24.66 | (31) | NR | 2:33.25 | (31) | SB | - | | | 155.133 | | -20.516 |
| 31 | Kyeong-Ja Lee (Neo) | KOR | 56.83 | (34) | | 5:05.11 | (29) | | 2:22.69 | (28) | | - | | | 155.244 | | -20.405 |
| 32 | Bibija Kerla (Senior) | YUG | 48.59 | (31) | | 5:30.78 | (32) | | 2:35.67 | (32) | | - | | | 155.610 | | -20.039 |
| 33 | Ans Kremer (M40) | NZL | 52.78 | (33) | | 5:33.90 | (33) | | 2:38.86 | (33) | | - | | | 161.383 | | -14.266 |
| Keiko Asao (Neo) | JPN | 45.11 | (27) | | DQ | | | 2:17.93 | (18) | | - | | | 91.086 | | - |