| 1 | Constanze Moser (Neo) | GDR | 43.33 | (3) | | 4:39.56 | (1) | | 2:10.91 | (2) | | 7:58.30 | (2) | | 181.389 | TR | - |
| 2 | Gunda Kleemann (Neo) | GDR | 44.19 | (10) | | 4:41.72 | (4) | | 2:11.16 | (3) | | 7:58.23 | (1) | TR | 182.686 | | +1.297 |
| 3 | Yvonne van Gennip (Senior) | NED | 43.59 | (6) | | 4:42.52 | (6) | | 2:13.10 | (7) | | 7:59.92 | (3) | | 183.034 | | +1.645 |
| 4 | Mary Docter (Senior) | USA | 44.78 | (18) | | 4:42.29 | (5) | | 2:12.59 | (4) | | 8:00.75 | (4) | SB | 184.099 | SB | +2.710 |
| 5 | Jacqueline Börner (Senior) | GDR | 44.33 | (13) | | 4:41.00 | (3) | | 2:12.60 | (5) | | 8:08.60 | (6) | | 184.223 | | +2.834 |
| 6 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 42.59 | (1) | | 4:49.15 | (13) | | 2:12.65 | (6) | | 8:15.57 | (10) | | 184.554 | SB | +3.165 |
| 7 | Ljudmila Titova-Morozova (Senior) | URS | 44.42 | (14) | | 4:43.59 | (7) | | 2:13.46 | (8) | | 8:13.00 | (7) | | 185.471 | | +4.082 |
| 8 | Heike Schalling (Neo) | GDR | 45.51 | (20) | | 4:40.36 | (2) | | 2:16.04 | (16) | | 8:00.92 | (5) | | 185.674 | | +4.285 |
| 9 | Marieke Stam (Senior) | NED | 43.43 | (4) | | 4:49.08 | (11) | | 2:14.34 | (11) | | 8:16.30 | (11) | | 186.020 | | +4.631 |
| 10 | Jelena Lapuga (Senior) | URS | 44.68 | (17) | | 4:49.14 | (12) | | 2:10.23 | (1) | TR | 8:18.31 | (12) | | 186.111 | | +4.722 |
| 11 | Herma Emmens-Meijer (Neo) | NED | 43.51 | (5) | | 4:48.95 | (9) | | 2:15.10 | (13) | | 8:18.54 | (13) | | 186.555 | | +5.166 |
| 12 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 44.63 | (16) | | 4:49.03 | (10) | | 2:14.23 | (9) | | 8:22.43 | (14) | | 187.787 | | +6.398 |
| 13 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 45.51 | (20) | | 4:45.26 | (8) | | 2:16.70 | (18) | | 8:13.42 | (9) | | 187.961 | | +6.572 |
| 14 | Jelena Tumanova (Senior) | URS | 45.76 | (24) | | 4:49.20 | (14) | | 2:14.26 | (10) | | 8:13.03 | (8) | | 188.016 | | +6.627 |
| 15 | Irina Bogatova (Senior) | URS | 44.25 | (11) | | 4:52.05 | (16) | | 2:15.86 | (15) | | 8:29.16 | (16) | | 189.127 | | +7.738 |
| 16 | Petra Moolhuizen (Senior) | NED | 45.76 | (24) | | 4:49.76 | (15) | | 2:16.11 | (17) | | 8:25.28 | (15) | | 189.951 | | +8.562 |
| 17 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 44.14 | (9) | | 4:52.47 | (17) | | 2:14.71 | (12) | | - | | | 137.788 | | -43.601 |
| 18 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Senior) | POL | 43.69 | (7) | | 4:56.45 | (21) | | 2:15.32 | (14) | | - | | | 138.204 | | -43.185 |
| 19 | Ariane Loignon (Senior) | CAN | 43.31 | (2) | | 4:57.12 | (23) | | 2:17.09 | (19) | | - | | | 138.526 | | -42.863 |
| 20 | Chantal Côté (Senior) | CAN | 44.57 | (15) | | 4:55.29 | (19) | | 2:17.60 | (20) | | - | | | 139.651 | | -41.738 |
| 21 | Michelle Kline (Neo) | USA | 44.29 | (12) | | 4:57.04 | (22) | | 2:19.38 | (22) | | - | | | 140.256 | | -41.133 |
| 22 | Tama Sundstrom (Neo) | USA | 44.80 | (19) | | 4:59.10 | (24) | | 2:20.95 | (23) | | - | | | 141.633 | | -39.756 |
| 23 | Shelley Rhead (Senior) | CAN | 43.86 | (8) | | 5:12.02 | (27) | | 2:19.00 | (21) | | - | | | 142.196 | | -39.193 |
| 24 | Minna Nystedt (Neo) | NOR | 46.01 | (26) | | 4:59.20 | (25) | | 2:23.63 | (24) | | - | | | 143.752 | | -37.637 |
| 25 | Stéphanie Dumont (Neo) | FRA | 45.61 | (23) | | 5:02.25 | (26) | | 2:24.23 | (25) | | - | | | 144.061 | | -37.328 |
| 26 | Elke Felicetti (A1) | ITA | 48.20 | (28) | | 5:19.19 | (28) | | 2:25.99 | (26) | | - | | | 150.061 | | -31.328 |
| 27 | Jasmin Krohn (Neo) | SWE | 45.53 | (22) | | 4:55.39 | (20) | | 2:49.39 | (28) | | - | | | 151.224 | | -30.165 |
| 28 | Ans Kremer (M45) | NZL | 55.74 | (29) | | 5:48.40 | (29) | | 2:43.48 | (27) | | - | | | 168.299 | | -13.090 |
| Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 47.46 | (27) | | 4:53.04 | (18) | | DNS | | | - | | | 96.300 | | -1.25.089 |