| 1 | Lidija Skoblikova (Senior) | URS | 45.40 | (1) | TR, SB | 2:23.30 | (1) | TR | 1:31.80 | (1) | WR | 5:10.50 | (1) | TR | 190.817 | PB | - |
| 2 | Inga Voronina (Senior) | URS | 46.80 | (4) | SB | 2:25.10 | (3) | SB | 1:35.00 | (3) | | 5:13.60 | (3) | SB | 194.934 | SB | +4.117 |
| 3 | Valentina.34 Stenina (Senior) | URS | 47.80 | (10) | | 2:23.50 | (2) | PB | 1:35.10 | (4) | | 5:12.60 | (2) | SB | 195.284 | | +4.467 |
| 4 | Irina.40 Jegorova (Neo) | URS | 45.80 | (2) | | 2:28.70 | (6) | SB | 1:35.40 | (5) | | 5:18.60 | (4) | SB | 196.167 | SB | +5.350 |
| 5 | Natalja Koltsjina (Neo) | URS | 46.90 | (5) | | 2:28.20 | (5) | SB | 1:35.90 | (6) | PB | 5:19.90 | (6) | PB | 197.567 | PB | +6.750 |
| 6 | Shuyuan Wang (A2) | CHN | 47.90 | (11) | NRJ, NR | 2:26.80 | (4) | NRJ, NR, TRJ | 1:34.60 | (2) | WRJ, NR, TRJ | 5:25.40 | (11) | NRJ, NR | 198.368 | PB | +7.551 |
| 7 | Gunilla Jacobsson (B2) | SWE | 46.70 | (3) | NRJ, NR, TRJ | 2:31.20 | (13) | SB | 1:35.10 | (4) | NRJ, NR | 5:25.30 | (10) | SB | 198.867 | PB | +8.050 |
| 8 | Inger Eriksson (Neo) | SWE | 47.80 | (10) | | 2:30.10 | (10) | NR | 1:36.20 | (9) | SB | 5:19.40 | (5) | NR | 199.168 | PB | +8.351 |
| 9 | Hatsue Takemizawa-Nagakubo (Senior) | JPN | 47.30 | (8) | SB | 2:31.30 | (14) | NR | 1:36.20 | (9) | SB | 5:24.60 | (9) | SB | 199.934 | PB | +9.117 |
| 10 | Jean Ashworth (Senior) | USA | 47.00 | (6) | SB | 2:30.90 | (12) | NR | 1:36.00 | (7) | NR | 5:28.30 | (12) | NR | 200.018 | PB | +9.201 |
| 11 | Song-Soon Kim (Neo) | PRK | 48.30 | (13) | SB | 2:30.00 | (9) | SB | 1:37.10 | (11) | SB | 5:23.40 | (8) | NR | 200.750 | NR | +9.933 |
| 12 | Pil-Hwa Han (Neo) | PRK | 46.80 | (4) | NR | 2:30.00 | (9) | NR | 1:36.10 | (8) | NR | 5:37.20 | (15) | SB | 201.050 | SB | +10.233 |
| 13 | Christina.46 Karlsson (B2) | SWE | 49.20 | (20) | PB | 2:30.70 | (11) | NRJ | 1:38.30 | (16) | PB | 5:20.90 | (7) | WRJ, TRJ | 202.068 | PB | +11.251 |
| 14 | Willy de Beer (Neo) | NED | 50.80 | (26) | | 2:29.50 | (7) | PB | 1:38.10 | (15) | NR | 5:28.40 | (13) | NR | 204.418 | PB | +13.601 |
| 15 | Françoise Lucas (Senior) | FRA | 48.90 | (18) | SB | 2:31.20 | (13) | NR | 1:38.10 | (15) | NR | 5:37.70 | (16) | NR | 204.634 | PB | +13.817 |
| 16 | Yungxiang Yang (Neo) | CHN | 49.80 | (23) | PB | 2:29.70 | (8) | PB | 1:39.40 | (20) | PB | 5:31.60 | (14) | PB | 204.667 | PB | +13.850 |
| 17 | Fumie Hama (Senior) | JPN | 47.10 | (7) | PB | 2:32.60 | (18) | PB | 1:39.20 | (19) | SB | - | | | 147.567 | | - |
| 18 | Kaija Mustonen (Neo) | FIN | 48.50 | (15) | | 2:31.50 | (15) | SB | 1:37.50 | (13) | | - | | | 147.750 | | - |
| 19 | Helga Haase (Senior) | GDR | 48.80 | (17) | SB | 2:31.80 | (17) | SB | 1:37.20 | (12) | SB | - | | | 148.000 | | - |
| 20 | Hongxia Sun (Senior) | CHN | 48.80 | (17) | | 2:32.90 | (19) | PB | 1:36.50 | (10) | PB | - | | | 148.017 | | - |
| 21 | Christina Scherling (Neo) | SWE | 48.70 | (16) | | 2:31.70 | (16) | SB | 1:37.90 | (14) | SB | - | | | 148.217 | | - |
| 22 | Fengrong Liu (Senior) | CHN | 48.00 | (12) | PB | 2:31.50 | (15) | SB | 1:39.50 | (21) | PB | - | | | 148.250 | | - |
| 23 | Elwira Seroczynska (M30) | POL | 47.70 | (9) | | 2:34.70 | (22) | | 1:39.20 | (19) | NRM | - | | | 148.867 | | - |
| 24 | Yasuko Takano (A2) | JPN | 49.50 | (21) | SB | 2:31.50 | (15) | NRJ | 1:38.30 | (16) | NRJ | - | | | 149.150 | | - |
| 25 | Helena Pilejczyk (M30) | POL | 47.80 | (10) | PB | 2:35.70 | (23) | SB | 1:39.70 | (22) | SB | - | | | 149.550 | | - |
| 26 | Kaneko Takahashi (Neo) | JPN | 49.00 | (19) | SB | 2:34.20 | (20) | SB | 1:38.50 | (18) | SB | - | | | 149.650 | | - |
| 27 | Barbara Lockhart (Neo) | USA | 49.00 | (19) | | 2:36.50 | (24) | SB | 1:38.40 | (17) | SB | - | | | 150.367 | | - |
| 28 | Jeannette Ann Neil (Senior) | AUS | 48.40 | (14) | NR | 2:39.30 | (25) | NR | 1:40.30 | (23) | NR | - | | | 151.650 | | - |
| 29 | Erika Heinicke (Neo) | GDR | 51.50 | (28) | SB | 2:34.30 | (21) | PB | 1:41.40 | (25) | SB | - | | | 153.634 | | - |
| 30 | Tsedenjavyn Lhamjav (Neo) | MGL | 50.20 | (25) | | 2:40.30 | (26) | | 1:40.50 | (24) | | - | | | 153.884 | | - |
| 31 | Bożena Kalbarczyk (Neo) | POL | 50.10 | (24) | | 2:42.80 | (28) | | 1:42.20 | (27) | SB | - | | | 155.467 | | - |
| 32 | Gisela Manns (Neo) | GDR | 51.20 | (27) | | 2:41.10 | (27) | PB | 1:41.80 | (26) | PB | - | | | 155.800 | | - |
| 33 | Teddi Jenkins (Senior) | AUS | 49.60 | (22) | PB | 2:55.40 | (29) | PB | 1:45.30 | (29) | PB | - | | | 160.717 | | - |
| 34 | Judith Morstein (A2) | USA | 49.20 | (20) | PB | - | | | 1:42.80 | (28) | NRJ | - | | | 100.600 | | - |