| 1 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova (Senior) | URS | 46.80 | (1) | TR | 2:29.70 | (5) | | 1:37.70 | (1) | TR, SB | 5:18.20 | (1) | TR, SB | 198.583 | TR, SB | - |
| 2 | Valentina.34 Stenina (M30) | URS | 47.70 | (4) | | 2:27.50 | (1) | WRM, TR | 1:39.40 | (2) | WRM | 5:20.40 | (2) | WRM | 199.966 | WRM | +1.383 |
| 3 | Stien Kaiser (Senior) | NED | 47.60 | (3) | NR | 2:28.20 | (2) | SB | 1:40.60 | (4) | | 5:21.00 | (3) | | 200.800 | NR | +2.217 |
| 4 | Ljudmila Osintseva (Senior) | URS | 48.10 | (7) | | 2:28.40 | (3) | PB | 1:41.10 | (8) | | 5:24.30 | (5) | SB | 202.166 | SB | +3.583 |
| 5 | Pil-Hwa Han (Neo) | PRK | 48.80 | (12) | SB | 2:29.10 | (4) | SB | 1:41.70 | (9) | SB | 5:21.60 | (4) | SB | 202.950 | SB | +4.367 |
| 6 | Irina.40 Jegorova (Senior) | URS | 47.30 | (2) | | 2:31.50 | (10) | SB | 1:39.40 | (2) | | 5:39.20 | (14) | | 204.033 | SB | +5.450 |
| 7 | Carry Geijssen (A1) | NED | 47.70 | (4) | NRJ | 2:33.40 | (13) | | 1:40.60 | (4) | | 5:31.50 | (9) | | 204.383 | NRJ, TRJ | +5.800 |
| 8 | Song-Soon Kim (Senior) | PRK | 48.70 | (11) | SB | 2:31.00 | (7) | SB | 1:40.80 | (6) | SB | 5:31.60 | (10) | SB | 204.699 | SB | +6.116 |
| 9 | Tatjana Sjelekhova (A2) | URS | 49.20 | (16) | | 2:31.00 | (7) | NRJ | 1:42.30 | (11) | TRJ, SB | 5:28.70 | (6) | TRJ, SB | 205.466 | SB | +6.883 |
| 10 | Kaija Mustonen (Neo) | FIN | 49.00 | (14) | | 2:32.70 | (11) | | 1:41.90 | (10) | | 5:31.40 | (7) | | 206.083 | | +7.500 |
| 11 | Fengrong Liu (Senior) | CHN | 48.50 | (9) | SB | 2:31.30 | (9) | PB | 1:43.20 | (13) | SB | 5:37.30 | (12) | SB | 206.749 | PB | +8.166 |
| 12 | Shuyuan Wang (Neo) | CHN | 48.60 | (10) | | 2:32.70 | (11) | SB | 1:44.90 | (17) | SB | 5:32.00 | (11) | SB | 207.283 | SB | +8.700 |
| 13 | Choon-Za Ryo (Neo) | PRK | 49.50 | (20) | SB | 2:33.50 | (14) | PB | 1:43.10 | (12) | SB | 5:31.40 | (7) | PB | 207.449 | PB | +8.866 |
| 14 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (Neo) | NOR | 49.20 | (16) | | 2:33.70 | (15) | | 1:40.80 | (6) | | 5:46.20 | (15) | | 208.533 | | +9.950 |
| 15 | Doreen McCannell (B2) | CAN | 48.30 | (8) | | 2:34.60 | (16) | SB | 1:45.40 | (18) | SB | 5:48.80 | (16) | | 210.666 | NRJ, NR | +12.083 |
| 16 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka (A2) | FIN | 49.30 | (18) | | 2:30.10 | (6) | TRJ, SB | 1:58.10 | (29) | | 5:38.80 | (13) | | 214.849 | | +16.266 |
| 17 | Kari Kåring (B1) | NOR | 48.90 | (13) | | 2:35.40 | (17) | NRJ | 1:44.60 | (16) | | - | | | 153.000 | | - |
| 18 | Yasuko Takano (Neo) | JPN | 49.00 | (14) | | 2:35.60 | (18) | SB | 1:45.70 | (19) | | - | | | 153.716 | | - |
| 19 | Kyung-Hi Ko (Senior) | PRK | 49.90 | (22) | SB | 2:37.20 | (19) | SB | 1:44.20 | (15) | SB | - | | | 154.400 | | - |
| 20 | Adelhejda Mroske (Neo) | POL | 50.20 | (25) | | 2:37.60 | (21) | | 1:43.80 | (14) | | - | | | 154.633 | | - |
| 21 | Gunilla Jacobsson (A2) | SWE | 47.90 | (6) | TRJ | 2:39.10 | (22) | | 1:47.70 | (23) | | - | | | 154.783 | | - |
| 22 | Christina Scherling (Senior) | SWE | 49.40 | (19) | | 2:39.60 | (23) | | 1:46.50 | (20) | | - | | | 155.850 | | - |
| 23 | Christina.46 Karlsson (A2) | SWE | 50.10 | (23) | | 2:37.20 | (19) | | 1:47.20 | (21) | | - | | | 156.100 | | - |
| 24 | Arja Kantola (B1) | FIN | 49.50 | (20) | | 2:39.80 | (24) | NRJ | 1:47.20 | (21) | | - | | | 156.366 | | - |
| 25 | Sabine Klingbeil (C2) | GDR | 50.30 | (26) | | 2:42.70 | (26) | | 1:50.80 | (26) | | - | | | 159.933 | | - |
| 26 | Joanne Fath (Neo) | CAN | 50.10 | (23) | SB | 2:47.00 | (28) | | 1:49.30 | (24) | | - | | | 160.416 | | - |
| 27 | Ylva Hedlund (C2) | SWE | 51.10 | (27) | | 2:42.40 | (25) | NRJ | 1:50.70 | (25) | | - | | | 160.583 | | - |
| 28 | Sigrid Wienke (C2) | GDR | 52.20 | (29) | | 2:45.60 | (27) | | 1:51.40 | (27) | | - | | | 163.100 | | - |
| 29 | Herlind Hürdler (B1) | GDR | 51.30 | (28) | | 2:48.10 | (29) | | 1:53.00 | (28) | | - | | | 163.833 | | - |
| 30 | Hannelore Strauß (Senior) | FRG | 54.00 | (30) | SB | 2:48.60 | (30) | SB | - | | | - | | | 110.200 | | - |