| 1 | Christa Rothenburger (Senior) | GDR | 41.31 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Cornelia Dick (A2) | GDR | 42.25 | | +0.940 | 22 |
| 3 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 42.32 | | +1.010 | 20 |
| 4 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 42.38 | | +1.070 | 18 |
| 5 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 42.66 | | +1.350 | 16 |
| 6 | Anne Girard (Neo) | CAN | 42.81 | | +1.500 | 15 |
| 7 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 42.96 | | +1.650 | 14 |
| 8 | Svetlana Bykova (Neo) | URS | 42.98 | | +1.670 | 13 |
| 9 | Shelley Rhead (Neo) | CAN | 43.26 | | +1.950 | 12 |
| 10 | Yeon-Joo.64 Lee (Neo) | KOR | 43.36 | | +2.050 | 11 |
| 11 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 43.40 | | +2.090 | 10 |
| 12 | Tatjana Kabutova (A1) | URS | 43.61 | | +2.300 | 9 |
| 13 | Sylvie Daigle (Neo) | CAN | 43.68 | | +2.370 | 8 |
| 14 | Sylke Luding (B2) | GDR | 43.91 | | +2.600 | 7 |
| 15 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Senior) | POL | 43.92 | | +2.610 | 6 |
| 16 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 43.96 | | +2.650 | 5 |
| 17 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 44.05 | | +2.740 | 4 |
| 18 | Sigrid Smuda-Fröschl (Senior) | FRG | 44.60 | | +3.290 | 3 |
| 19 | Anja Mischke (A2) | FRG | 44.72 | | +3.410 | 2 |
| 20 | Ylva Fors (Neo) | SWE | 44.82 | | +3.510 | 1 |
| 21 | Seung-Yoon Choi (Neo) | KOR | 45.34 | | +4.030 | 0 |
| 22 | Elisabeth Bjøre (A2) | NOR | 45.36 | | +4.050 | 0 |
| 23 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 45.48 | | +4.170 | 0 |