| 1 | Christa Rothenburger (Senior) | GDR | 40.74 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 41.39 | | +0.650 | 22 |
| 3 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 41.47 | | +0.730 | 20 |
| 4 | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | 41.98 | | +1.240 | 18 |
| 5 | Angela Stahnke (Neo) | GDR | 42.05 | | +1.310 | 16 |
| 6 | Cornelia Dick (A2) | GDR | 42.07 | | +1.330 | 15 |
| 7 | Sylke Luding (B2) | GDR | 42.31 | | +1.570 | 14 |
| 8 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 42.58 | | +1.840 | 13 |
| 9 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 42.59 | | +1.850 | 12 |
| 10 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 42.73 | | +1.990 | 11 |
| 11 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 42.96 | | +2.220 | 10 |
| 12 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 42.97 | | +2.230 | 9 |
| 13 | Anne Girard (Neo) | CAN | 42.98 | | +2.240 | 8 |
| 14 | Sylvie Daigle (Neo) | CAN | 43.13 | | +2.390 | 7 |
| 15 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 43.42 | | +2.680 | 6 |
| 16 | Hanne Eriksson (A2) | NOR | 43.80 | | +3.060 | 5 |
| 17 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 43.97 | | +3.230 | 4 |
| 18 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 44.00 | | +3.260 | 3 |
| 19 | Marieke Stam (Neo) | NED | 44.02 | | +3.280 | 2 |
| 20 | Petra Moolhuizen (Neo) | NED | 44.20 | | +3.460 | 1 |
| 21 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 44.22 | | +3.480 | 0 |
| Maila Lehtimäki (Neo) | FIN | 44.22 | | +3.480 | 0 |
| 23 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 44.27 | | +3.530 | 0 |
| 24 | Lidia Olcon (Neo) | POL | 44.64 | | +3.900 | 0 |
| 25 | Stéphanie Dumont (A1) | FRA | 44.71 | | +3.970 | 0 |
| 26 | Shelley Rhead (Neo) | CAN | 44.78 | | +4.040 | 0 |
| 27 | Rose-Marie Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 44.86 | | +4.120 | 0 |
| 28 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 44.96 | | +4.220 | 0 |
| 29 | Szilviá Szikora (Neo) | HUN | 46.80 | | +6.060 | 0 |
| 30 | Rita Carbis (Senior) | SUI | 47.15 | | +6.410 | 0 |
| 31 | Erzsébet Kútvölgyi (Neo) | HUN | 47.73 | | +6.990 | 0 |
| DQ | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | DQ | | - | 0 |