| 1 | Christa Rothenburger (Senior) | GDR | 1:22.23 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 1:22.54 | | +0.310 | 22 |
| 3 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 1:24.83 | | +2.600 | 20 |
| 4 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 1:25.14 | | +2.910 | 18 |
| 5 | Angela Stahnke (Neo) | GDR | 1:25.32 | | +3.090 | 16 |
| 6 | Sabine Brehm (Neo) | GDR | 1:25.61 | SB | +3.380 | 15 |
| 7 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 1:25.99 | | +3.760 | 14 |
| 8 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 1:26.36 | | +4.130 | 13 |
| 9 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 1:26.46 | | +4.230 | 12 |
| 10 | Petra Moolhuizen (Neo) | NED | 1:26.72 | | +4.490 | 11 |
| 11 | Anne Girard (Neo) | CAN | 1:26.73 | | +4.500 | 10 |
| 12 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 1:27.08 | | +4.850 | 9 |
| 13 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 1:27.26 | | +5.030 | 8 |
| 14 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 1:27.28 | | +5.050 | 7 |
| 15 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 1:27.58 | | +5.350 | 6 |
| 16 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 1:27.74 | | +5.510 | 5 |
| 17 | Sylvie Daigle (Neo) | CAN | 1:28.66 | | +6.430 | 4 |
| 18 | Rose-Marie Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 1:28.89 | | +6.660 | 3 |
| 19 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 1:29.09 | SB | +6.860 | 2 |
| 20 | Shelley Rhead (Neo) | CAN | 1:29.84 | | +7.610 | 1 |
| 21 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 1:30.08 | | +7.850 | 0 |
| 22 | Maila Lehtimäki (Neo) | FIN | 1:30.14 | | +7.910 | 0 |
| 23 | Jacqueline Börner (Neo) | GDR | 1:31.44 | | +9.210 | 0 |
| 24 | Lidia Olcon (Neo) | POL | 1:31.82 | | +9.590 | 0 |
| 25 | Stéphanie Dumont (A1) | FRA | 1:31.99 | | +9.760 | 0 |
| 26 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 1:32.58 | | +10.350 | 0 |
| 27 | Marieke Stam (Neo) | NED | 1:33.60 | | +11.370 | 0 |
| 28 | Szilviá Szikora (Neo) | HUN | 1:36.88 | | +14.650 | 0 |
| 29 | Erzsébet Kútvölgyi (Neo) | HUN | 1:37.23 | | +15.000 | 0 |
| 30 | Rita Carbis (Senior) | SUI | 1:37.33 | | +15.100 | 0 |
| 31 | Hanne Eriksson (A2) | NOR | 1:38.31 | | +16.080 | 0 |
| DQ | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | DQ | | - | 0 |