| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 40.74 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 41.42 | | +0.680 | 22 |
| 3 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 42.26 | | +1.520 | 20 |
| 4 | Ingrid Haringa (Neo) | NED | 42.62 | | +1.880 | 18 |
| 5 | Natalja Sjive-Glebova (Senior) | URS | 42.83 | | +2.090 | 16 |
| 6 | Irina Kulesjova-Kovrova (Senior) | URS | 42.85 | | +2.110 | 15 |
| 7 | Christine Aaftink (Neo) | NED | 42.98 | | +2.240 | 14 |
| 8 | Marina Jevgrafova (A2) | URS | 43.05 | | +2.310 | 13 |
| 9 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 43.29 | | +2.550 | 12 |
| 10 | Constanze Scandolo (Neo) | GDR | 43.34 | | +2.600 | 11 |
| Heike Pöhland (Neo) | GDR | 43.34 | | +2.600 | 11 |
| 12 | Shelley Rhead (Neo) | CAN | 43.47 | | +2.730 | 9 |
| 13 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Neo) | KOR | 43.50 | | +2.760 | 8 |
| 14 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 43.63 | | +2.890 | 7 |
| 15 | Boukje Keulen (Neo) | NED | 43.93 | | +3.190 | 6 |
| 16 | Iwona Iwanaszko (A2) | POL | 44.33 | | +3.590 | 5 |
| 17 | Anja Mischke (Neo) | FRG | 44.46 | | +3.720 | 4 |
| 18 | Grit Licker (Neo) | GDR | 44.52 | | +3.780 | 3 |
| 19 | Anette Hammarin (Neo) | SWE | 44.62 | | +3.880 | 2 |
| 20 | Yeong-Ok Kim (Neo) | KOR | 44.74 | | +4.000 | 1 |
| 21 | Heidi Skjeggestad (B2) | NOR | 44.98 | | +4.240 | 0 |
| 22 | Moira d'Andrea (A2) | USA | 45.00 | | +4.260 | 0 |
| 23 | Rose-Marie Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 45.54 | | +4.800 | 0 |