| 1 | Valentina Golovenkina (Neo) | URS | 44.76 | (3) | | 1:30.78 | (1) | | 4:47.21 | (8) | SB | 138.018 | | - |
| 2 | Ina Steenbruggen (Neo) | NED | 45.16 | (6) | | 1:32.02 | (5) | | 4:43.27 | (3) | SB | 138.381 | | +0.363 |
| 3 | Galina Stepanskaja (Senior) | URS | 45.57 | (9) | | 1:31.27 | (2) | | 4:45.69 | (7) | SB | 138.820 | | +0.802 |
| 4 | Marion Dittmann (Neo) | GDR | 45.84 | (12) | | 1:33.45 | (10) | | 4:42.09 | (1) | | 139.580 | | +1.562 |
| 5 | Ines Bautzmann (Neo) | GDR | 45.79 | (11) | | 1:33.21 | (9) | | 4:45.45 | (6) | | 139.970 | | +1.952 |
| 6 | Sabine Becker (A1) | GDR | 46.51 | (17) | | 1:33.65 | (12) | | 4:43.29 | (4) | SB | 140.550 | | +2.532 |
| 7 | Joke van Rijssel (Neo) | NED | 46.53 | (18) | | 1:33.75 | (13) | | 4:44.64 | (5) | SB | 140.845 | | +2.827 |
| 8 | Sijtje van der Lende (Senior) | NED | 46.86 | (20) | | 1:33.75 | (13) | | 4:43.16 | (2) | SB | 140.928 | | +2.910 |
| 9 | Galina Petrova-Blinkova (Neo) | URS | 45.57 | (9) | | 1:32.35 | (6) | | 4:55.15 | (13) | | 140.936 | | +2.918 |
| 10 | Sylvia Brunner (Neo) | SUI | 44.95 | (5) | | 1:32.45 | (7) | | 4:59.68 | (16) | | 141.121 | | +3.103 |
| 11 | Vera Bryndzej (Senior) | URS | 45.47 | (8) | | 1:32.80 | (8) | | 4:59.63 | (15) | SB | 141.808 | | +3.790 |
| 12 | Olga Plesjkova (Neo) | URS | 46.99 | (21) | | 1:33.83 | (15) | | 4:51.40 | (10) | | 142.471 | | +4.453 |
| 13 | Sigrid Smuda (A1) | FRG | 46.42 | (16) | | 1:35.35 | (17) | | 4:55.02 | (12) | NRJ, NR | 143.265 | | +5.247 |
| 14 | Pat Durnin (A1) | CAN | 46.11 | (14) | | 1:37.47 | (22) | | 4:57.12 | (14) | NRJ | 144.365 | | +6.347 |
| 15 | Klaske Meijer (Neo) | NED | 48.51 | (25) | | 1:35.90 | (18) | | 4:48.35 | (9) | PB | 144.518 | | +6.500 |
| 16 | Dolores Gysin-Lier (Neo) | SUI | 47.63 | (23) | | 1:36.45 | (20) | | 4:53.59 | (11) | SB | 144.786 | | +6.768 |
| 17 | Brenda Webster (B1) | CAN | 46.77 | (19) | | 1:36.11 | (19) | | 5:03.18 | (17) | SB | 145.355 | | +7.337 |
| 18 | Linda Love (A2) | CAN | 46.21 | (15) | | 1:36.77 | (21) | | 5:12.15 | (20) | SB | 146.620 | | +8.602 |
| 19 | Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman (Senior) | NED | 45.31 | (7) | | 1:33.51 | (11) | | 5:33.52 | (25) | | 147.651 | | +9.633 |
| 20 | Brigitte Flierl (A1) | FRG | 47.87 | (24) | | 1:37.61 | (23) | | 5:11.00 | (19) | | 148.508 | | +10.490 |
| 21 | Manuela Haßmann (B2) | FRG | 47.30 | (22) | | 1:39.05 | (25) | | 5:13.56 | (21) | SB | 149.085 | | +11.067 |
| 22 | Angelika Haßmann (B2) | FRG | 49.16 | (26) | | 1:38.83 | (24) | | 5:07.36 | (18) | SB | 149.801 | | +11.783 |
| 23 | Hannelore Krammer (Senior) | FRG | 49.66 | (28) | | 1:39.45 | (26) | | 5:14.89 | (22) | SB | 151.866 | | +13.848 |
| 24 | Eva Molnar (A1) | ROU | 49.26 | (27) | | 1:43.74 | (28) | | 5:31.22 | (24) | SB | 156.333 | | +18.315 |
| 25 | Amanda Horsepool (A2) | GBR | 51.56 | (29) | NRJ, NR | 1:43.14 | (27) | NRJ, NR | 5:31.05 | (23) | NRJ, NR | 158.305 | | +20.287 |
| 26 | Ljubov Sadtsjikova (Senior) | URS | 43.72 | (1) | | 1:31.55 | (3) | | - | | | 89.495 | | - |
| 27 | Tatjana Averina (Senior) | URS | 44.91 | (4) | | 1:31.91 | (4) | | - | | | 90.865 | | - |
| 28 | Vera Krasnova (Senior) | URS | 44.13 | (2) | | 1:34.62 | (16) | | - | | | 91.440 | | - |
| 29 | Kathy Vogt (A2) | CAN | 45.99 | (13) | | - | | | - | | | 45.990 | | - |