| 1 | Karin Enke (Neo) | GDR | 41.87 | | - |
| 2 | Christa Rothenburger (Senior) | GDR | 42.30 | | +0.430 |
| 3 | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | GDR | 42.43 | | +0.560 |
| 4 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Senior) | URS | 42.57 | | +0.700 |
| 5 | Natalja Artamonova-Kurova (Neo) | URS | 42.62 | | +0.750 |
| 6 | Natalja Petrusjova (Senior) | URS | 42.71 | | +0.840 |
| 7 | Natalja Sjive-Glebova (Neo) | URS | 42.89 | | +1.020 |
| 8 | Carola Bürger (A2) | GDR | 43.07 | | +1.200 |
| 9 | Galina Akilova-Pankova (Senior) | URS | 43.42 | SB | +1.550 |
| 10 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (A1) | HUN | 43.54 | | +1.670 |
| Natalja Kuimova (Senior) | URS | 43.54 | | +1.670 |
| 12 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Neo) | POL | 43.55 | | +1.680 |
| 13 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 43.59 | | +1.720 |
| 14 | Svetlana Katsjuk (Senior) | URS | 43.67 | | +1.800 |
| 15 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 44.00 | | +2.130 |
| 16 | Sjouke Hoffmann (A2) | GDR | 44.33 | | +2.460 |
| 17 | Ljudmila Filimonova (Neo) | URS | 44.83 | | +2.960 |
| 18 | Andrea Schulze (A2) | GDR | 45.05 | | +3.180 |
| 19 | Ljudmila Tuberozova (B1) | URS | 45.10 | | +3.230 |
| 20 | Kerstin Peters (Neo) | GDR | 45.11 | | +3.240 |
| 21 | Oksana Djatsjenko (A1) | URS | 45.23 | | +3.360 |
| 22 | Minna Hägg (Neo) | FIN | 45.32 | | +3.450 |
| 23 | Miriam Heruth (Neo) | FRG | 45.83 | | +3.960 |
| 24 | Anna Kanatova-Bugrejeva (Senior) | URS | 45.96 | | +4.090 |
| 25 | Martina Weyer (A2) | FRG | 45.98 | | +4.110 |
| 26 | Marina Mokhova-Babkina (Neo) | URS | 46.28 | | +4.410 |
| 27 | Edit Hámori (B2) | HUN | 47.04 | | +5.170 |
| 28 | Johanna "Hanne" Steeg (A2) | FRG | 47.79 | | +5.920 |
| 29 | Ida Stárková (A1) | TCH | 50.47 | NRJ | +8.600 |
| DNF | Ljudmila Boldyreva-Masjkovtseva (Senior) | URS | DNF | | - |