| 1 | Christa Rothenburger (Neo) | GDR | 42.35 | | - |
| 2 | Natalja Petrusjova (Senior) | URS | 43.00 | | +0.650 |
| 3 | Karin Enke (Neo) | GDR | 43.14 | | +0.790 |
| 4 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Senior) | URS | 43.20 | | +0.850 |
| 5 | Natalja Kurova (Neo) | URS | 43.21 | | +0.860 |
| 6 | Angela Stahnke (B2) | GDR | 43.48 | | +1.130 |
| 7 | Natalja Glebova (Neo) | URS | 43.68 | | +1.330 |
| 8 | Ewa Białkowska-Krysiak (Senior) | POL | 43.96 | | +1.610 |
| 9 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 44.13 | | +1.780 |
| 10 | Carola Bürger (A1) | GDR | 44.18 | | +1.830 |
| 11 | Svetlana Katsjuk (Senior) | URS | 44.21 | | +1.860 |
| 12 | Ulrike Frank (Neo) | GDR | 44.39 | | +2.040 |
| Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Neo) | POL | 44.39 | | +2.040 |
| 14 | Petra Richter (Senior) | GDR | 44.42 | | +2.070 |
| 15 | Hwa-Seon Song (C2) | PRK | 44.46 | NRJ | +2.110 |
| 16 | Skadi Walter (A2) | GDR | 44.53 | | +2.180 |
| 17 | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | GDR | 44.54 | | +2.190 |
| 18 | Ljudmila Boldyreva-Masjkovtseva (Senior) | URS | 44.64 | | +2.290 |
| 19 | Kerstin Peters (A2) | GDR | 45.01 | | +2.660 |
| 20 | Marina Koltsova (Neo) | URS | 45.18 | | +2.830 |
| 21 | Trijnie Semplonius-Nieuwenhuis (Senior) | NED | 45.21 | | +2.860 |
| 22 | Olga Plesjkova (Senior) | URS | 45.43 | | +3.080 |
| 23 | Ljudmila Kostjukevitsj (A1) | URS | 45.68 | | +3.330 |
| 24 | Minna Hägg (Neo) | FIN | 45.80 | | +3.450 |
| 25 | Susan Sandvig (Neo) | USA | 46.02 | | +3.670 |
| 26 | Simona Todoruţ (B2) | ROU | 46.18 | | +3.830 |
| 27 | Kathryn Ann Lunda (Senior) | USA | 46.37 | | +4.020 |
| 28 | Sijtje Tjepkema-van der Lende (M30) | NED | 46.52 | | +4.170 |
| 29 | Reina de Hey (Neo) | NED | 46.74 | | +4.390 |
| 30 | Angelika Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 47.06 | | +4.710 |
| 31 | Sandy Chobot (Neo) | USA | 47.24 | | +4.890 |
| 32 | Doetie Vos-van der Meulen (Neo) | NED | 47.55 | | +5.200 |
| 33 | Mihaela Timiş (C2) | ROU | 47.88 | | +5.530 |
| 34 | Tilly Bakker-Alderts (Neo) | NED | 47.89 | | +5.540 |
| 35 | Elske van der Meer (Neo) | NED | 48.55 | | +6.200 |
| 36 | Ida Stárková (B2) | TCH | 51.56 | NRJ | +9.210 |
| DQ | Irina Mikhajlova (Senior) | URS | DQ | | - |