| 1 | Tamara Rylova (M30) | URS | 48.10 | (2) | | 2:35.10 | (3) | | 99.800 | | - |
| 2 | Gunilla Jacobsson (A1) | SWE | 47.80 | (1) | TR | 2:39.00 | (8) | | 100.800 | | +1.000 |
| 3 | Janice Smith (A2) | USA | 48.10 | (2) | | 2:38.20 | (5) | TRJ | 100.833 | | +1.033 |
| 4 | Klara Guseva-Nesterova (Senior) | URS | 48.80 | (6) | | 2:36.20 | (4) | | 100.866 | | +1.066 |
| 5 | Helga Haase (M30) | GDR | 48.30 | (4) | | 2:38.50 | (6) | | 101.133 | | +1.333 |
| 6 | Stien Kaiser (Senior) | NED | 50.10 | (10) | | 2:34.20 | (2) | | 101.500 | | +1.700 |
| 7 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova (Senior) | URS | 51.70 | (17) | | 2:32.20 | (1) | TR | 102.433 | | +2.633 |
| 8 | Shuyuan Wang (Neo) | CHN | 49.60 | (9) | | 2:41.00 | (11) | | 103.266 | | +3.466 |
| 9 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (Neo) | NOR | 50.30 | (12) | | 2:39.00 | (8) | | 103.300 | | +3.500 |
| 10 | Kari Kåring (C2) | NOR | 49.40 | (7) | NRJ | 2:42.90 | (13) | | 103.700 | | +3.900 |
| 11 | Gerd Inger de Groot (A2) | NOR | 49.50 | (8) | | 2:44.30 | (15) | | 104.266 | | +4.466 |
| 12 | Willy de Beer (Neo) | NED | 52.00 | (19) | | 2:38.50 | (6) | | 104.833 | | +5.033 |
| 13 | Carry Geijssen (B2) | NED | 50.30 | (12) | | 2:45.70 | (17) | | 105.533 | | +5.733 |
| 14 | Sylvia White (Neo) | USA | 50.80 | (15) | | 2:45.30 | (16) | | 105.900 | | +6.100 |
| 15 | Christina.46 Karlsson (A1) | SWE | 52.20 | (20) | | 2:41.40 | (12) | | 106.000 | | +6.200 |
| 16 | Kornelia Ihász (Senior) | HUN | 51.90 | (18) | | 2:43.10 | (14) | | 106.266 | | +6.466 |
| 17 | Ylva Hedlund (C1) | SWE | 51.50 | (16) | | 2:46.90 | (20) | | 107.133 | | +7.333 |
| 18 | Jeannette Ann Neil (Senior) | AUS | 52.30 | (21) | | 2:46.30 | (19) | | 107.733 | | +7.933 |
| 19 | Inge Lieckfeldt (Neo) | GDR | 53.40 | (23) | | 2:45.80 | (18) | | 108.666 | | +8.866 |
| 20 | Hu-Tzu Pi (Senior) | CHN | 52.40 | (22) | | 2:52.60 | (21) | | 109.933 | | +10.133 |
| 21 | Maud Schöld (Neo) | SWE | 55.60 | (26) | | 2:54.70 | (22) | | 113.833 | | +14.033 |
| 22 | Christina Lundqvist (C2) | SWE | 54.20 | (25) | | 3:00.10 | (23) | | 114.233 | | +14.433 |
| 23 | Piroska Tamássy (A1) | HUN | 53.50 | (24) | | 3:04.50 | (24) | | 115.000 | | +15.200 |
| 24 | Inger Eriksson (Neo) | SWE | 48.70 | (5) | | - | | | 48.700 | | - |
| 25 | Christina Scherling (Senior) | SWE | 50.10 | (10) | | - | | | 50.100 | | - |
| 26 | Barbara Lockhart (Neo) | USA | 50.40 | (14) | | - | | | 50.400 | | - |
| Mary Lawler (A2) | USA | DNF | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Jean Ashworth (Senior) | USA | DNF | | | 2:40.80 | (10) | | - | | - |