| 1 | Monika Pflug (A1) | FRG | 1:31.40 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra (M30) | NED | 1:31.61 | | +0.210 |
| 3 | Anne Henning (B1) | USA | 1:31.62 | | +0.220 |
| 4 | Ljudmila Titova (Senior) | URS | 1:31.85 | | +0.450 |
| 5 | Nina Statkevitsj (Senior) | URS | 1:32.21 | | +0.810 |
| 6 | Dianne Holum (Neo) | USA | 1:32.41 | | +1.010 |
| 7 | Elly van den Brom (Neo) | NED | 1:32.60 | | +1.200 |
| 8 | Sylvia Burka (A1) | CAN | 1:32.95 | NRJ | +1.550 |
| 9 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (Senior) | NOR | 1:33.13 | | +1.730 |
| 10 | Ljudmila Kiseljova-Savrulina (Neo) | URS | 1:33.41 | | +2.010 |
| 11 | Tuula Vilkas (Neo) | FIN | 1:33.51 | | +2.110 |
| 12 | Rosemarie Taupadel (Neo) | GDR | 1:33.79 | | +2.390 |
| Pil-Hwa Han (M30) | PRK | 1:33.79 | SB | +2.390 |
| 13 | Ylva Hedlund (Neo) | SWE | 1:33.82 | | +2.420 |
| 14 | Emiko Taguchi (Neo) | JPN | 1:34.40 | | +3.000 |
| 15 | Paula Dufter (Neo) | FRG | 1:34.86 | | +3.460 |
| 16 | Sheila Young (Neo) | USA | 1:34.97 | | +3.570 |
| 17 | Sachiko Saito-Yobekura (Senior) | JPN | 1:35.12 | | +3.720 |
| 18 | Ann-Sofie Järnström (Neo) | SWE | 1:35.21 | | +3.810 |
| 19 | In-Suk Tak (Neo) | PRK | 1:35.28 | SB | +3.880 |
| 20 | Arja Kantola (Neo) | FIN | 1:35.45 | | +4.050 |
| 21 | Lisbeth Berg (Senior) | NOR | 1:35.56 | | +4.160 |
| 22 | Kirsti Biermann (Neo) | NOR | 1:35.76 | | +4.360 |
| 23 | Trijnie Rep (Neo) | NED | 1:35.82 | | +4.420 |
| 24 | Seon-Ok Jeon (Neo) | KOR | 1:36.24 | NR | +4.840 |
| 25 | Kyeong-Hee Lee (C1) | KOR | 1:36.50 | NRJ | +5.100 |
| 26 | Dong-Ok Choi (Neo) | PRK | 1:36.67 | SB | +5.270 |
| 27 | Ryouko Onozawa (Neo) | JPN | 1:36.99 | | +5.590 |
| 28 | Cathy Priestner (B1) | CAN | 1:37.11 | NRJ | +5.710 |
| 29 | Sylvia Filipsson (A2) | SWE | 1:37.24 | | +5.840 |
| 30 | Jeong-Hee Choi (Neo) | KOR | 1:37.57 | PB | +6.170 |
| 31 | Gayle Gordon (B1) | CAN | 1:38.32 | | +6.920 |
| 32 | Ruth Budzisch (Neo) | GDR | 1:52.65 | | +21.250 |