| 1 | Galina Stepanskaja (Senior) | URS | 2:16.58 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Sheila Young (Senior) | USA | 2:17.06 | | +0.480 |
| 3 | Tatjana Averina (Senior) | URS | 2:17.96 | | +1.380 |
| 4 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg (Senior) | NOR | 2:17.99 | NR | +1.410 |
| 5 | Karin Kessow (Neo) | GDR | 2:19.06 | | +2.480 |
| 6 | Leah Poulos (Senior) | USA | 2:19.11 | | +2.530 |
| 7 | Ines Bautzmann (A1) | GDR | 2:19.63 | TRJ | +3.050 |
| 8 | Erwina Rys (Neo) | POL | 2:19.69 | | +3.110 |
| 9 | Sylvia Burka (Neo) | CAN | 2:19.74 | | +3.160 |
| 10 | Andrea Mitscherlich (C2) | GDR | 2:20.05 | | +3.470 |
| 11 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (M30) | NOR | 2:21.85 | | +5.270 |
| 12 | Annie Borckink (Senior) | NED | 2:22.06 | | +5.480 |
| 13 | Sijtje van der Lende (Senior) | NED | 2:22.10 | | +5.520 |
| 14 | Sylvia Filipsson (Neo) | SWE | 2:22.42 | | +5.840 |
| 15 | Nina Statkevitsj (M30) | URS | 2:22.59 | | +6.010 |
| 16 | Christa Jaarsma (Neo) | NED | 2:23.98 | | +7.400 |
| 17 | Cindy Seikkula (A1) | USA | 2:24.06 | | +7.480 |
| 18 | Ewa Malewicka (Neo) | POL | 2:24.26 | | +7.680 |
| 19 | Janina Urszula Korowicka (Neo) | POL | 2:24.30 | | +7.720 |
| 20 | Tuula Vilkas (Senior) | FIN | 2:24.55 | | +7.970 |
| 21 | Elisabeth Appleby (B2) | CAN | 2:24.89 | | +8.310 |
| 22 | Chieko Ito (Neo) | JPN | 2:25.27 | | +8.690 |
| 23 | Kathy Vogt (B2) | CAN | 2:25.49 | | +8.910 |
| 24 | Yuko Ota (A2) | JPN | 2:25.74 | | +9.160 |
| 25 | Nam-Soon Lee (C2) | KOR | 2:26.24 | | +9.660 |
| 26 | Linda Rombouts (Neo) | BEL | 2:32.96 | | +16.380 |