| 1 | Olga Plesjkova (Senior) | URS | 44.10 | (3) | | 2:14.20 | (1) | | 1:30.60 | (2) | | 4:50.00 | (1) | | 182.466 | | - |
| 2 | Marina Koltsova (Neo) | URS | 44.30 | (5) | | 2:18.00 | (4) | | 1:32.00 | (5) | | 4:55.20 | (5) | | 185.500 | | +3.034 |
| 3 | Galina Pankova (Senior) | URS | 42.80 | (1) | | 2:17.90 | (3) | | 1:31.50 | (4) | | 5:07.20 | (13) | | 185.716 | | +3.250 |
| 4 | Beate Romstedt (Neo) | GDR | 44.70 | (6) | | 2:18.80 | (5) | | 1:32.60 | (6) | | 4:57.60 | (6) | | 186.866 | | +4.400 |
| 5 | Marina Redkina (B2) | URS | 45.60 | (17) | | 2:19.20 | (6) | | 1:33.30 | (8) | | 4:53.70 | (2) | TRJ | 187.600 | TRJ | +5.134 |
| 6 | Natalja Zaborskikh (Senior) | URS | 45.50 | (14) | SB | 2:19.40 | (7) | SB | 1:34.60 | (14) | SB | 4:54.10 | (4) | SB | 188.282 | SB | +5.816 |
| 7 | Ljubov Slojeva-Berezina (Senior) | URS | 43.90 | (2) | | 2:22.30 | (15) | | 1:31.30 | (3) | | 5:08.60 | (14) | | 188.416 | | +5.950 |
| 8 | Irina Pegova (Neo) | URS | 44.10 | (3) | PB | 2:20.90 | (9) | PB | 1:32.80 | (7) | SB | 5:09.50 | (16) | SB | 189.049 | SB | +6.583 |
| 9 | Galina Sjikhova-Isupova (Neo) | URS | 44.80 | (8) | | 2:21.60 | (13) | | 1:33.50 | (9) | | 5:06.90 | (12) | | 189.900 | | +7.434 |
| 10 | Lidija Jegorova-Morozova (Senior) | URS | 45.30 | (9) | SB | 2:22.40 | (16) | SB | 1:33.60 | (10) | SB | 5:02.30 | (8) | SB | 189.949 | SB | +7.483 |
| 11 | Irina.62 Fjodorova (A1) | URS | 45.60 | (17) | | 2:19.70 | (8) | | 1:35.10 | (15) | | 5:04.00 | (9) | | 190.382 | | +7.916 |
| 12 | Petra Kranke (A2) | GDR | 45.80 | (19) | | 2:21.20 | (11) | | 1:36.20 | (19) | | 5:01.10 | (7) | | 191.149 | | +8.683 |
| 13 | Tatjana Tumanova-Arefjeva (A2) | URS | 46.00 | (20) | | 2:22.20 | (14) | | 1:34.10 | (11) | | 5:04.50 | (10) | | 191.200 | | +8.734 |
| 14 | Ljudmila Stegalova-Bulanova (Neo) | URS | 45.50 | (14) | | 2:21.10 | (10) | | 1:36.50 | (20) | | 5:04.60 | (11) | | 191.549 | SB | +9.083 |
| 15 | Grażyna Nocoń (Neo) | POL | 45.50 | (14) | | 2:21.40 | (12) | SB | 1:35.50 | (17) | | 5:09.30 | (15) | | 191.933 | | +9.467 |
| 16 | Agnes Rusz (Neo) | ROU | 45.30 | (9) | | 2:25.80 | (19) | | 1:34.20 | (12) | | 5:21.30 | (17) | | 194.550 | | +12.084 |
| 17 | Éva Sándor (Senior) | ROU | 45.30 | (9) | | 2:27.30 | (23) | | 1:34.50 | (13) | | 5:25.90 | (18) | | 195.966 | | +13.500 |
| 18 | Natalja Kurova (A2) | URS | DNF | | | 2:15.40 | (2) | TRJ | 1:27.50 | (1) | TR | 4:53.80 | (3) | | - | | - |
| 19 | Nina Melnova (Neo) | URS | 45.40 | (13) | | 2:23.80 | (17) | SB | 1:35.40 | (16) | | - | | | 141.033 | | -41.433 |
| 20 | Elżbieta Bruzgo (Senior) | POL | 45.30 | (9) | | 2:24.50 | (18) | | 1:35.80 | (18) | | - | | | 141.366 | | -41.100 |
| 21 | Nina Grinina (Neo) | URS | 46.20 | (21) | | 2:25.90 | (20) | | 1:37.20 | (21) | | - | | | 143.433 | | -39.033 |
| 22 | Nadezjda Tsjasovskikh (Senior) | URS | 44.70 | (6) | | 2:29.60 | (24) | SB | 1:37.90 | (22) | | - | | | 143.516 | | -38.950 |
| 23 | Zsuzsa Takács (Senior) | HUN | 46.40 | (23) | | 2:26.30 | (22) | | 1:38.50 | (24) | | - | | | 144.416 | | -38.050 |
| 24 | Li-Chan Hi (n/a) | PRK | 46.30 | (22) | PB | 2:30.60 | (25) | PB | 1:38.20 | (23) | PB | - | | | 145.600 | | -36.866 |
| 25 | Lidija Kuskova (Senior) | URS | 56.70 | (24) | SB | 2:26.10 | (21) | SB | 1:39.50 | (25) | SB | - | | | 155.150 | | -27.316 |