| 1 | Beth Heiden (A2) | USA | 44.49 | (1) | TR | 2:13.79 | (1) | NRJ, NR, TR | 1:26.14 | (1) | NRJ, TR | 4:41.24 | (1) | TR | 179.029 | NRJ, NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Natalja Petrusjova (Neo) | URS | 44.88 | (3) | | 2:14.73 | (2) | | 1:28.19 | (5) | | 4:47.02 | (8) | | 181.721 | | +2.692 |
| 3 | Sylvia Burka (Senior) | CAN | 45.52 | (7) | | 2:15.62 | (3) | | 1:27.53 | (3) | | 4:45.02 | (6) | | 181.994 | | +2.965 |
| 4 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (A2) | NOR | 46.24 | (15) | | 2:17.34 | (6) | | 1:29.03 | (11) | | 4:42.06 | (2) | SB | 183.545 | | +4.516 |
| 5 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Neo) | URS | 44.93 | (4) | | 2:17.66 | (7) | | 1:29.32 | (14) | | 4:48.60 | (10) | | 183.576 | | +4.547 |
| 6 | Ria Visser (B2) | NED | 46.69 | (17) | | 2:16.52 | (4) | | 1:29.30 | (13) | NRJ | 4:43.01 | (3) | NRJ | 184.014 | NRJ | +4.985 |
| 7 | Sijtje van der Lende (Senior) | NED | 47.00 | (23) | | 2:16.52 | (4) | | 1:28.15 | (4) | | 4:45.45 | (7) | | 184.156 | | +5.127 |
| 8 | Sylvia Filipsson (Senior) | SWE | 45.78 | (9) | | 2:19.84 | (11) | | 1:28.75 | (9) | | 4:44.69 | (5) | NR | 184.216 | | +5.187 |
| 9 | Sophie Piest-Westenbroek (M30) | NED | 45.09 | (5) | | 2:18.70 | (10) | | 1:29.41 | (15) | | 4:49.75 | (11) | SB | 184.319 | | +5.290 |
| 10 | Sylvia Albrecht (B1) | GDR | 44.83 | (2) | | 2:20.46 | (15) | | 1:28.83 | (10) | | 4:52.86 | (13) | | 184.875 | | +5.846 |
| 11 | Marion Dittmann (Neo) | GDR | 45.91 | (13) | | 2:21.10 | (16) | | 1:29.13 | (12) | | 4:44.68 | (4) | | 184.954 | | +5.925 |
| 12 | Sarah Docter (C2) | USA | 46.77 | (18) | | 2:17.82 | (8) | NRJ | 1:28.57 | (7) | NRJ | 4:47.81 | (9) | NRJ | 184.963 | NRJ | +5.934 |
| 13 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 45.83 | (12) | | 2:17.83 | (9) | | 1:28.33 | (6) | | 4:55.11 | (14) | SB | 185.123 | | +6.094 |
| 14 | Yuko Ota (Neo) | JPN | 46.21 | (14) | | 2:20.04 | (12) | | 1:30.59 | (21) | | 4:56.86 | (16) | | 187.661 | | +8.632 |
| 15 | Mary Docter (A1) | USA | 46.91 | (22) | | 2:20.34 | (14) | | 1:31.69 | (25) | | 4:50.54 | (12) | | 187.958 | | +8.929 |
| 16 | Sigrid Smuda (A2) | FRG | 1:12.69 | (31) | | 2:20.22 | (13) | | 1:30.67 | (22) | | 4:56.15 | (15) | SB | 214.123 | | +35.094 |
| 17 | Joke van Rijssel (Neo) | NED | 45.82 | (11) | | 2:21.18 | (17) | | 1:29.99 | (17) | | - | | | 137.875 | | -41.154 |
| 18 | Natalja Zaborskikh (Senior) | URS | 45.69 | (8) | | 2:21.94 | (19) | | 1:30.00 | (18) | | - | | | 138.003 | | -41.026 |
| 19 | Linda Palle (A2) | SWE | 45.25 | (6) | | 2:24.94 | (23) | | 1:30.42 | (20) | | - | | | 138.773 | | -40.256 |
| 20 | Kim Kostron (Neo) | USA | 45.79 | (10) | | 2:21.62 | (18) | | 1:31.56 | (24) | | - | | | 138.776 | | -40.253 |
| 21 | Brenda Webster (B2) | CAN | 46.80 | (20) | | 2:23.64 | (20) | | 1:28.71 | (8) | | - | | | 139.035 | | -39.994 |
| 22 | Annette Karlsson (Neo) | SWE | 46.79 | (19) | | 2:23.85 | (22) | | 1:29.78 | (16) | | - | | | 139.630 | | -39.399 |
| 23 | Kathy Vogt (Neo) | CAN | 46.66 | (16) | | 2:23.68 | (21) | | 1:30.20 | (19) | | - | | | 139.653 | | -39.376 |
| 24 | Lilianna Morawiec (A1) | POL | 47.36 | (26) | | 2:26.28 | (24) | | 1:31.16 | (23) | | - | | | 141.700 | | -37.329 |
| 25 | Ann-Mari Tollefsen (Neo) | NOR | 47.76 | (28) | | 2:27.21 | (26) | | 1:33.21 | (27) | | - | | | 143.435 | | -35.594 |
| 26 | Grethe Viksaas (Neo) | NOR | 47.74 | (27) | | 2:26.80 | (25) | | 1:33.64 | (28) | | - | | | 143.493 | | -35.536 |
| 27 | Marie-France Vives (A2) | FRA | 46.89 | (21) | | 2:30.46 | (30) | | 1:33.14 | (26) | NRJ | - | | | 143.613 | | -35.416 |
| 28 | Dolores Gysin-Lier (Neo) | SUI | 49.37 | (29) | | 2:29.39 | (29) | | 1:35.17 | (30) | | - | | | 146.751 | | -32.278 |
| 29 | Pirjo Hyvärinen (Neo) | FIN | 47.25 | (25) | | 2:28.09 | (27) | | 1:55.72 | (31) | | - | | | 154.473 | | -24.556 |
| 30 | Kim Ferran (Neo) | GBR | 1:12.65 | (30) | | 2:29.13 | (28) | NR | 1:35.13 | (29) | NR | - | | | 169.925 | | -9.104 |
| Tatjana Barabasj-Averina (Senior) | URS | 47.07 | (24) | | DQ | | | 1:27.44 | (2) | | - | | | 90.790 | | - |