| 1 | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | GDR | 43.09 | (6) | | 4:30.33 | (1) | TR | 2:10.19 | (1) | | 7:54.42 | (1) | | 178.983 | TR, SB | - |
| 2 | Karin Enke (Neo) | GDR | 42.13 | (2) | | 4:36.50 | (4) | | 2:11.03 | (2) | | 8:15.83 | (8) | | 181.472 | SB | +2.489 |
| 3 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Senior) | URS | 42.54 | (5) | | 4:39.90 | (7) | | 2:12.54 | (3) | | 8:07.93 | (5) | | 182.163 | | +3.180 |
| 4 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Neo) | GDR | 43.23 | (9) | SB | 4:35.79 | (2) | | 2:14.98 | (9) | | 8:03.83 | (3) | | 182.571 | SB | +3.588 |
| 5 | Svetlana Katsjuk (Senior) | URS | 42.47 | (4) | | 4:38.40 | (6) | | 2:14.40 | (7) | | 8:09.02 | (6) | | 182.572 | | +3.589 |
| 6 | Sabine Brehm (Neo) | GDR | 44.06 | (19) | | 4:36.71 | (5) | | 2:15.47 | (10) | | 7:58.46 | (2) | | 183.180 | SB | +4.197 |
| 7 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Neo) | NOR | 44.08 | (21) | | 4:36.41 | (3) | | 2:14.25 | (6) | | 8:05.01 | (4) | | 183.399 | | +4.416 |
| 8 | Natalja Glebova (Neo) | URS | 41.66 | (1) | | 4:43.55 | (12) | | 2:13.04 | (4) | | 8:25.82 | (14) | | 183.846 | | +4.863 |
| 9 | Ria Visser (Neo) | NED | 44.06 | (19) | | 4:40.39 | (8) | | 2:13.84 | (5) | | 8:14.42 | (7) | | 184.846 | | +5.863 |
| 10 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 44.27 | (24) | | 4:40.74 | (9) | | 2:14.79 | (8) | | 8:16.36 | (10) | | 185.626 | | +6.643 |
| 11 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 43.77 | (17) | | 4:44.60 | (14) | | 2:15.70 | (12) | | 8:20.37 | (11) | | 186.473 | SB | +7.490 |
| 12 | Ina Steenbruggen (Senior) | NED | 44.11 | (22) | | 4:45.85 | (16) | | 2:16.84 | (14) | | 8:15.96 | (9) | | 186.960 | | +7.977 |
| 13 | Alie Boorsma (Neo) | NED | 43.36 | (11) | | 4:45.72 | (15) | | 2:16.57 | (13) | | 8:24.81 | (12) | | 186.984 | | +8.001 |
| 14 | Seiko Hashimoto (A1) | JPN | 43.41 | (13) | | 4:46.69 | (17) | | 2:19.26 | (20) | | 8:30.53 | (15) | NRJ, NR | 188.664 | NRJ, NR, TRJ | +9.681 |
| 15 | Sylvie Daigle (Neo) | CAN | 43.66 | (16) | | 4:44.04 | (13) | | 2:18.55 | (16) | | 8:36.22 | (16) | | 188.805 | NR | +9.822 |
| 16 | Brenda Webster (Neo) | CAN | 43.13 | (7) | | 4:42.54 | (11) | | 2:29.19 | (31) | | 8:24.82 | (13) | | 190.432 | SB | +11.449 |
| 17 | Sigrid Smuda (Neo) | FRG | 43.60 | (15) | | 4:48.99 | (18) | | 2:15.69 | (11) | | - | | | 136.995 | | -41.988 |
| 18 | Dorie Boyce (A2) | USA | 44.27 | (24) | | 4:49.52 | (20) | | 2:20.60 | (22) | | - | | | 139.389 | | -39.594 |
| 19 | Miyoshi Kato (Neo) | JPN | 44.28 | (26) | | 4:54.49 | (21) | | 2:19.09 | (17) | | - | | | 139.724 | | -39.259 |
| 20 | Nancy Swider (Senior) | USA | 44.82 | (28) | | 4:49.49 | (19) | | 2:20.19 | (21) | | - | | | 139.798 | | -39.185 |
| 21 | Lydia Stephans (Neo) | USA | 44.21 | (23) | | 4:57.48 | (24) | | 2:19.15 | (18) | | - | | | 140.173 | | -38.810 |
| 22 | Chieko Sato (A2) | JPN | 43.98 | (18) | SB | 4:54.94 | (22) | | 2:21.31 | (23) | | - | | | 140.239 | | -38.744 |
| 23 | Edel Therese Høiseth (B2) | NOR | 43.31 | (10) | | 5:03.95 | (26) | | 2:19.19 | (19) | | - | | | 140.364 | | -38.619 |
| 24 | Ewa Białkowska-Krysiak (Senior) | POL | 43.22 | (8) | | 4:55.05 | (23) | PB | 2:24.38 | (26) | | - | | | 140.521 | | -38.462 |
| 25 | Marzia Peretti (A1) | ITA | 42.44 | (3) | SB | 5:04.75 | (27) | | 2:25.56 | (29) | | - | | | 141.751 | | -37.232 |
| 26 | Hiromi Ozawa (Neo) | JPN | 44.45 | (27) | | 5:09.97 | (29) | | 2:21.71 | (24) | | - | | | 143.347 | | -35.636 |
| 27 | Yeon-Joo.64 Lee (A2) | KOR | 43.49 | (14) | SB | 5:10.47 | (30) | SB | 2:25.10 | (28) | SB | - | | | 143.601 | | -35.382 |
| 28 | Angelika Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 46.05 | (29) | | 4:58.71 | (25) | | 2:24.46 | (27) | | - | | | 143.988 | | -34.995 |
| 29 | Rose-Marie Karlsson (Neo) | SWE | 46.19 | (30) | | 5:08.96 | (28) | | 2:23.90 | (25) | | - | | | 145.649 | | -33.334 |
| 30 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (A2) | ITA | 46.90 | (31) | | 5:11.96 | (31) | | 2:26.19 | (30) | | - | | | 147.623 | | -31.360 |
| Mary Docter (Neo) | USA | DQ | | | 4:41.31 | (10) | | DQ | | | - | | | 46.885 | | - |
| Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 43.40 | (12) | | DQ | | | 2:18.25 | (15) | | - | | | 89.483 | | - |