| 1 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 41.38 | (1) | | 4:32.16 | (2) | | 2:08.90 | (1) | TR | 7:50.15 | (2) | SB | 176.721 | TR, SB | - |
| 2 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 42.11 | (5) | | 4:30.10 | (1) | TR | 2:10.61 | (2) | | 7:46.96 | (1) | TR | 177.358 | SB | +0.637 |
| 3 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 42.90 | (11) | | 4:37.33 | (3) | | 2:11.81 | (3) | | 7:53.27 | (3) | | 180.384 | SB | +3.663 |
| 4 | Seiko Hashimoto (Neo) | JPN | 42.40 | (7) | | 4:39.78 | (4) | SB | 2:12.36 | (4) | SB | 8:04.07 | (6) | SB | 181.557 | SB | +4.836 |
| 5 | Jacqueline Börner (Neo) | GDR | 41.81 | (2) | | 4:43.88 | (7) | | 2:14.23 | (5) | | 8:06.69 | (7) | SB | 182.535 | SB | +5.814 |
| 6 | Marieke Stam (Neo) | NED | 42.45 | (8) | | 4:48.40 | (12) | | 2:15.08 | (6) | | 8:09.87 | (8) | | 184.529 | SB | +7.808 |
| 7 | Natalja Artamonova-Kurova (Senior) | URS | 42.73 | (9) | | 4:42.98 | (6) | | 2:15.49 | (7) | | 8:19.80 | (11) | | 185.036 | | +8.315 |
| 8 | Heike Schalling (Neo) | GDR | 44.90 | (27) | | 4:40.44 | (5) | | 2:17.64 | (12) | | 8:04.06 | (5) | | 185.926 | | +9.205 |
| 9 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 42.77 | (10) | | 4:47.76 | (9) | | 2:18.81 | (14) | | 8:17.97 | (9) | NR | 186.797 | SB | +10.076 |
| 10 | Xiuli Wang (Neo) | CHN | 42.11 | (5) | | 4:51.17 | (17) | | 2:17.31 | (10) | SB | 8:24.39 | (14) | SB | 186.847 | SB | +10.126 |
| 11 | Petra Moolhuizen (Neo) | NED | 43.76 | (15) | | 4:44.37 | (8) | | 2:17.05 | (9) | | 8:20.87 | (12) | | 186.925 | | +10.204 |
| 12 | Jelena Lapuga (Neo) | URS | 43.82 | (16) | | 4:49.54 | (15) | | 2:19.78 | (17) | | 8:03.29 | (4) | | 186.998 | | +10.277 |
| 13 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 43.32 | (13) | | 4:47.90 | (11) | | 2:19.06 | (16) | | 8:23.99 | (13) | | 188.055 | | +11.334 |
| 14 | Qing Zhang (Neo) | CHN | 44.12 | (20) | SB | 4:48.61 | (13) | NR | 2:20.63 | (19) | | 8:18.77 | (10) | NR | 188.974 | PB | +12.253 |
| 15 | Jasmin Krohn (Neo) | SWE | 45.08 | (28) | | 4:50.28 | (16) | | 2:23.66 | (25) | | 8:24.73 | (15) | SB | 191.819 | SB | +15.098 |
| 16 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (M30) | SWE | 43.99 | (18) | SB | 4:48.70 | (14) | | 2:20.25 | (18) | | 9:25.65 | (16) | | 195.421 | SB | +18.700 |
| 17 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 43.29 | (12) | | 4:53.10 | (19) | | 2:17.02 | (8) | | - | | | 137.813 | | -38.908 |
| 18 | Katie Class (Senior) | USA | 41.97 | (3) | | 4:53.98 | (20) | | 2:21.78 | (21) | | - | | | 138.226 | | -38.495 |
| 19 | Ariane Loignon (Neo) | CAN | 43.56 | (14) | | 4:55.76 | (22) | | 2:17.62 | (11) | | - | | | 138.726 | | -37.995 |
| 20 | Marie-France van Helden-Vives (Senior) | FRA | 44.52 | (24) | | 4:52.89 | (18) | | 2:21.18 | (20) | | - | | | 140.395 | | -36.326 |
| 21 | Ljudmila Titova-Morozova (Senior) | URS | 44.28 | (23) | | 5:01.30 | (24) | | 2:18.66 | (13) | | - | | | 140.716 | | -36.005 |
| 22 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Neo) | ITA | 44.08 | (19) | | 4:54.15 | (21) | | 2:24.48 | (28) | | - | | | 141.265 | | -35.456 |
| 23 | Grietje Mulder (Neo) | NED | 45.42 | (29) | | 4:57.52 | (23) | | 2:19.05 | (15) | | - | | | 141.356 | | -35.365 |
| 24 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 42.00 | (4) | | 5:10.34 | (29) | | 2:24.27 | (27) | | - | | | 141.813 | | -34.908 |
| 25 | Kelly Mullen (Neo) | USA | 44.18 | (21) | | 5:01.42 | (26) | | 2:22.41 | (22) | | - | | | 141.886 | | -34.835 |
| 26 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 44.54 | (25) | | 5:01.36 | (25) | | 2:22.50 | (23) | | - | | | 142.266 | | -34.455 |
| 27 | Yeong-Ok Kim (Neo) | KOR | 44.20 | (22) | | 5:02.02 | (27) | | 2:24.24 | (26) | | - | | | 142.616 | | -34.105 |
| 28 | Karen Gardiner (Senior) | AUS | 45.60 | (30) | | 5:07.01 | (28) | | 2:24.54 | (29) | | - | | | 144.948 | | -31.773 |
| 29 | Stéphanie Dumont (A2) | FRA | 43.89 | (17) | | 5:11.34 | (30) | | 2:30.15 | (30) | | - | | | 145.830 | | -30.891 |
| 30 | Minna Nystedt (A2) | NOR | 46.30 | (31) | | 5:20.40 | (31) | | 2:23.55 | (24) | | - | | | 147.550 | | -29.171 |
| 31 | Ans Kremer (M40) | NZL | 53.15 | (32) | SB | 5:34.66 | (32) | SB | 2:44.20 | (31) | SB | - | | | 163.659 | | -13.062 |
| Natsue Seki (Neo) | JPN | 44.79 | (26) | | 4:47.77 | (10) | | DQ | | | - | | | 92.751 | | - |