| 1 | Valentina.34 Stenina (Senior) | URS | 50.10 | (3) | | 2:37.60 | (1) | | 1:41.80 | (4) | | 5:31.80 | (2) | | 208.833 | | - |
| 2 | Tamara Rylova (Senior) | URS | 49.70 | (2) | | 2:38.40 | (3) | | 1:41.20 | (3) | | 5:39.20 | (6) | | 209.633 | | +0.800 |
| 3 | Lidija Skoblikova (Neo) | URS | 49.50 | (1) | | 2:37.70 | (2) | | 1:49.10 | (22) | | 5:23.90 | (1) | TR | 210.599 | | +1.766 |
| 4 | Natalja Dontsjenko (Senior) | URS | 50.40 | (4) | | 2:43.20 | (7) | NR | 1:42.40 | (5) | NR | 5:36.50 | (4) | NR | 212.083 | NR | +3.250 |
| 5 | Helena Pilejczyk (Senior) | POL | 52.30 | (11) | | 2:41.60 | (5) | | 1:40.70 | (2) | | 5:37.60 | (5) | | 212.782 | | +3.949 |
| 6 | Eevi Huttunen (M35) | FIN | 51.90 | (6) | | 2:43.40 | (8) | | 1:42.70 | (7) | NRM | 5:34.80 | (3) | WRM | 213.516 | | +4.683 |
| 7 | Iris Sihvonen (Neo) | FIN | 51.40 | (5) | | 2:42.90 | (6) | | 1:42.90 | (8) | | 5:45.60 | (9) | | 214.750 | SB | +5.917 |
| 8 | Hongxia Sun (Senior) | CHN | 52.20 | (9) | SB | 2:43.70 | (9) | SB | 1:42.40 | (5) | NR | 5:40.90 | (7) | NR | 214.782 | SB | +5.949 |
| 9 | Christina Scherling (Neo) | SWE | 52.00 | (8) | | 2:44.70 | (11) | | 1:45.60 | (15) | | 5:45.40 | (8) | | 217.266 | | +8.433 |
| 10 | Kaija Mustonen (A1) | FIN | 52.20 | (9) | | 2:45.90 | (12) | | 1:44.60 | (12) | SB | 5:46.00 | (10) | | 217.466 | | +8.633 |
| 11 | Elwira Seroczynska (Senior) | POL | 53.00 | (17) | | 2:43.70 | (9) | | 1:43.60 | (10) | | 5:51.90 | (13) | | 218.016 | | +9.183 |
| 12 | Anna Skrzetuska (Senior) | POL | 52.60 | (14) | | 2:46.20 | (13) | | 1:44.50 | (11) | | 5:47.80 | (11) | | 218.216 | | +9.383 |
| 13 | Elsa Einarsson (A1) | SWE | 51.90 | (6) | | 2:46.40 | (14) | | 1:44.60 | (12) | | 5:54.80 | (14) | | 218.799 | | +9.966 |
| 14 | Pirkko Tanskanen (A2) | FIN | 52.50 | (13) | | 2:47.00 | (15) | | 1:44.60 | (12) | | 6:03.20 | (16) | | 220.999 | SB | +12.166 |
| 15 | Klara Guseva-Nesterova (Neo) | URS | 59.80 | (27) | | 2:41.20 | (4) | | 1:40.20 | (1) | | 5:48.50 | (12) | | 221.716 | | +12.883 |
| 16 | Fengrong Liu (Neo) | CHN | 52.30 | (11) | SB | 2:47.60 | (16) | SB | 1:48.10 | (21) | SB | 6:01.20 | (15) | SB | 222.416 | SB | +13.583 |
| 17 | Bożena Kalbarczyk (A1) | POL | 53.50 | (20) | | 2:49.30 | (18) | | 1:45.90 | (16) | | - | | | 162.883 | | - |
| 18 | Jeannette Ann Neil (Neo) | AUS | 53.20 | (19) | | 2:51.80 | (21) | NR | 1:46.40 | (17) | NR | - | | | 163.666 | | - |
| 19 | Yungxiang Yang (Neo) | CHN | 53.50 | (20) | SB | 2:50.10 | (19) | SB | 1:47.50 | (19) | SB | - | | | 163.950 | | - |
| 20 | Jeanne Omelenchuk (Senior) | USA | 52.80 | (16) | | 2:54.80 | (23) | | 1:46.80 | (18) | | - | | | 164.466 | | - |
| 21 | Renata Szmidt (Senior) | POL | 53.70 | (23) | | 2:51.90 | (22) | | 1:47.70 | (20) | | - | | | 164.850 | | - |
| 22 | Inger Sandin (A2) | SWE | 52.70 | (15) | | 2:51.40 | (20) | | 1:50.60 | (25) | | - | | | 165.133 | | - |
| 23 | Françoise Lucas (Neo) | FRA | 53.00 | (17) | | 2:55.70 | (25) | | 1:50.90 | (27) | | - | | | 167.016 | | - |
| 24 | Jarmila Štastná-Königová (Senior) | TCH | 53.60 | (22) | | 2:56.20 | (26) | | 1:49.60 | (23) | SB | - | | | 167.133 | | - |
| 25 | Ilona Róka (Senior) | HUN | 55.90 | (26) | | 2:54.80 | (23) | | 1:50.60 | (25) | | - | | | 169.466 | | - |
| 26 | Else Marie Fjære-Fredriksen (C2) | NOR | 54.10 | (24) | | 3:01.80 | (28) | | 1:50.00 | (24) | SB | - | | | 169.700 | | - |
| 27 | Randi Elisabeth Nilsen (B2) | NOR | 55.70 | (25) | | 2:59.20 | (27) | | 1:53.40 | (28) | | - | | | 172.133 | | - |
| 28 | Meiyu Jin (Neo) | CHN | 1:05.10 | (28) | | 2:47.80 | (17) | | 1:43.50 | (9) | PB | - | | | 172.783 | | - |