| 1 | Valentina.34 Stenina (M30) | URS | 47.70 | (3) | | 2:31.50 | (3) | | 1:36.30 | (3) | SB | 5:08.30 | (2) | SB | 197.734 | TR | - |
| 2 | Song-Soon Kim (Senior) | PRK | 47.90 | (4) | SB | 2:29.40 | (1) | TR, SB | 1:36.20 | (2) | SB | 5:14.60 | (5) | PB | 198.235 | NR | +0.501 |
| 3 | Stien Kaiser (Senior) | NED | 49.50 | (20) | | 2:31.40 | (2) | | 1:36.30 | (3) | NR | 5:06.60 | (1) | NR, TR | 199.217 | NR | +1.483 |
| 4 | Irina.40 Jegorova (Senior) | URS | 46.90 | (1) | TR, SB | 2:33.60 | (5) | | 1:37.40 | (10) | SB | 5:19.20 | (7) | SB | 200.000 | SB | +2.266 |
| 5 | Kaija Mustonen (Senior) | FIN | 49.00 | (13) | | 2:31.90 | (4) | SB | 1:37.10 | (8) | SB | 5:12.80 | (4) | NR | 200.318 | SB | +2.584 |
| 6 | Pil-Hwa Han (Senior) | PRK | 48.70 | (11) | SB | 2:34.30 | (6) | SB | 1:37.30 | (9) | SB | 5:10.90 | (3) | NR | 200.601 | SB | +2.867 |
| 7 | Lāsma Kauniste (Senior) | URS | 48.20 | (7) | SB | 2:34.90 | (8) | SB | 1:36.70 | (7) | SB | 5:20.60 | (8) | SB | 201.618 | SB | +3.884 |
| 8 | Tatjana Rastopsjina (Neo) | URS | 48.80 | (12) | | 2:35.80 | (10) | | 1:35.90 | (1) | NRJ, TR | 5:21.40 | (9) | SB | 202.251 | TRJ, SB | +4.517 |
| 9 | Carry Geijssen (A2) | NED | 48.50 | (8) | | 2:34.60 | (7) | TRJ | 1:38.60 | (11) | SB | 5:18.90 | (6) | TRJ | 202.484 | NRJ | +4.750 |
| 10 | Ying Chun (Neo) | CHN | 48.60 | (9) | | 2:36.40 | (11) | | 1:38.80 | (12) | PB | 5:25.80 | (11) | PB | 204.435 | PB | +6.701 |
| 11 | Shuyuan Wang (Neo) | CHN | 48.10 | (6) | SB | 2:37.40 | (13) | | 1:39.20 | (14) | SB | 5:26.70 | (12) | SB | 204.617 | SB | +6.883 |
| 12 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (Neo) | NOR | 49.20 | (16) | | 2:35.30 | (9) | | 1:36.40 | (5) | NR | 5:33.80 | (15) | | 204.801 | | +7.067 |
| 13 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka (Neo) | FIN | 49.20 | (16) | SB | 2:38.90 | (15) | | 1:40.00 | (16) | SB | 5:29.40 | (14) | | 207.067 | SB | +9.333 |
| 14 | Wil Burgmeijer (A2) | NED | 49.30 | (18) | | 2:38.90 | (15) | | 1:40.70 | (18) | SB | 5:28.60 | (13) | | 207.384 | | +9.650 |
| 15 | Lisbeth Berg (A1) | NOR | 49.60 | (22) | | 2:38.80 | (14) | | 1:41.30 | (23) | | 5:35.60 | (16) | | 209.118 | | +11.384 |
| 16 | Wil van Wees (Senior) | NED | 58.40 | (35) | | 2:36.40 | (11) | | 1:39.00 | (13) | PB | 5:24.20 | (10) | | 214.068 | | +16.334 |
| 17 | Sachiko Saito (A2) | JPN | 49.10 | (14) | | 2:39.40 | (19) | | 1:39.50 | (15) | | - | | | 151.984 | | - |
| 18 | Ljudmila Titova (Neo) | URS | 47.40 | (2) | TRJ | 2:49.00 | (34) | | 1:36.60 | (6) | SB | - | | | 152.034 | | - |
| 19 | Dianne Holum (C2) | USA | 48.60 | (9) | NRJ | 2:42.90 | (27) | NRJ | 1:40.20 | (17) | NRJ | - | | | 153.001 | | - |
| 20 | Yasuko Takano (Neo) | JPN | 50.50 | (29) | | 2:39.60 | (20) | | 1:40.70 | (18) | | - | | | 154.050 | | - |
| 21 | Jeannette Ann Neil (Senior) | AUS | 50.60 | (30) | | 2:39.70 | (21) | | 1:40.90 | (20) | | - | | | 154.284 | | - |
| 22 | Fengqing Li (Senior) | CHN | 49.30 | (18) | SB | 2:41.10 | (22) | | 1:42.80 | (29) | SB | - | | | 154.400 | | - |
| 23 | Christina.46 Karlsson (Neo) | SWE | 50.20 | (27) | | 2:41.60 | (24) | | 1:40.90 | (20) | | - | | | 154.517 | | - |
| 24 | Jennifer Fish (B2) | USA | 47.90 | (4) | NRJ | 2:47.70 | (32) | NRJ | 1:41.80 | (25) | NRJ | - | | | 154.700 | | - |
| 25 | Liqin Liu (Senior) | CHN | 49.90 | (25) | PB | 2:39.30 | (18) | | 1:43.70 | (32) | PB | - | | | 154.850 | | - |
| 26 | Martine Ivangine (A1) | FRA | 49.50 | (20) | NRJ | 2:41.60 | (24) | | 1:43.20 | (30) | NRJ | - | | | 154.967 | | - |
| 27 | Herlind Hürdler (B2) | GDR | 50.40 | (28) | | 2:41.10 | (22) | | 1:41.80 | (25) | | - | | | 155.000 | | - |
| 28 | Rita Schmidt (Senior) | GDR | 51.40 | (31) | | 2:38.90 | (15) | | 1:41.50 | (24) | | - | | | 155.117 | | - |
| 29 | Hildegard Sellhuber (C2) | FRG | 50.10 | (26) | | 2:43.80 | (28) | | 1:42.30 | (28) | NRJ, NR | - | | | 155.850 | | - |
| 30 | Wanda Błońska (Neo) | POL | 49.80 | (23) | | 2:45.40 | (30) | | 1:43.60 | (31) | | - | | | 156.734 | | - |
| 31 | Agneta Schützer (A2) | SWE | 49.80 | (23) | | 2:47.30 | (31) | | 1:44.60 | (34) | | - | | | 157.867 | | - |
| 32 | Adelhejda Mroske (Neo) | POL | 49.10 | (14) | | 2:55.00 | (35) | | 1:40.90 | (20) | | - | | | 157.884 | | - |
| 33 | Kornelia Ihász (Senior) | HUN | 52.10 | (32) | | 2:45.10 | (29) | | 1:43.70 | (32) | | - | | | 158.984 | | - |
| 34 | Hannelore Strauß (Senior) | FRG | 52.50 | (33) | | 2:48.50 | (33) | | 1:44.80 | (35) | | - | | | 161.067 | | - |
| 35 | Arja Kantola (B2) | FIN | 57.70 | (34) | | 2:41.60 | (24) | | 1:41.80 | (25) | SB | - | | | 162.467 | | - |