| 1 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 2:04.91 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Sabine Brehm (Neo) | GDR | 2:08.42 | SB | +3.510 | 22 |
| 3 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 2:10.61 | | +5.700 | 20 |
| 4 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 2:11.15 | | +6.240 | 18 |
| 5 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 2:12.20 | | +7.290 | 16 |
| 6 | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | 2:12.50 | | +7.590 | 15 |
| 7 | Petra Moolhuizen (Neo) | NED | 2:13.24 | | +8.330 | 14 |
| 8 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Senior) | GDR | 2:13.49 | | +8.580 | 13 |
| 9 | Carola Bürger (Neo) | GDR | 2:14.10 | SB | +9.190 | 12 |
| 10 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 2:14.22 | SB | +9.310 | 11 |
| 11 | Nathalie Lambert (Neo) | CAN | 2:14.36 | SB | +9.450 | 10 |
| 12 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 2:14.45 | | +9.540 | 9 |
| 13 | Heike Schalling (Neo) | GDR | 2:14.59 | | +9.680 | 8 |
| 14 | Ria Visser (Senior) | NED | 2:14.78 | | +9.870 | 7 |
| Marieke Stam (Neo) | NED | 2:14.78 | | +9.870 | 7 |
| 16 | Lidia Olcon (Neo) | POL | 2:14.84 | | +9.930 | 5 |
| 17 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 2:15.24 | | +10.330 | 4 |
| 18 | Hanne Eriksson (A2) | NOR | 2:16.45 | PB | +11.540 | 3 |
| 19 | Grietje Mulder (Neo) | NED | 2:16.56 | | +11.650 | 2 |
| 20 | Rose-Marie Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 2:16.62 | | +11.710 | 1 |
| 21 | Maila Lehtimäki (Neo) | FIN | 2:16.68 | | +11.770 | 0 |
| 22 | Anne Girard (Neo) | CAN | 2:17.39 | PB | +12.480 | 0 |
| 23 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 2:17.59 | | +12.680 | 0 |
| 24 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 2:17.64 | | +12.730 | 0 |
| 25 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 2:20.72 | | +15.810 | 0 |
| 26 | Stéphanie Dumont (A1) | FRA | 2:21.35 | | +16.440 | 0 |
| 27 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 2:22.32 | | +17.410 | 0 |
| 28 | Chantal Côté (Neo) | CAN | 2:22.60 | SB | +17.690 | 0 |
| 29 | Szilviá Szikora (Neo) | HUN | 2:23.18 | | +18.270 | 0 |
| 30 | Erzsébet Kútvölgyi (Neo) | HUN | 2:24.15 | SB | +19.240 | 0 |
| 31 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 2:44.01 | | +39.100 | 0 |