| 1 | Christa Rothenburger (Senior) | GDR | 40.38 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 40.89 | | +0.510 | 22 |
| 3 | Angela Stahnke (Neo) | GDR | 41.19 | | +0.810 | 20 |
| 4 | Ingrid Haringa (Neo) | NED | 41.51 | | +1.130 | 18 |
| 5 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Senior) | POL | 41.56 | | +1.180 | 16 |
| 6 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 41.59 | | +1.210 | 15 |
| 7 | Sylke Luding (A2) | GDR | 41.69 | TRJ | +1.310 | 14 |
| 8 | Irina Kulesjova-Kovrova (Senior) | URS | 42.12 | | +1.740 | 13 |
| 9 | Tatjana Kabutova (Neo) | URS | 42.16 | SB | +1.780 | 12 |
| 10 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 42.48 | | +2.100 | 11 |
| 11 | Christine Aaftink (Neo) | NED | 42.51 | | +2.130 | 10 |
| 12 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 42.81 | | +2.430 | 9 |
| 13 | Marina Jevgrafova (Neo) | URS | 42.83 | | +2.450 | 8 |
| 14 | Anja Mischke (Neo) | FRG | 42.97 | | +2.590 | 7 |
| 15 | Mariska Hekkers (Neo) | NED | 43.00 | | +2.620 | 6 |
| 16 | Anja Bollaart (Neo) | NED | 43.10 | | +2.720 | 5 |
| 17 | Aneta Rekas (B1) | POL | 43.37 | NRJ | +2.990 | 4 |
| 18 | Else Ragni Yttredal (A2) | NOR | 43.40 | | +3.020 | 3 |
| 19 | Anette Hammarin (Neo) | SWE | 43.54 | | +3.160 | 2 |
| 20 | Ylva Fors (Senior) | SWE | 43.60 | | +3.220 | 1 |
| 21 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (A2) | ROU | 43.64 | SB | +3.260 | 0 |
| 22 | Ljudmila Tuberozova (Neo) | URS | 43.87 | | +3.490 | 0 |
| 23 | Ileana Cleteşteanu (A1) | ROU | 44.03 | | +3.650 | 0 |
| 24 | Jasmin Krohn (Neo) | SWE | 44.11 | | +3.730 | 0 |
| 25 | Marie-France van Helden-Vives (Senior) | FRA | 44.50 | | +4.120 | 0 |
| 26 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 44.52 | | +4.140 | 0 |
| 27 | Stéphanie Dumont (Neo) | FRA | 44.77 | | +4.390 | 0 |
| 28 | Petra Becker (Neo) | FRG | 45.83 | | +5.450 | 0 |
| 29 | Erzsébet Kútvölgyi (Neo) | HUN | 46.15 | | +5.770 | 0 |
| 30 | Ida Stárková (Neo) | TCH | 46.32 | | +5.940 | 0 |
| DQ | Natalja Sjive-Glebova (Senior) | URS | DQ | | - | 0 |