| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 41.07 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Monika Gawenus-Pflug (M30) | FRG | 41.84 | | +0.770 | 22 |
| 3 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 42.34 | | +1.270 | 20 |
| 4 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 42.57 | | +1.500 | 18 |
| 5 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 42.68 | | +1.610 | 16 |
| 6 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 42.77 | | +1.700 | 15 |
| Svetlana Bykova (Neo) | URS | 42.77 | | +1.700 | 15 |
| 8 | Inga Gilauri (Neo) | URS | 43.00 | | +1.930 | 13 |
| 9 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Senior) | POL | 43.14 | SB | +2.070 | 12 |
| 10 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 43.23 | | +2.160 | 11 |
| 11 | Lidia Olcon (Neo) | POL | 43.31 | | +2.240 | 10 |
| 12 | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | 43.50 | | +2.430 | 9 |
| 13 | Hanne Eriksson (A2) | NOR | 43.60 | | +2.530 | 8 |
| 14 | Anja Mischke (A2) | FRG | 43.63 | SB | +2.560 | 7 |
| 15 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 43.65 | | +2.580 | 6 |
| 16 | Jelena Rudenko (Neo) | URS | 43.66 | | +2.590 | 5 |
| 17 | Manuela Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 43.71 | | +2.640 | 4 |
| 18 | Olga Plesjkova (M30) | URS | 43.79 | | +2.720 | 3 |
| 19 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Senior) | NOR | 43.94 | SB | +2.870 | 2 |
| 20 | Angelika Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 44.18 | PB | +3.110 | 1 |
| 21 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 44.20 | SB | +3.130 | 0 |
| 22 | Erna Uitham (Neo) | NED | 44.22 | SB | +3.150 | 0 |
| 23 | Stéphanie Dumont (A1) | FRA | 44.24 | | +3.170 | 0 |
| 24 | Johanna "Hanne" Steeg (Neo) | FRG | 44.36 | SB | +3.290 | 0 |
| 25 | Murielle Leyssieux (A2) | FRA | 44.42 | SB | +3.350 | 0 |
| 26 | Alida Pasveer (Senior) | NED | 44.52 | SB | +3.450 | 0 |
| 27 | Martina Weyer (Neo) | FRG | 44.85 | | +3.780 | 0 |
| 28 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 44.99 | | +3.920 | 0 |
| 29 | Anja Bollaart (A2) | NED | 45.19 | | +4.120 | 0 |
| 30 | Lena.61 Andersson (Senior) | SWE | 45.41 | | +4.340 | 0 |
| 31 | Dorine van der Scheer (Neo) | NED | 46.68 | PB | +5.610 | 0 |
| 32 | Szilviá Szikora (Neo) | HUN | 47.84 | | +6.770 | 0 |