| 1 | Karin Enke (A2) | GDR | 42.06 | (1) | TR | 1:25.83 | (1) | TR | 42.55 | (2) | | 1:27.19 | (1) | | 171.120 | TR | - |
| 2 | Leah Poulos-Mueller (Senior) | USA | 42.47 | (2) | | 1:27.32 | (4) | | 42.25 | (1) | | 1:32.41 | (12) | | 174.585 | | +3.465 |
| 3 | Beth Heiden (Neo) | USA | 43.56 | (6) | | 1:27.17 | (3) | | 43.43 | (5) | | 1:29.11 | (2) | | 175.130 | | +4.010 |
| 4 | Christa Rothenburger (Neo) | GDR | 43.03 | (3) | | 1:28.52 | (10) | | 43.40 | (4) | | 1:32.13 | (8) | | 176.755 | | +5.635 |
| 5 | Irina Kovrova (A1) | URS | 43.48 | (5) | | 1:28.48 | (9) | | 43.73 | (6) | | 1:32.51 | (14) | | 177.705 | | +6.585 |
| 6 | Cornelia Jacob (Neo) | GDR | 43.58 | (7) | | 1:28.68 | (12) | | 43.24 | (3) | | 1:33.21 | (17) | | 177.765 | | +6.645 |
| 7 | Sylvia Burka (Senior) | CAN | 44.34 | (14) | | 1:27.42 | (5) | | 44.14 | (11) | | 1:31.41 | (5) | | 177.895 | | +6.775 |
| 8 | Ann-Sofie Järnström (M30) | SWE | 43.97 | (11) | | 1:28.64 | (11) | | 43.88 | (7) | | 1:31.77 | (6) | | 178.055 | | +6.935 |
| 9 | Sylvia Filipsson (Senior) | SWE | 44.55 | (16) | | 1:28.19 | (8) | | 44.55 | (13) | | 1:30.06 | (3) | | 178.225 | | +7.105 |
| 10 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Neo) | URS | 43.81 | (9) | | 1:28.86 | (13) | | 44.06 | (9) | | 1:32.48 | (13) | | 178.540 | | +7.420 |
| 11 | Sarah Docter (B1) | USA | 45.02 | (22) | | 1:27.07 | (2) | | 44.65 | (15) | | 1:32.01 | (7) | | 179.210 | SB | +8.090 |
| 12 | Makiko Nagaya (Senior) | JPN | 43.67 | (8) | | 1:30.23 | (19) | | 43.92 | (8) | | 1:33.26 | (18) | | 179.335 | | +8.215 |
| 13 | Tatjana Tarasova-Kovalenko (Neo) | URS | 43.45 | (4) | | 1:30.52 | (21) | | 44.07 | (10) | | 1:34.33 | (22) | | 179.945 | | +8.825 |
| 14 | Annie Borckink (Senior) | NED | 45.39 | (24) | | 1:28.97 | (14) | | 45.30 | (21) | | 1:30.15 | (4) | | 180.250 | | +9.130 |
| 15 | Connie Paraskevin (A1) | USA | 44.68 | (17) | | 1:30.93 | (24) | | 44.15 | (12) | | 1:32.35 | (10) | | 180.470 | | +9.350 |
| 16 | Kathy Vogt (Neo) | CAN | 44.01 | (12) | | 1:27.69 | (6) | | 46.66 | (27) | | 1:32.18 | (9) | | 180.605 | | +9.485 |
| 17 | Sylvia Brunner (Neo) | SUI | 44.22 | (13) | | 1:29.54 | (16) | | 44.92 | (19) | | 1:33.43 | (19) | | 180.625 | | +9.505 |
| 18 | Yuko Ota-Yaegashi (Neo) | JPN | 45.00 | (21) | | 1:30.02 | (17) | | 44.63 | (14) | | 1:32.69 | (16) | | 180.985 | SB | +9.865 |
| 19 | Monika Holzner-Pflug (Senior) | FRG | 44.71 | (18) | | 1:30.13 | (18) | | 44.80 | (18) | | 1:33.76 | (20) | | 181.455 | | +10.335 |
| 20 | Miyoshi Kato (B2) | JPN | 45.47 | (26) | | 1:30.66 | (23) | | 44.73 | (16) | | 1:32.64 | (15) | | 181.850 | SB | +10.730 |
| 21 | Sylvie Daigle (B2) | CAN | 43.87 | (10) | | 1:30.29 | (20) | | 46.33 | (26) | | 1:35.05 | (24) | | 182.870 | | +11.750 |
| 22 | Marzia Peretti (C2) | ITA | 44.81 | (20) | | 1:31.94 | (26) | | 44.73 | (16) | NRJ, NR | 1:35.97 | (25) | | 183.495 | | +12.375 |
| 23 | Turid Lillehagen-Welo (Neo) | NOR | 44.72 | (19) | | 1:31.09 | (25) | | 46.28 | (25) | | 1:34.38 | (23) | | 183.735 | SB | +12.615 |
| 24 | Brigitte Flierl (Neo) | FRG | 45.45 | (25) | | 1:30.59 | (22) | | 45.77 | (24) | | 1:36.97 | (26) | | 185.000 | | +13.880 |
| 25 | Hyeon-Sook Lim (B2) | KOR | 45.75 | (27) | | 1:50.37 | (28) | | 45.12 | (20) | NRJ | 1:37.10 | (27) | SB | 194.605 | NRJ | +23.485 |
| 26 | Taina Salmia (A1) | FIN | 47.57 | (29) | | 1:39.23 | (27) | SB | 47.83 | (28) | | 1:42.82 | (28) | | 196.425 | SB | +25.305 |
| 27 | Ria Visser (A1) | NED | 45.79 | (28) | | 1:28.07 | (7) | | 45.66 | (22) | | 2:09.06 | (29) | | 200.310 | | +29.190 |
| Sijtje van der Lende (M30) | NED | 45.37 | (23) | | 1:29.06 | (15) | | DQ | | | 1:32.36 | (11) | | 136.080 | | - |
| Ann-Mari Tollefsen (Neo) | NOR | 44.38 | (15) | SB | DQ | | | 45.71 | (23) | | 1:33.89 | (21) | | 137.035 | | - |