| 1 | Irina.40 Jegorova (Senior) | URS | 46.40 | (2) | | 2:30.30 | (2) | | 96.500 | | - |
| 2 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (Senior) | NOR | 46.70 | (4) | | 2:30.70 | (4) | | 96.934 | | +0.434 |
| 3 | Tatjana Sidorova (M30) | URS | 45.90 | (1) | | 2:33.30 | (6) | | 97.000 | | +0.500 |
| 4 | Lāsma Kauniste (Senior) | URS | 47.00 | (5) | | 2:30.30 | (2) | | 97.100 | | +0.600 |
| 5 | Jean Ashworth (Senior) | USA | 46.40 | (2) | | 2:33.40 | (7) | | 97.534 | | +1.034 |
| 6 | Lidija Skoblikova (Senior) | URS | 47.80 | (7) | | 2:30.20 | (1) | TR | 97.867 | | +1.367 |
| 7 | Valentina.34 Stenina (M30) | URS | 48.10 | (9) | | 2:31.70 | (5) | | 98.667 | | +2.167 |
| 8 | Kirsti Biermann (B2) | NOR | 47.10 | (6) | | 2:35.80 | (11) | | 99.034 | | +2.534 |
| 9 | Ljudmila Titova (Neo) | URS | 47.80 | (7) | | 2:34.60 | (10) | | 99.334 | | +2.834 |
| 10 | Galina Nefjodova (Neo) | URS | 48.30 | (10) | | 2:34.30 | (9) | | 99.734 | | +3.234 |
| 11 | Lisbeth Berg (Neo) | NOR | 48.60 | (11) | | 2:34.10 | (8) | | 99.967 | | +3.467 |
| 12 | Toy Dorgan (Neo) | USA | 49.40 | (14) | | 2:37.10 | (12) | | 101.767 | | +5.267 |
| 13 | Anna Sablina (Neo) | URS | 49.50 | (15) | | 2:37.30 | (13) | | 101.934 | | +5.434 |
| 14 | Marie Andersen-Tveiten (Neo) | NOR | 49.30 | (13) | | 2:40.10 | (14) | | 102.667 | | +6.167 |
| 15 | Berit Haugård (Neo) | NOR | 50.50 | (17) | | 2:41.70 | (15) | | 104.400 | | +7.900 |
| 16 | Turid Larsen-Rokne (Neo) | NOR | 49.00 | (12) | | 2:46.60 | (16) | | 104.534 | | +8.034 |
| 17 | Anne Trondsen (Neo) | NOR | 49.80 | (16) | | 2:49.40 | (17) | | 106.267 | | +9.767 |
| 18 | Ans Kremer (Senior) | NED | 54.00 | (18) | | 2:51.40 | (18) | | 111.134 | | +14.634 |