| 1 | Carola Bürger (A1) | GDR | 43.27 | (6) | | 1:28.20 | (5) | | 2:15.68 | (2) | | 132.596 | | - |
| 2 | Marzia Peretti (A1) | ITA | 42.55 | (2) | | 1:28.12 | (3) | | 2:18.46 | (10) | | 132.763 | | +0.167 |
| 3 | Ulrike Frank (Neo) | GDR | 43.62 | (10) | | 1:28.38 | (7) | | 2:15.34 | (1) | PB | 132.923 | | +0.327 |
| 4 | Emese Hunyady (B2) | HUN | 42.97 | (3) | | 1:28.64 | (9) | NRJ, NR | 2:17.25 | (8) | NRJ, NR | 133.040 | | +0.444 |
| 5 | Taina Salmia (Neo) | FIN | 43.60 | (9) | | 1:29.11 | (11) | | 2:16.16 | (3) | SB | 133.541 | | +0.945 |
| 6 | Birgit Czak (Neo) | GDR | 43.80 | (12) | | 1:28.28 | (6) | SB | 2:17.00 | (6) | SB | 133.606 | | +1.010 |
| 7 | Irina Simonova (A2) | URS | 43.10 | (4) | | 1:28.52 | (8) | | 2:19.33 | (12) | | 133.803 | | +1.207 |
| 8 | Ewa Białkowska-Krysiak (Senior) | POL | 43.40 | (7) | | 1:29.08 | (10) | | 2:18.58 | (11) | | 134.133 | | +1.537 |
| 9 | Ljudmila Boldyreva-Masjkovtseva (Senior) | URS | 43.40 | (7) | | 1:30.74 | (16) | | 2:16.66 | (5) | | 134.323 | | +1.727 |
| 10 | Rauni Poikolainen (Neo) | FIN | 44.09 | (15) | SB | 1:29.36 | (13) | SB | 2:17.03 | (7) | SB | 134.446 | | +1.850 |
| 11 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 44.89 | (19) | | 1:29.60 | (15) | | 2:17.42 | (9) | | 135.496 | | +2.900 |
| 12 | Manuela Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 44.15 | (16) | | 1:29.38 | (14) | | 2:23.42 | (15) | | 136.646 | | +4.050 |
| 13 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (A2) | ITA | 44.90 | (20) | | 1:30.97 | (17) | | 2:20.04 | (13) | SB | 137.065 | | +4.469 |
| 14 | Pirjo Hyvärinen (Senior) | FIN | 44.72 | (17) | | 1:31.02 | (18) | | 2:21.99 | (14) | SB | 137.560 | | +4.964 |
| 15 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 43.82 | (13) | | 1:31.56 | (19) | | 2:25.60 | (17) | SB | 138.133 | | +5.537 |
| 16 | Minna Hägg (Neo) | FIN | 44.76 | (18) | | 1:31.97 | (20) | | 2:24.17 | (16) | SB | 138.801 | | +6.205 |
| 17 | Simona Todoruţ (B2) | ROU | 45.87 | (23) | | 1:36.29 | (22) | | 2:32.65 | (19) | | 144.898 | | +12.302 |
| 18 | Judy-Anne Barber (Senior) | AUS | 47.61 | (24) | NR | 1:40.89 | (23) | | 2:32.60 | (18) | NR | 148.921 | | +16.325 |
| 19 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Neo) | POL | 1:04.03 | (25) | | 1:29.27 | (12) | | 2:16.43 | (4) | | 154.141 | | +21.545 |
| 20 | Monika Holzner-Pflug (Senior) | FRG | 42.51 | (1) | | 1:26.79 | (1) | | - | | | 85.905 | | - |
| 21 | Brigitte Flierl (Neo) | FRG | 43.18 | (5) | | 1:28.04 | (2) | | - | | | 87.200 | | - |
| 22 | Sigrid Smuda (Neo) | FRG | 43.69 | (11) | | 1:28.15 | (4) | | - | | | 87.765 | | - |
| 23 | Miriam Heruth (A2) | FRG | 45.50 | (22) | | 1:32.75 | (21) | | - | | | 91.875 | | - |
| 24 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 44.04 | (14) | | - | | | - | | | 44.040 | | - |
| 25 | Angelika Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 45.47 | (21) | | - | | | - | | | 45.470 | | - |