| 1 | Karin Busch (Neo) | GDR | 43.60 | (2) | | 2:18.93 | (1) | | 1:26.27 | (1) | TR | 4:47.04 | (1) | | 180.885 | | - |
| 2 | Angela Stahnke (B1) | GDR | 42.87 | (1) | | 2:21.48 | (2) | | 1:29.15 | (3) | | 4:58.13 | (4) | | 184.293 | | +3.408 |
| 3 | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | GDR | 44.66 | (3) | | 2:22.38 | (3) | | 1:29.02 | (2) | | 4:48.01 | (2) | | 184.631 | | +3.746 |
| 4 | Ines Pochert (Senior) | GDR | 45.26 | (5) | | 2:28.02 | (12) | | 1:32.01 | (5) | | 4:58.19 | (5) | | 190.303 | | +9.418 |
| 5 | Natalja Zaborskikh (Senior) | URS | 45.83 | (8) | | 2:26.64 | (6) | | 1:33.11 | (10) | | 4:58.22 | (6) | | 190.968 | SB | +10.083 |
| 6 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Neo) | POL | 45.24 | (4) | | 2:26.77 | (7) | | 1:31.54 | (4) | | 5:07.96 | (11) | SB | 191.259 | | +10.374 |
| 7 | Beate Romstedt (Neo) | GDR | 47.02 | (13) | | 2:25.83 | (4) | | 1:32.76 | (8) | | 4:59.45 | (7) | | 191.918 | | +11.033 |
| 8 | Petra Kranke (Neo) | GDR | 46.73 | (11) | | 2:27.45 | (10) | | 1:34.62 | (12) | | 4:56.47 | (3) | | 192.601 | | +11.716 |
| 9 | Irina Pegova (Neo) | URS | 46.15 | (9) | | 2:27.78 | (11) | SB | 1:32.67 | (7) | SB | 5:07.54 | (10) | SB | 193.001 | SB | +12.116 |
| 10 | Sijtje Tjepkema-van der Lende (M30) | NED | 48.07 | (17) | | 2:26.28 | (5) | | 1:32.95 | (9) | | 5:00.41 | (8) | | 193.373 | | +12.488 |
| 11 | Grażyna Nocoń (Neo) | POL | 46.76 | (12) | | 2:26.92 | (8) | | 1:33.41 | (11) | SB | 5:08.64 | (12) | SB | 193.878 | | +12.993 |
| 12 | Angelika Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 47.56 | (15) | | 2:27.18 | (9) | | 1:34.80 | (14) | | 5:02.21 | (9) | | 194.388 | | +13.503 |
| 13 | Uta Heck (Neo) | GDR | 48.12 | (19) | SB | 2:29.84 | (14) | SB | 1:36.61 | (17) | SB | 5:15.41 | (13) | SB | 198.939 | SB | +18.054 |
| 14 | Reina de Hey (Neo) | NED | 47.41 | (14) | | 2:34.89 | (18) | | 1:37.36 | (19) | | 5:18.88 | (14) | | 200.866 | PB | +19.981 |
| 15 | Kira Kozlova (A1) | URS | 48.57 | (21) | | 2:36.70 | (19) | SB | 1:37.15 | (18) | | 5:21.74 | (15) | SB | 203.001 | SB | +22.116 |
| 16 | Tilly Bakker-Alderts (A2) | NED | 48.29 | (20) | | 2:34.39 | (17) | | 1:39.66 | (21) | | 5:27.13 | (16) | | 204.104 | SB | +23.219 |
| 17 | Marion Hirsch (A1) | GDR | 45.78 | (7) | | 2:28.55 | (13) | | 1:32.52 | (6) | | - | | | 141.556 | | -39.329 |
| 18 | Sjouke Hoffmann (B2) | GDR | 45.61 | (6) | | 2:30.14 | (15) | | 1:34.78 | (13) | | - | | | 143.046 | | -37.839 |
| 19 | Marion Teichert (A1) | GDR | 46.63 | (10) | | 2:34.31 | (16) | | 1:35.80 | (16) | | - | | | 145.966 | | -34.919 |
| 20 | Katarzyna Kopryk (A2) | POL | 48.09 | (18) | | 2:40.08 | (22) | | 1:35.41 | (15) | | - | | | 149.155 | | -31.730 |
| 21 | Elske van der Meer (Neo) | NED | 47.81 | (16) | | 2:38.66 | (20) | | 1:39.58 | (20) | SB | - | | | 150.486 | | -30.399 |
| 22 | Doetie Vos-van der Meulen (A2) | NED | 48.91 | (22) | | 2:39.33 | (21) | | 1:40.16 | (22) | | - | | | 152.100 | | -28.785 |