| 1 | Christa Rothenburger (Neo) | GDR | 42.75 | (1) | | 1:26.71 | (1) | | 41.44 | (1) | | 2:20.55 | (10) | SB | 174.395 | | - |
| 2 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 43.77 | (4) | | 1:28.12 | (2) | | 42.91 | (2) | | 2:15.72 | (1) | | 175.980 | | +1.585 |
| 3 | Monika Holzner-Pflug (Senior) | FRG | 43.36 | (2) | | 1:29.46 | (5) | | 43.65 | (6) | | 2:17.80 | (5) | | 177.673 | | +3.278 |
| 4 | Alie Boorsma (Neo) | NED | 43.77 | (4) | | 1:30.52 | (7) | | 43.25 | (4) | | 2:16.95 | (4) | | 177.930 | | +3.535 |
| 5 | Joke van Rijssel (Senior) | NED | 45.27 | (16) | | 1:29.36 | (4) | | 44.65 | (12) | | 2:16.33 | (2) | | 180.043 | | +5.648 |
| 6 | Sylvia Vierkotten (A2) | GDR | 44.12 | (6) | | 1:30.80 | (9) | | 43.53 | (5) | | 2:22.74 | (18) | SB | 180.630 | | +6.235 |
| 7 | Sylvia Brunner (Neo) | SUI | 44.52 | (11) | | 1:31.38 | (11) | | 44.46 | (10) | | 2:19.35 | (7) | | 181.120 | | +6.725 |
| 8 | Brigitte Flierl (Neo) | FRG | 44.58 | (12) | | 1:30.00 | (6) | | 44.68 | (13) | | 2:22.13 | (17) | | 181.636 | | +7.241 |
| 9 | Boukje Keulen (B2) | NED | 44.43 | (9) | | 1:32.45 | (15) | | 44.29 | (8) | | 2:21.00 | (11) | SB | 181.945 | | +7.550 |
| 10 | Sigrid Smuda (Neo) | FRG | 44.88 | (13) | | 1:30.78 | (8) | | 44.84 | (14) | | 2:21.53 | (13) | | 182.286 | | +7.891 |
| 11 | Trijnie Semplonius-Nieuwenhuis (Neo) | NED | 44.45 | (10) | | 1:32.55 | (16) | | 44.29 | (8) | | 2:22.02 | (16) | SB | 182.355 | | +7.960 |
| 12 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 44.38 | (8) | | 1:28.55 | (3) | | 43.84 | (7) | | 2:30.18 | (26) | | 182.555 | | +8.160 |
| 13 | Ria Visser (A2) | NED | 46.22 | (24) | | 1:30.85 | (10) | | 45.36 | (18) | | 2:16.89 | (3) | | 182.635 | | +8.240 |
| 14 | Kerstin Müller (A2) | GDR | 45.17 | (14) | | 1:34.32 | (25) | | 43.24 | (3) | PB | 2:24.25 | (20) | PB | 183.653 | | +9.258 |
| 15 | Karin Rybäck (A1) | SWE | 46.08 | (22) | | 1:32.02 | (14) | | 45.19 | (16) | SB | 2:20.24 | (8) | | 184.026 | | +9.631 |
| 16 | Karin Fliege (A1) | FRG | 45.19 | (15) | | 1:33.04 | (19) | | 45.14 | (15) | | 2:21.68 | (15) | | 184.076 | | +9.681 |
| 17 | Yvonne van Gennip (B2) | NED | 45.36 | (17) | | 1:33.17 | (21) | | 44.61 | (11) | | 2:22.99 | (19) | | 184.218 | | +9.823 |
| 18 | Elisabeth Öhlin (Neo) | SWE | 45.68 | (20) | | 1:32.78 | (18) | | 45.41 | (19) | | 2:20.37 | (9) | | 184.270 | | +9.875 |
| 19 | Ineke Kooiman-van Homoet (Senior) | NED | 46.60 | (25) | | 1:33.25 | (22) | | 45.82 | (24) | | 2:18.26 | (6) | | 185.131 | | +10.736 |
| 20 | Rose-Marie Karlsson (Neo) | SWE | 46.61 | (26) | | 1:31.75 | (12) | | 45.73 | (23) | | 2:21.59 | (14) | | 185.411 | | +11.016 |
| 21 | Angelika Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 47.19 | (28) | | 1:32.64 | (17) | | 45.32 | (17) | SB | 2:21.31 | (12) | | 185.933 | | +11.538 |
| 22 | Marie-France Vives (Neo) | FRA | 46.89 | (27) | | 1:34.41 | (26) | | 45.54 | (22) | | 2:25.14 | (21) | | 188.015 | | +13.620 |
| 23 | Heike Horrmann (A1) | FRG | 47.61 | (31) | | 1:36.71 | (29) | | 46.46 | (25) | | 2:29.98 | (24) | | 192.418 | | +18.023 |
| 24 | Kristina Ranudd (A1) | SWE | 47.41 | (30) | | 1:36.19 | (27) | | 47.07 | (26) | | 2:30.04 | (25) | | 192.588 | | +18.193 |
| 25 | Hannelore Krammer (Senior) | FRG | 48.17 | (32) | | 1:36.58 | (28) | | 47.45 | (29) | | 2:27.39 | (22) | | 193.040 | | +18.645 |
| 26 | Manuela Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 46.12 | (23) | | 1:33.48 | (23) | | 45.52 | (21) | | - | | | 138.380 | | - |
| 27 | Sylvie Daigle (A1) | CAN | 43.56 | (3) | | 1:31.87 | (13) | | - | | | - | | | 89.495 | | - |
| 28 | Anne Girard (B2) | CAN | 44.16 | (7) | | 1:33.16 | (20) | | - | | | - | | | 90.740 | | - |
| 29 | Gillian Johnson (Senior) | CAN | 45.58 | (18) | | 1:33.71 | (24) | PB | - | | | - | | | 92.435 | | - |
| 30 | Cheryl Prendergast (Neo) | CAN | 45.69 | (21) | | 1:36.95 | (30) | | - | | | - | | | 94.165 | | - |
| 31 | Lucie Gagnon (A1) | CAN | 45.60 | (19) | | 1:37.16 | (31) | | - | | | - | | | 94.180 | | - |
| 32 | Leanne Pollock (Senior) | CAN | 47.33 | (29) | SB | 1:39.03 | (32) | SB | - | | | - | | | 96.845 | | - |
| 33 | Carola Kreuz (A1) | FRG | - | | | - | | | 47.17 | (27) | | 2:30.40 | (27) | | 97.303 | | - |
| 34 | Irmgard Schmauß (B2) | FRG | - | | | - | | | 47.66 | (30) | | 2:33.04 | (28) | | 98.673 | | - |
| 35 | Helga Winkler (B2) | FRG | - | | | - | | | 48.99 | (31) | | 2:29.37 | (23) | | 98.780 | | - |
| 36 | Ingrid Skarabella (B1) | FRG | - | | | - | | | 47.21 | (28) | | 2:34.74 | (29) | | 98.790 | | - |
| 37 | Elisabeth Langer (A1) | FRG | - | | | - | | | 49.20 | (32) | | 2:35.06 | (30) | | 100.886 | | - |
| 38 | Linda Palle (Neo) | SWE | - | | | - | | | 45.41 | (19) | | - | | | 45.410 | | - |