| 1 | Lidija Skoblikova (Senior) | URS | 45.90 | TR | - |
| 2 | Natalja Koltsjina (Neo) | URS | 46.20 | | +0.300 |
| 3 | Tatjana Sidorova (Senior) | URS | 46.30 | | +0.400 |
| 4 | Irina.40 Jegorova (Neo) | URS | 46.40 | | +0.500 |
| 5 | Lāsma Kauniste (Neo) | URS | 47.10 | SB | +1.200 |
| 6 | Gunilla Jacobsson (B2) | SWE | 47.20 | TRJ | +1.300 |
| 7 | Valentina.34 Stenina (Senior) | URS | 47.30 | SB | +1.400 |
| 8 | Fumie Hama (Senior) | JPN | 47.40 | | +1.500 |
| 9 | Kyung-Hi Ko (Senior) | PRK | 47.50 | NR | +1.600 |
| Jean Ashworth (Senior) | USA | 47.50 | | +1.600 |
| 10 | Elwira Seroczynska (M30) | POL | 47.60 | NRM | +1.700 |
| 11 | Hongxia Sun (Senior) | CHN | 47.90 | NR | +2.000 |
| 12 | Fengrong Liu (Senior) | CHN | 48.00 | | +2.100 |
| 13 | Christina Scherling (Neo) | SWE | 48.10 | SB | +2.200 |
| 14 | Hatsue Takemizawa-Nagakubo (Senior) | JPN | 48.30 | | +2.400 |
| 15 | Kaija Mustonen (Neo) | FIN | 48.40 | SB | +2.500 |
| 16 | Barbara Lockhart (Neo) | USA | 48.60 | SB | +2.700 |
| 17 | Helena Pilejczyk (M30) | POL | 48.80 | | +2.900 |
| 18 | Françoise Lucas (Senior) | FRA | 48.90 | | +3.000 |
| Inger Eriksson (Neo) | SWE | 48.90 | | +3.000 |
| 19 | Willy de Beer (Neo) | NED | 49.30 | NR | +3.400 |
| 20 | Jeannette Ann Neil (Senior) | AUS | 49.50 | NR | +3.600 |
| Helga Haase (Senior) | GDR | 49.50 | | +3.600 |
| Kaneko Takahashi (Neo) | JPN | 49.50 | | +3.600 |
| 21 | Yungxiang Yang (Neo) | CHN | 49.90 | | +4.000 |
| Tsedenjavyn Lhamjav (Neo) | MGL | 49.90 | | +4.000 |
| Christina.46 Karlsson (B2) | SWE | 49.90 | | +4.000 |
| 22 | Yasuko Takano (A2) | JPN | 50.40 | | +4.500 |
| 23 | Miyoko Shinohara (A1) | JPN | 50.50 | SB | +4.600 |
| Bożena Kalbarczyk (Neo) | POL | 50.50 | | +4.600 |
| 24 | Junko Nozawa (A1) | JPN | 50.60 | SB | +4.700 |
| 25 | Teddi Jenkins (Senior) | AUS | 51.60 | | +5.700 |
| Judith Morstein (A2) | USA | 51.60 | | +5.700 |
| 26 | Erika Heinicke (Neo) | GDR | 51.70 | | +5.800 |
| 27 | Gisela Manns (Neo) | GDR | 52.00 | | +6.100 |
| 28 | Yoshiko Takano (Neo) | JPN | 52.10 | | +6.200 |
| 29 | Akiko Aruga (B2) | JPN | 1:00.60 | SB | +14.700 |