| 1 | Annie Borckink (Senior) | NED | 2:10.95 | OR, NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Ria Visser (A1) | NED | 2:12.35 | NRJ | +1.400 |
| 3 | Sabine Becker (Neo) | GDR | 2:12.38 | PB | +1.430 |
| 4 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Neo) | NOR | 2:12.59 | SB | +1.640 |
| 5 | Sylvia Filipsson (Senior) | SWE | 2:12.84 | NR | +1.890 |
| 6 | Andrea Mitscherlich (A2) | GDR | 2:13.05 | | +2.100 |
| 7 | Beth Heiden (Neo) | USA | 2:13.10 | | +2.150 |
| 8 | Natalja Petrusjova (Senior) | URS | 2:14.15 | | +3.200 |
| 9 | Sylvia Albrecht (B2) | GDR | 2:14.27 | | +3.320 |
| 10 | Sylvia Burka (Senior) | CAN | 2:14.65 | | +3.700 |
| 11 | Brenda Webster (A1) | CAN | 2:14.73 | | +3.780 |
| 12 | Mary Docter (A2) | USA | 2:14.74 | | +3.790 |
| 13 | Sarah Docter (B1) | USA | 2:15.11 | | +4.160 |
| 14 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg (M30) | NOR | 2:15.63 | NRM | +4.680 |
| 15 | Sijtje van der Lende (M30) | NED | 2:16.05 | | +5.100 |
| 16 | Kathy Vogt (Neo) | CAN | 2:16.09 | | +5.140 |
| 17 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 2:16.29 | | +5.340 |
| 18 | Tatjana Barabasj-Averina (M30) | URS | 2:16.32 | | +5.370 |
| Vera Bryndzej (Senior) | URS | 2:16.32 | | +5.370 |
| 20 | Annette Karlsson (Neo) | SWE | 2:17.31 | | +6.360 |
| 21 | Anneli Repola-Risku (Senior) | FIN | 2:17.81 | | +6.860 |
| 22 | Sigrid Smuda (Neo) | FRG | 2:18.86 | | +7.910 |
| 23 | Yuko Ota-Yaegashi (Neo) | JPN | 2:19.41 | | +8.460 |
| 24 | Miyoshi Kato (B2) | JPN | 2:19.80 | | +8.850 |
| 25 | Yeong-Hee Kim (Senior) | KOR | 2:20.23 | PB | +9.280 |
| 26 | Sung-Ae Lee (B2) | KOR | 2:20.67 | | +9.720 |
| 27 | Meiyu Kong (Neo) | CHN | 2:22.48 | | +11.530 |
| 28 | Amanda Horsepool (Neo) | GBR | 2:23.05 | | +12.100 |
| 29 | Shuhua Chen (Neo) | CHN | 2:29.48 | SB | +18.530 |
| 30 | Guoqin Shen (A1) | CHN | 2:41.99 | SB | +31.040 |
| DQ | Kim Ferran (Neo) | GBR | DQ | | - |