| 1 | Carry Geijssen (Neo) | NED | 1:32.60 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Ljudmila Titova (Neo) | URS | 1:32.90 | | +0.300 |
| 3 | Dianne Holum (B2) | USA | 1:33.40 | NRJ, TRJ | +0.800 |
| 4 | Kaija Mustonen (Senior) | FIN | 1:33.60 | NR | +1.000 |
| 5 | Irina.40 Jegorova (Senior) | URS | 1:34.40 | SB | +1.800 |
| 6 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl (Senior) | NOR | 1:34.50 | | +1.900 |
| 7 | Jean Ashworth (Senior) | USA | 1:34.70 | PB | +2.100 |
| 8 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka (Neo) | FIN | 1:34.80 | SB | +2.200 |
| 9 | Kirsti Biermann (B2) | NOR | 1:35.00 | NRJ | +2.400 |
| 10 | Stien Kaiser (Senior) | NED | 1:35.20 | | +2.600 |
| 11 | Lāsma Kauniste (Senior) | URS | 1:35.30 | | +2.700 |
| 12 | Ruth Schleiermacher (A1) | GDR | 1:35.60 | | +3.000 |
| 13 | Elly van den Brom (A2) | NED | 1:36.80 | | +4.200 |
| Lisbeth Berg (Neo) | NOR | 1:36.80 | SB | +4.200 |
| 15 | Christina Lindblom (Senior) | SWE | 1:36.90 | SB | +4.300 |
| 16 | Hildegard Sellhuber (B2) | FRG | 1:37.20 | | +4.600 |
| 17 | Martine Ivangine (Neo) | FRA | 1:37.40 | | +4.800 |
| Eva-Maria Sappl (Neo) | FRG | 1:37.40 | | +4.800 |
| 19 | Ylva Hedlund (A1) | SWE | 1:37.50 | SB | +4.900 |
| 20 | Doreen McCannell (Neo) | CAN | 1:37.60 | PB | +5.000 |
| 21 | Marcia Parsons (Neo) | CAN | 1:37.70 | PB | +5.100 |
| 22 | Arja Kantola (A2) | FIN | 1:37.90 | SB | +5.300 |
| 23 | Jennifer Fish (A2) | USA | 1:38.40 | PB | +5.800 |
| 24 | Marie-Lise Perrenoud (Neo) | FRA | 1:39.30 | SB | +6.700 |
| 25 | Misae Takeda (Senior) | JPN | 1:40.40 | SB | +7.800 |
| 26 | Sachiko Saito (Neo) | JPN | 1:41.00 | | +8.400 |
| 27 | Wendy Thompson (Neo) | CAN | 1:41.10 | | +8.500 |
| 28 | Patricia Demartini (B2) | FRA | 1:44.60 | | +12.000 |
| 29 | Patricia Tipper (Neo) | GBR | 1:46.50 | NR | +13.900 |