| 1 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 2:00.60 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 2:03.36 | | +2.760 | 22 |
| 3 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 2:05.79 | | +5.190 | 20 |
| 4 | Gunda Kleemann (Neo) | GDR | 2:06.04 | | +5.440 | 18 |
| 5 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 2:06.52 | | +5.920 | 16 |
| 6 | Constanze Scandolo (Neo) | GDR | 2:06.72 | SB | +6.120 | 15 |
| 7 | Gabi Zange (Senior) | GDR | 2:07.83 | | +7.230 | 14 |
| 8 | Natalja Artamonova-Kurova (Senior) | URS | 2:08.10 | SB | +7.500 | 13 |
| 9 | Mary Docter (Senior) | USA | 2:08.50 | SB | +7.900 | 12 |
| 10 | Inga Gilauri (Neo) | URS | 2:09.20 | | +8.600 | 11 |
| 11 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Senior) | POL | 2:10.52 | | +9.920 | 10 |
| 12 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 2:10.57 | | +9.970 | 9 |
| 13 | Irina Bogatova (Senior) | URS | 2:10.71 | | +10.110 | 8 |
| 14 | Jasmin Krohn (Neo) | SWE | 2:10.72 | | +10.120 | 7 |
| 15 | Jelena Tumanova (Neo) | URS | 2:11.27 | | +10.670 | 6 |
| 16 | Anja Bollaart (Neo) | NED | 2:11.33 | | +10.730 | 5 |
| 17 | Leslie Bader (Senior) | USA | 2:11.34 | | +10.740 | 4 |
| 18 | Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr. (F1) | USA | 2:11.50 | NRJ | +10.900 | 3 |
| 19 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 2:11.71 | | +11.110 | 2 |
| 20 | Grietje Mulder (Neo) | NED | 2:11.86 | | +11.260 | 1 |
| 21 | Ingrid Haringa (Neo) | NED | 2:11.87 | SB | +11.270 | 0 |
| 22 | Tatjana Denisova (Senior) | URS | 2:12.09 | SB | +11.490 | 0 |
| 23 | Petra Moolhuizen (Senior) | NED | 2:13.32 | | +12.720 | 0 |
| 24 | Ylva Fors (Senior) | SWE | 2:13.48 | SB | +12.880 | 0 |
| 25 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 2:13.60 | | +13.000 | 0 |
| 26 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 2:14.21 | | +13.610 | 0 |
| 27 | Lena.61 Andersson (Senior) | SWE | 2:14.80 | PB | +14.200 | 0 |
| 28 | Anette Hammarin (Neo) | SWE | 2:15.38 | | +14.780 | 0 |
| 29 | Janet Goldman (Neo) | USA | 2:16.33 | | +15.730 | 0 |
| 30 | Stéphanie Dumont (Neo) | FRA | 2:16.61 | | +16.010 | 0 |
| 31 | Szilviá Szikora (Neo) | HUN | 2:19.30 | SB | +18.700 | 0 |
| 32 | Eszter Botos (Neo) | HUN | 2:29.28 | PB | +28.680 | 0 |