| 1 | Gunda Kleemann (Neo) | GDR | 4:23.65 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Heike Schalling (Neo) | GDR | 4:28.78 | | +5.130 | 22 |
| 3 | Constanze Moser (Neo) | GDR | 4:31.29 | | +7.640 | 20 |
| 4 | Marieke Stam (Senior) | NED | 4:34.87 | | +11.220 | 18 |
| 5 | Ljudmila Titova-Morozova (Senior) | URS | 4:35.42 | | +11.770 | 16 |
| 6 | Anja Bollaart (Neo) | NED | 4:36.79 | SB | +13.140 | 15 |
| 7 | Ingrid Paul (Senior) | NED | 4:36.96 | | +13.310 | 14 |
| 8 | Marga Preuter (Neo) | NED | 4:37.25 | | +13.600 | 13 |
| 9 | Jelena Tumanova (Senior) | URS | 4:39.67 | | +16.020 | 12 |
| 10 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 4:39.99 | | +16.340 | 11 |
| 11 | Inga Gilauri (Senior) | URS | 4:40.16 | | +16.510 | 10 |
| 12 | Monique Garbrecht (Neo) | GDR | 4:40.28 | SB | +16.630 | 9 |
| 13 | Petra Becker (Neo) | FRG | 4:40.39 | | +16.740 | 8 |
| 14 | Minna Nystedt (Neo) | NOR | 4:41.49 | | +17.840 | 7 |
| 15 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 4:42.58 | | +18.930 | 6 |
| 16 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 4:45.20 | | +21.550 | 5 |
| 17 | Heidi Skjeggestad (A2) | NOR | 4:51.11 | | +27.460 | 4 |
| 18 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Neo) | NOR | 4:51.43 | | +27.780 | 3 |
| 19 | Jasmin Krohn (Neo) | SWE | 4:52.27 | | +28.620 | 2 |
| 20 | Szilviá Szikora (Senior) | HUN | 4:52.91 | | +29.260 | 1 |
| 21 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 4:54.11 | | +30.460 | 0 |
| 22 | Ida Stárková (Neo) | TCH | 4:58.63 | SB | +34.980 | 0 |
| 23 | Erzsébet Kútvölgyi (Senior) | HUN | 4:58.95 | PB | +35.300 | 0 |
| 24 | Jaroslava Srbova (Senior) | TCH | 5:02.34 | PB | +38.690 | 0 |