| 1 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Neo) | GDR | 42.49 | (8) | | 4:26.14 | (1) | ER | 2:05.76 | (2) | SB | 7:39.44 | (1) | WR | 174.710 | WR | - |
| 2 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Senior) | URS | 40.73 | (1) | ER, PB | 4:30.83 | (3) | SB | 2:06.23 | (3) | PB | 8:00.58 | (7) | PB | 176.002 | NR | +1.292 |
| 3 | Olga Plesjkova (Senior) | URS | 43.43 | (18) | | 4:33.92 | (5) | | 2:04.98 | (1) | ER | 7:46.95 | (2) | NR | 177.438 | | +2.728 |
| 4 | Sabine Brehm (Neo) | GDR | 42.86 | (13) | | 4:29.41 | (2) | | 2:08.94 | (9) | | 7:47.04 | (3) | SB | 177.445 | | +2.735 |
| 5 | Natalja Kuimova (Senior) | URS | 40.99 | (2) | | 4:38.86 | (11) | | 2:06.81 | (5) | | 8:06.09 | (8) | | 178.345 | PB | +3.635 |
| 6 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 41.09 | (3) | NR | 4:36.28 | (8) | NR | 2:08.81 | (8) | | 8:06.91 | (9) | SB | 178.763 | PB | +4.053 |
| 7 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 42.60 | (10) | SB | 4:38.01 | (9) | NR | 2:06.76 | (4) | NR | 7:58.14 | (5) | NR | 179.002 | NR | +4.292 |
| 8 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Senior) | NOR | 42.60 | (10) | SB | 4:33.43 | (4) | SB | 2:08.61 | (7) | NR | 8:00.35 | (6) | | 179.076 | NR | +4.366 |
| 9 | Svetlana Katsjuk (Senior) | URS | 41.96 | (4) | | 4:35.58 | (7) | | 2:09.52 | (10) | | 8:15.92 | (14) | | 180.655 | PB | +5.945 |
| 10 | Andrea Schulze (A2) | GDR | 43.65 | (20) | | 4:34.92 | (6) | | 2:12.05 | (15) | | 7:54.34 | (4) | WRJ, TRJ | 180.920 | WRJ, TRJ | +6.210 |
| 11 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 42.73 | (12) | SB | 4:38.79 | (10) | | 2:06.92 | (6) | NR | 8:26.63 | (16) | | 182.164 | SB | +7.454 |
| 12 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 43.07 | (14) | SB | 4:43.49 | (13) | | 2:10.90 | (11) | | 8:13.54 | (13) | SB | 183.305 | SB | +8.595 |
| 13 | Ina Steenbruggen (Senior) | NED | 43.12 | (15) | SB | 4:46.25 | (15) | | 2:11.45 | (13) | PB | 8:07.34 | (10) | SB | 183.378 | PB | +8.668 |
| 14 | Heike Schalling (A1) | GDR | 44.18 | (23) | SB | 4:42.31 | (12) | | 2:12.41 | (16) | SB | 8:12.24 | (12) | SB | 184.591 | SB | +9.881 |
| 15 | Miriam Heruth (Neo) | FRG | 43.97 | (22) | | 4:47.89 | (16) | | 2:11.65 | (14) | PB | 8:20.68 | (15) | PB | 185.902 | PB | +11.192 |
| 16 | Angelika Haßmann (Neo) | FRG | 45.93 | (26) | | 4:45.41 | (14) | | 2:15.23 | (20) | SB | 8:10.43 | (11) | SB | 187.617 | | +12.907 |
| 17 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Neo) | POL | 42.23 | (5) | | 4:54.66 | (20) | SB | 2:10.91 | (12) | PB | - | | | 134.976 | | -39.734 |
| 18 | Alie Boorsma (Senior) | NED | 42.47 | (7) | | 4:47.99 | (17) | | 2:13.80 | (17) | SB | - | | | 135.068 | | -39.642 |
| 19 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 43.24 | (17) | SB | 4:48.01 | (18) | | 2:14.97 | (19) | SB | - | | | 136.231 | | -38.479 |
| 20 | Edel Therese Høiseth (A1) | NOR | 42.43 | (6) | SB | 4:59.95 | (23) | SB | 2:14.96 | (18) | SB | - | | | 137.407 | | -37.303 |
| 21 | Jasmin Krohn (B2) | SWE | 44.67 | (24) | SB | 4:48.75 | (19) | NRJ | 2:16.58 | (21) | NRJ | - | | | 138.321 | | -36.389 |
| 22 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (A1) | HUN | 43.18 | (16) | | 4:59.10 | (21) | NRJ, NR | 2:19.31 | (22) | SB | - | | | 139.466 | | -35.244 |
| 23 | Maila Lehtimäki (A1) | FIN | 43.47 | (19) | SB | 4:59.35 | (22) | NRJ | 2:19.78 | (24) | NRJ | - | | | 139.954 | | -34.756 |
| 24 | Marzia Peretti (A2) | ITA | 42.54 | (9) | | 5:04.42 | (24) | SB | 2:20.56 | (25) | | - | | | 140.129 | | -34.581 |
| 25 | Fanny Cadau (B2) | ITA | 43.93 | (21) | | 5:12.10 | (26) | | 2:19.60 | (23) | PB | - | | | 142.479 | | -32.231 |
| 26 | Minna Nystedt (B1) | NOR | 45.65 | (25) | SB | 5:07.35 | (25) | | 2:21.28 | (26) | | - | | | 143.968 | | -30.742 |