| 1 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 42.51 | (4) | | 4:26.59 | (1) | TR | 2:08.33 | (2) | | 7:31.45 | (1) | WR | 174.864 | | - |
| 2 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 43.20 | (5) | | 4:29.93 | (2) | SB | 2:08.27 | (1) | TR, SB | 7:42.82 | (2) | SB | 177.228 | SB | +2.364 |
| 3 | Natalja Artamonova-Kurova (Senior) | URS | 42.37 | (2) | | 4:35.67 | (4) | SB | 2:08.91 | (3) | SB | 8:00.60 | (7) | SB | 179.345 | PB | +4.481 |
| 4 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Senior) | GDR | 44.18 | (16) | | 4:35.79 | (5) | | 2:10.56 | (4) | | 7:48.76 | (3) | SB | 180.541 | SB | +5.677 |
| 5 | Olga Plesjkova (M30) | URS | 44.27 | (17) | | 4:31.71 | (3) | SB | 2:10.65 | (5) | | 7:57.76 | (5) | SB | 180.882 | SB | +6.018 |
| 6 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 42.48 | (3) | | 4:38.34 | (6) | SB | 2:11.27 | (7) | SB | 8:09.80 | (11) | SB | 181.608 | SB | +6.744 |
| 7 | Marieke Stam (Neo) | NED | 43.88 | (10) | | 4:38.66 | (7) | | 2:13.49 | (12) | | 7:56.74 | (4) | SB | 182.495 | SB | +7.631 |
| 8 | Annette Carlén (Senior) | SWE | 43.29 | (6) | | 4:43.30 | (14) | SB | 2:10.84 | (6) | PB | 8:10.72 | (12) | SB | 183.193 | PB | +8.329 |
| 9 | Inga Gilauri (Neo) | URS | 44.12 | (15) | | 4:39.74 | (9) | | 2:13.39 | (11) | | 8:04.94 | (9) | | 183.702 | | +8.838 |
| 10 | Ria Visser (Senior) | NED | 44.39 | (18) | | 4:38.66 | (7) | | 2:11.50 | (8) | | 8:11.02 | (13) | | 183.770 | SB | +8.906 |
| 11 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 43.96 | (12) | | 4:43.06 | (13) | | 2:13.31 | (9) | | 8:09.59 | (10) | SB | 184.533 | SB | +9.669 |
| 12 | Jelena Lapuga (Neo) | URS | 44.85 | (22) | | 4:42.66 | (12) | | 2:13.34 | (10) | | 8:04.27 | (8) | | 184.835 | | +9.971 |
| 13 | Carola Bürger (Neo) | GDR | 43.95 | (11) | | 4:40.13 | (10) | | 2:15.97 | (15) | | 8:12.14 | (14) | | 185.177 | | +10.313 |
| 14 | Heike Schalling (Neo) | GDR | 46.04 | (25) | | 4:40.28 | (11) | | 2:16.26 | (18) | | 7:59.51 | (6) | | 186.125 | | +11.261 |
| 15 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 43.85 | (9) | | 4:46.92 | (16) | | 2:15.27 | (14) | | 8:16.92 | (15) | NR | 186.452 | NR | +11.588 |
| 16 | Marie-France van Helden-Vives (Senior) | FRA | 44.00 | (13) | | 4:45.20 | (15) | | 2:15.99 | (16) | | 8:17.14 | (16) | | 186.579 | PB | +11.715 |
| 17 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 42.04 | (1) | TR | 4:49.32 | (17) | SB | 2:14.53 | (13) | | - | | | 135.104 | | - |
| 18 | Sigrid Fröschl (Senior) | FRG | 44.05 | (14) | PB | 4:49.86 | (18) | PB | 2:17.99 | (22) | PB | - | | | 138.357 | | - |
| 19 | Maila Lehtimäki (Neo) | FIN | 43.59 | (7) | | 4:52.87 | (20) | | 2:18.12 | (23) | | - | | | 138.442 | | - |
| 20 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Senior) | POL | 43.80 | (8) | | 4:56.90 | (26) | SB | 2:16.13 | (17) | | - | | | 138.661 | | - |
| 21 | Lidia Olcon (Neo) | POL | 44.53 | (21) | | 4:52.93 | (21) | | 2:16.33 | (19) | | - | | | 138.796 | | - |
| 22 | Angelika Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 45.10 | (23) | | 4:50.87 | (19) | | 2:16.73 | (20) | | - | | | 139.156 | | - |
| 23 | Hanne Eriksson (A2) | NOR | 44.40 | (19) | | 4:56.64 | (25) | TRJ, PB | 2:19.41 | (24) | TRJ | - | | | 140.310 | | - |
| 24 | Lena.61 Andersson (Senior) | SWE | 45.50 | (24) | | 4:54.23 | (22) | | 2:17.48 | (21) | SB | - | | | 140.366 | | - |
| 25 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (n/a) | AUT | 44.42 | (20) | SB | 4:55.97 | (23) | NR | 2:20.52 | (26) | SB | - | | | 140.589 | | - |
| 26 | Bibija Kerla (Senior) | YUG | 48.56 | (26) | | 5:24.79 | (27) | NR | 2:33.62 | (27) | | - | | | 153.899 | | - |
| 27 | Taina Salmia (Senior) | FIN | 1:03.37 | (27) | | 4:56.59 | (24) | SB | 2:19.55 | (25) | | - | | | 159.319 | | - |