| 1 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra (M35) | NED | 46.92 | (2) | | 2:27.00 | (1) | | 1:38.70 | (1) | | 5:35.56 | (5) | | 201.197 | | - |
| 2 | Sippie Tigchelaar (Neo) | NED | 50.02 | (28) | | 2:29.80 | (10) | | 1:38.90 | (2) | | 5:14.32 | (1) | | 201.790 | | +0.593 |
| 3 | Monika Zernicek (A2) | GDR | 48.02 | (10) | | 2:29.90 | (11) | | 1:41.00 | (6) | | 5:21.73 | (2) | | 202.109 | | +0.912 |
| 4 | Sijtje van der Lende (Senior) | NED | 48.63 | (16) | | 2:28.10 | (5) | | 1:40.80 | (5) | | 5:26.84 | (3) | | 202.870 | | +1.673 |
| 5 | Annie Borckink (Neo) | NED | 47.73 | (9) | | 2:27.90 | (3) | | 1:42.80 | (15) | | 5:30.06 | (4) | | 203.440 | | +2.243 |
| 6 | Birgit Männel (A2) | GDR | 47.29 | (7) | | 2:28.20 | (6) | | 1:41.20 | (7) | | 5:50.50 | (13) | | 205.707 | | +4.510 |
| 7 | Sophie Piest-Westenbroek (Senior) | NED | 48.51 | (13) | | 2:28.30 | (7) | | 1:42.10 | (10) | | 5:40.30 | (6) | | 205.710 | | +4.513 |
| 8 | Erwina Rys (A2) | POL | 46.92 | (2) | | 2:27.40 | (2) | | 1:40.60 | (4) | | 5:59.86 | (16) | | 206.330 | | +5.133 |
| 9 | Ute Dix (A1) | GDR | 48.96 | (18) | | 2:29.20 | (9) | | 1:41.20 | (7) | | 5:45.81 | (9) | | 206.928 | | +5.731 |
| 10 | Vera Bryndzej (Neo) | URS | 47.19 | (5) | | 2:31.30 | (16) | | 1:44.20 | (19) | | 5:43.75 | (7) | | 207.015 | | +5.818 |
| 11 | Nina Kuznetsova (Neo) | URS | 47.49 | (8) | | 2:30.90 | (15) | | 1:41.70 | (9) | | 5:51.05 | (14) | | 207.148 | | +5.951 |
| 12 | Karin Kessow (Neo) | GDR | 48.57 | (15) | | 2:30.80 | (14) | | 1:42.60 | (13) | | 5:48.87 | (10) | | 208.282 | | +7.085 |
| 13 | Galina Medvedeva (Neo) | URS | 48.55 | (14) | | 2:30.70 | (13) | | 1:42.80 | (15) | | 5:49.88 | (12) | | 208.496 | | +7.299 |
| 14 | Nina Glazyrina (Neo) | URS | 49.19 | (20) | | 2:28.60 | (8) | | 1:43.60 | (17) | | 5:49.77 | (11) | | 208.818 | SB | +7.621 |
| 15 | Galina Nikitina (Neo) | URS | 48.75 | (17) | | 2:30.10 | (12) | | 1:42.60 | (13) | | 5:52.83 | (15) | | 208.888 | | +7.691 |
| 16 | Jelena.51 Ivanova (Neo) | URS | 48.99 | (19) | | 2:31.40 | (17) | | 1:44.80 | (21) | | 5:44.34 | (8) | | 209.247 | SB | +8.050 |
| Trijnie Roozendaal-Rep (Neo) | NED | DQ | | | 148 DQ | (4) | | 99.3 DQ | (3) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Christa Jaarsma (Neo) | NED | 48.02 | (10) | | DQ | | | 102.2 DQ | (11) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Helena Štemberová (n/a) | TCH | 51.69 | (35) | | 2:49.40 | (37) | | 1:53.30 | (35) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Věra Břinková (Senior) | TCH | 52.51 | (36) | | 2:42.40 | (33) | | 1:54.60 | (37) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Nina Sjabardina (Neo) | URS | 53.26 | (37) | | 2:39.40 | (29) | SB | 1:54.80 | (38) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Petra Hollstein (B1) | GDR | 51.14 | (33) | | 2:45.50 | (35) | | 1:50.10 | (30) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Iva Kvasnicková (Senior) | TCH | 50.45 | (30) | | 2:42.90 | (34) | | 1:53.20 | (34) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Natalja Kolomenkina (Neo) | URS | 49.22 | (21) | SB | 2:45.60 | (36) | SB | 1:50.90 | (32) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Ingrid Spitzner (B2) | GDR | 50.66 | (32) | | 2:40.80 | (30) | | 1:53.60 | (36) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Uta Hesse (B2) | GDR | 50.65 | (31) | | 2:41.80 | (32) | | 1:50.70 | (31) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Heike Neumann (B1) | GDR | 49.25 | (22) | | 2:41.40 | (31) | | 1:51.80 | (33) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Monika Müller (B2) | GDR | 51.14 | (33) | | 2:37.30 | (23) | | 1:49.20 | (27) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Svetlana Nosko (Neo) | URS | 49.84 | (26) | | 2:38.30 | (28) | | 1:49.40 | (28) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Katrin Lorenz (A1) | GDR | 49.72 | (24) | | 2:37.30 | (23) | | 1:49.10 | (26) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Stanisława Watycha (Neo) | POL | 49.91 | (27) | | 2:37.30 | (23) | | 1:47.50 | (24) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Jelena Kovaljova (Neo) | URS | 50.17 | (29) | | 2:34.00 | (21) | | 1:49.80 | (29) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Svetlana Lukhmanova (Neo) | URS | 49.75 | (25) | | 2:34.20 | (22) | | 1:47.80 | (25) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Stanislawa Wachala-Pietruszczak (Neo) | POL | 48.41 | (12) | | 2:37.40 | (26) | | 1:44.10 | (18) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Heike Lange (A1) | GDR | 47.23 | (6) | | 2:37.90 | (27) | | 1:44.60 | (20) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Janina Urszula Korowicka (Neo) | POL | 49.52 | (23) | | 2:33.50 | (20) | | 1:45.30 | (22) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Alla Butova-Bujanova (Senior) | URS | 46.52 | (1) | | 2:32.40 | (18) | | 1:45.90 | (23) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Natalja Luzganova (Neo) | URS | 47.04 | (4) | | 2:32.90 | (19) | | 1:42.50 | (12) | | - | | | - | | - |