| 1 | Galina Stepanskaja (M30) | URS | 44.30 | (3) | SB | 2:16.70 | (1) | TR, SB | 1:30.30 | (3) | SB | 4:57.00 | (1) | SB | 184.516 | TR, SB | - |
| 2 | Natalja Zaborskikh (Senior) | URS | 44.40 | (4) | SB | 2:17.10 | (2) | SB | 1:29.60 | (1) | SB | 5:01.30 | (2) | SB | 185.115 | SB | +0.599 |
| 3 | Ljudmila.50 Kuznetsova (Senior) | URS | 44.70 | (5) | SB | 2:19.00 | (3) | SB | 1:30.20 | (2) | SB | 5:02.30 | (3) | SB | 186.516 | SB | +2.000 |
| 4 | Galina Pankova (Neo) | URS | 43.10 | (1) | | 2:20.40 | (5) | SB | 1:31.10 | (4) | SB | 5:13.70 | (9) | SB | 187.733 | SB | +3.217 |
| 5 | Antje Heck (Neo) | GDR | 44.90 | (8) | SB | 2:21.90 | (8) | SB | 1:32.20 | (6) | SB | 5:06.20 | (6) | SB | 189.333 | SB | +4.817 |
| 6 | Ljudmila Lavrenkova (Neo) | URS | 44.80 | (7) | | 2:21.10 | (6) | SB | 1:33.20 | (9) | SB | 5:10.40 | (7) | SB | 190.166 | SB | +5.650 |
| 7 | Andrea Eichel (Neo) | GDR | 45.70 | (11) | SB | 2:21.30 | (7) | SB | 1:34.90 | (13) | SB | 5:11.60 | (8) | SB | 192.183 | SB | +7.667 |
| 8 | Uta Heck (A1) | GDR | 46.60 | (14) | SB | 2:24.60 | (12) | SB | 1:34.40 | (11) | SB | 5:04.90 | (5) | SB | 192.815 | SB | +8.299 |
| 9 | Ljudmila Versjinina (Senior) | URS | 44.70 | (5) | SB | 2:24.20 | (11) | SB | 1:32.70 | (8) | SB | 5:29.00 | (12) | SB | 193.949 | SB | +9.433 |
| 10 | Andrea Martynus (A1) | GDR | 44.10 | (2) | SB | 2:29.40 | (15) | SB | 1:33.50 | (10) | SB | 5:25.30 | (10) | SB | 194.866 | SB | +10.350 |
| 11 | Jelena Sjkiljova (Neo) | URS | 45.80 | (12) | SB | 2:22.80 | (9) | SB | 1:34.70 | (12) | SB | 5:26.20 | (11) | SB | 195.116 | SB | +10.600 |
| 12 | Olga Plesjkova (Neo) | URS | 45.20 | (9) | SB | 2:41.00 | (19) | SB | 1:32.40 | (7) | SB | 5:04.10 | (4) | SB | 195.749 | SB | +11.233 |
| 13 | Elżbieta Roszkowska (A1) | POL | 46.00 | (13) | SB | 2:26.40 | (14) | PB | 1:38.10 | (16) | SB | 5:32.60 | (13) | SB | 199.283 | PB | +14.767 |
| 14 | Agnes Rusz (Neo) | ROU | 48.10 | (15) | SB | 2:34.50 | (16) | SB | 1:38.70 | (17) | SB | 5:32.60 | (13) | SB | 204.383 | SB | +19.867 |
| 15 | Éva Szigeti (Neo) | ROU | 48.10 | (15) | SB | 2:34.60 | (17) | SB | 1:39.50 | (18) | SB | 5:34.40 | (15) | SB | 205.116 | SB | +20.600 |
| 16 | Zsuzsa Paty Nagy (Neo) | HUN | 49.00 | (17) | SB | 2:36.80 | (18) | SB | 1:45.50 | (19) | SB | 5:49.30 | (16) | SB | 212.232 | SB | +27.716 |
| 17 | Galina Starodubtseva (Neo) | URS | 45.50 | (10) | PB | 2:25.40 | (13) | SB | 1:34.90 | (13) | SB | - | | | 141.416 | | - |
| 18 | Khalida Vorobjova-Fardejeva (M30) | URS | 1:04.30 | (18) | SB | 2:19.20 | (4) | SB | 1:31.10 | (4) | SB | - | | | 156.250 | | - |
| 19 | Márta Mélykúti (Senior) | HUN | 1:06.00 | (19) | SB | 2:44.90 | (20) | SB | 1:47.60 | (20) | SB | - | | | 174.766 | | - |
| Nina Sjabardina (Senior) | URS | DQ | | | 2:23.80 | (10) | SB | 1:36.50 | (15) | SB | - | | | - | | - |