| 1 | Hwa-Seon Song (Neo) | PRK | 45.32 | (1) | | 2:18.42 | (1) | | 1:28.63 | (1) | | 4:52.48 | (1) | | 184.521 | SB | - |
| 2 | Kerstin Stachewicz (Neo) | GDR | 48.05 | (7) | | 2:22.41 | (3) | | 1:30.53 | (3) | | 4:52.78 | (2) | | 189.581 | | +5.060 |
| 3 | Svetlana Korobova-Konopljova (Neo) | URS | 50.08 | (15) | | 2:21.36 | (2) | | 1:31.51 | (5) | SB | 4:56.51 | (3) | | 192.373 | SB | +7.852 |
| 4 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 48.87 | (11) | | 2:26.63 | (6) | | 1:32.15 | (8) | | 5:00.65 | (4) | | 193.929 | | +9.408 |
| 5 | Svetlana Suslova (Neo) | URS | 48.65 | (8) | | 2:28.74 | (9) | | 1:30.45 | (2) | | 5:05.38 | (8) | | 194.351 | SB | +9.830 |
| 6 | Irina Abdullina (Neo) | URS | 48.05 | (6) | | 2:27.68 | (8) | | 1:32.96 | (10) | | 5:07.46 | (12) | | 194.999 | | +10.478 |
| 7 | Ljudmila Filimonova (Senior) | URS | 48.69 | (9) | | 2:27.44 | (7) | | 1:32.02 | (7) | SB | 5:06.94 | (11) | | 195.002 | SB | +10.481 |
| 8 | Irina Stulova (Neo) | URS | 49.35 | (13) | | 2:29.38 | (10) | | 1:33.06 | (11) | | 5:06.36 | (10) | | 196.733 | PB | +12.212 |
| 9 | Anja Ulbricht (Neo) | GDR | 46.94 | (3) | | 2:33.09 | (11) | | 1:32.56 | (9) | | 5:15.40 | (14) | SB | 196.816 | SB | +12.295 |
| 10 | Gang-Ok Lee (A1) | PRK | 48.80 | (10) | | 2:34.40 | (13) | | 1:33.84 | (14) | SB | 5:04.14 | (7) | SB | 197.876 | SB | +13.355 |
| 11 | Svetlana Laletina-Tsjernobrovkina (A2) | URS | 50.72 | (17) | | 2:26.32 | (4) | | 1:36.60 | (16) | SB | 5:01.86 | (5) | | 198.103 | SB | +13.582 |
| 12 | Ljudmila Netsjajeva (Neo) | URS | 50.33 | (16) | SB | 2:33.66 | (12) | SB | 1:33.74 | (12) | SB | 5:05.99 | (9) | SB | 199.418 | SB | +14.897 |
| 13 | Agata Zdrojek (Neo) | POL | 47.29 | (4) | | 2:37.75 | (16) | | 1:31.34 | (4) | | 5:23.48 | (15) | | 199.456 | | +14.935 |
| 14 | Tatjana Zakharova (A2) | URS | 49.61 | (14) | | 2:36.42 | (15) | | 1:36.03 | (15) | | 5:03.64 | (6) | | 200.371 | | +15.850 |
| 15 | Un-Suk Choi (B2) | PRK | 51.07 | (18) | | 2:35.39 | (14) | | 1:37.00 | (17) | | 5:25.60 | (16) | | 205.632 | SB | +21.111 |
| 16 | Hi-suk Kim (A2) | PRK | 51.37 | (21) | | 2:42.60 | (17) | | 1:39.48 | (18) | SB | 5:12.81 | (13) | | 207.445 | SB | +22.924 |
| Natalja Severjukhina (A1) | URS | 46.44 | (2) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Ok-Nam Hong (A1) | PRK | 48.98 | (12) | | DQ | | | 1:33.80 | (13) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Damdin Bolormaa (A2) | MGL | 51.30 | (20) | | 2:46.15 | (19) | | 1:40.44 | (19) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Mongolbuu Munkhtsetseg (A2) | MGL | 51.18 | (19) | | 2:43.04 | (18) | SB | 1:42.81 | (20) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Neo) | POL | 47.32 | (5) | | 2:26.43 | (5) | | 1:31.86 | (6) | | DNS | | | - | | - |