| 1 | Svetlana Katsjuk (Neo) | URS | 4:56.52 | TR, SB | - |
| 2 | Ljudmila Kiseljova-Savrulina (Senior) | URS | 4:57.96 | SB | +1.440 |
| 3 | Irina Skobreva-Gavrilova (Neo) | URS | 4:58.06 | SB | +1.540 |
| 4 | Natalja Zaborskikh (Senior) | URS | 4:58.52 | SB | +2.000 |
| 5 | Marina Koltsova (Neo) | URS | 4:58.84 | SB | +2.320 |
| 6 | Ljubov Slojeva-Berezina (Senior) | URS | 5:00.79 | SB | +4.270 |
| 7 | Vera Mazeina-Malygina (Senior) | URS | 5:02.36 | SB | +5.840 |
| 8 | Irina.57 Pavlova (Senior) | URS | 5:07.03 | PB | +10.510 |
| 9 | Galina Pankova (Senior) | URS | 5:07.84 | SB | +11.320 |
| 10 | Galina Sjikhova-Isupova (Neo) | URS | 5:09.23 | SB | +12.710 |
| 11 | Tatjana Serebrjakova-Timosjina (Senior) | URS | 5:10.53 | SB | +14.010 |
| 12 | Natalja Malysjeva (Senior) | URS | 5:10.64 | SB | +14.120 |
| 13 | Irina.60 Ivanova-Gorina (Neo) | URS | 5:10.71 | SB | +14.190 |
| 14 | Natalja Suvorova (Neo) | URS | 5:12.20 | PB | +15.680 |
| 15 | Anna Sorokina (A2) | URS | 5:12.40 | PB | +15.880 |
| 16 | Olga Muta (Senior) | URS | 5:12.55 | PB | +16.030 |
| 17 | Tatjana Denisova (A2) | URS | 5:13.95 | SB | +17.430 |
| 18 | Olga Krivosjeina (Neo) | URS | 5:14.27 | SB | +17.750 |
| 19 | Nina Lasjukova (Senior) | URS | 5:14.37 | SB | +17.850 |
| Lidija Jegorova (Senior) | URS | 5:14.37 | SB | +17.850 |
| 21 | Tatjana Durandina (Neo) | URS | 5:15.96 | SB | +19.440 |
| 22 | Nina Melnova (Neo) | URS | 5:16.05 | SB | +19.530 |
| 23 | Tatjana Belousova (Neo) | URS | 5:16.68 | SB | +20.160 |
| 24 | Tatjana Kotsjnova (Neo) | URS | 5:17.41 | SB | +20.890 |
| 25 | Ljudmila Stegalova-Bulanova (Neo) | URS | 5:17.82 | SB | +21.300 |
| 26 | Olga Filtsjakova (Neo) | URS | 5:18.68 | SB | +22.160 |
| 27 | Jelena Zelentsova (A2) | URS | 5:18.75 | SB | +22.230 |
| 28 | Irina Volosjina-Kiseljova (A2) | URS | 5:19.43 | SB | +22.910 |
| 29 | Marina Lebedeva (A2) | URS | 5:20.09 | SB | +23.570 |
| 30 | Olga Nepomijastsjikh (Senior) | URS | 5:20.44 | PB | +23.920 |
| 31 | Tatjana Terekhova (Neo) | URS | 5:22.35 | SB | +25.830 |
| 32 | Tatjana Tumanova-Arefjeva (A2) | URS | 5:25.19 | SB | +28.670 |
| 33 | Natalja Priljopina (Neo) | URS | 5:25.27 | SB | +28.750 |
| 34 | Natalja Smirnova (Neo) | URS | 5:25.63 | SB | +29.110 |
| 35 | Olga.61 Ryzjkova (Neo) | URS | 5:26.16 | SB | +29.640 |
| 36 | Irina Mukhortova (Neo) | URS | 5:30.57 | PB | +34.050 |
| 37 | Marina Vakhromova (Neo) | URS | 5:33.84 | PB | +37.320 |
| 38 | Valentina Jeremejeva (A2) | URS | 5:42.97 | SB | +46.450 |
| 39 | Tamara Poljakova (Senior) | URS | 5:44.05 | PB | +47.530 |