| 1 | Natalja Glebova (Neo) | URS | 41.10 | | - |
| 2 | Tatjana Tarasova-Kovalenko (Senior) | URS | 41.20 | | +0.100 |
| Christa Rothenburger (Neo) | GDR | 41.20 | | +0.100 |
| 4 | Karin Enke (Neo) | GDR | 41.50 | SB | +0.400 |
| 5 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 42.10 | SB | +1.000 |
| Sylvia Brunner (Senior) | SUI | 42.10 | | +1.000 |
| Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | GDR | 42.10 | SB | +1.000 |
| Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Senior) | URS | 42.10 | | +1.000 |
| 9 | Skadi Walter (A2) | GDR | 42.20 | | +1.100 |
| 10 | Natalja Kurova (Neo) | URS | 42.50 | | +1.400 |
| 11 | Pirjo Hyvärinen (Senior) | FIN | 43.20 | SB | +2.100 |
| Bjørg Eva Jensen (Neo) | NOR | 43.20 | SB | +2.100 |
| Edel Therese Høiseth (B2) | NOR | 43.20 | NRJ | +2.100 |
| Marina Koltsova (Neo) | URS | 43.20 | | +2.100 |
| 15 | Sabine Brehm (Neo) | GDR | 43.40 | SB | +2.300 |
| 16 | Gabi Schönbrunn (Neo) | GDR | 43.50 | | +2.400 |
| 17 | Minna Hägg (Neo) | FIN | 43.90 | | +2.800 |
| Olga Plesjkova (Senior) | URS | 43.90 | | +2.800 |