| 1 | Karin Enke (Neo) | GDR | 1:21.61 | OR | - |
| 2 | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | GDR | 1:22.83 | | +1.220 |
| 3 | Natalja Petrusjova (Senior) | URS | 1:23.21 | | +1.600 |
| 4 | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina (Senior) | URS | 1:23.68 | | +2.070 |
| 5 | Christa Rothenburger (Senior) | GDR | 1:23.98 | | +2.370 |
| 6 | Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | NED | 1:25.36 | SB | +3.750 |
| 7 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 1:25.81 | | +4.200 |
| 8 | Monika Holzner-Pflug (M30) | FRG | 1:25.87 | | +4.260 |
| 9 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 1:26.15 | SB | +4.540 |
| 10 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Neo) | POL | 1:26.53 | | +4.920 |
| 11 | Sylvia Brunner (Senior) | SUI | 1:26.61 | | +5.000 |
| 12 | Seiko Hashimoto (A2) | JPN | 1:26.69 | | +5.080 |
| 13 | Lydia Stephans (Neo) | USA | 1:26.73 | | +5.120 |
| 14 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 1:26.95 | | +5.340 |
| 15 | Sigrid Smuda (Senior) | FRG | 1:27.05 | | +5.440 |
| 16 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Senior) | NOR | 1:27.08 | SB | +5.470 |
| 17 | Gum-Hyon Park (A2) | PRK | 1:27.36 | SB | +5.750 |
| 18 | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | 1:27.57 | | +5.960 |
| 19 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 1:27.67 | | +6.060 |
| 20 | Edel Therese Høiseth (A1) | NOR | 1:27.90 | | +6.290 |
| 21 | Thea Limbach (Senior) | NED | 1:28.12 | | +6.510 |
| 22 | Shouko Fusano (A1) | JPN | 1:28.19 | | +6.580 |
| 23 | Alie Boorsma (Senior) | NED | 1:28.40 | | +6.790 |
| 24 | Mary Docter (Neo) | USA | 1:28.55 | | +6.940 |
| 25 | Sylvie Daigle (Neo) | CAN | 1:28.96 | | +7.350 |
| 26 | Guoqin Shen (Neo) | CHN | 1:29.11 | | +7.500 |
| 27 | Hiromi Ozawa (Neo) | JPN | 1:29.20 | | +7.590 |
| 28 | Miao Min (Senior) | CHN | 1:29.22 | SB | +7.610 |
| 29 | Chun-Ok Han (A1) | PRK | 1:29.30 | SB | +7.690 |
| 30 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (A1) | HUN | 1:29.36 | | +7.750 |
| 31 | Yeon-Joo.64 Lee (Neo) | KOR | 1:29.80 | | +8.190 |
| 32 | Guifeng Cao (Neo) | CHN | 1:30.28 | | +8.670 |
| 33 | Marzia Peretti (A2) | ITA | 1:30.33 | | +8.720 |
| 34 | Kyeong-Ja Lee (Neo) | KOR | 1:31.11 | | +9.500 |
| 35 | Seung-Yoon Choi (A2) | KOR | 1:32.31 | | +10.700 |
| 36 | Bibija Kerla (Senior) | YUG | 1:51.06 | | +29.450 |
| 37 | Natalja Sjive-Glebova (Neo) | URS | 1:55.42 | | +33.810 |
| 38 | Dubravka Vukusic (A1) | YUG | 2:03.02 | | +41.410 |