| 1 | Yvonne van Gennip (Senior) | NED | 2:00.68 | OR, NR | - |
| 2 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 2:00.82 | | +0.140 |
| 3 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | GDR | 2:01.49 | SB | +0.810 |
| 4 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 2:04.02 | | +3.340 |
| 5 | Jelena Lapuga (Senior) | URS | 2:04.24 | PB | +3.560 |
| 6 | Seiko Hashimoto (Neo) | JPN | 2:04.38 | NR | +3.700 |
| 7 | Gunda Kleemann (Neo) | GDR | 2:04.68 | | +4.000 |
| Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 2:04.68 | NR | +4.000 |
| 9 | Hwa-Seon Song (Neo) | PRK | 2:05.25 | NR | +4.570 |
| 10 | Leslie Bader (Senior) | USA | 2:05.53 | PB | +4.850 |
| 11 | Natalie Grenier (Senior) | CAN | 2:06.80 | | +6.120 |
| 12 | Marieke Stam (Senior) | NED | 2:07.00 | SB | +6.320 |
| 13 | Katie Class (Senior) | USA | 2:07.30 | PB | +6.620 |
| 14 | Ariane Loignon (Neo) | CAN | 2:07.63 | | +6.950 |
| 15 | Jelena Tumanova (Neo) | URS | 2:07.71 | | +7.030 |
| 16 | Anja Mischke (Neo) | FRG | 2:08.52 | | +7.840 |
| 17 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Senior) | POL | 2:08.54 | PB | +7.860 |
| 18 | Janet Goldman (Neo) | USA | 2:08.72 | PB | +8.040 |
| 19 | Natsue Seki (Neo) | JPN | 2:08.89 | SB | +8.210 |
| 20 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 2:09.34 | SB | +8.660 |
| 21 | Chantal Côté (Senior) | CAN | 2:09.62 | SB | +8.940 |
| 22 | Chun-Ok Han (Neo) | PRK | 2:09.66 | PB | +8.980 |
| 23 | Caroline Maheux (A2) | CAN | 2:10.83 | NRJ, TRJ | +10.150 |
| 24 | Yeong-Ok Kim (Neo) | KOR | 2:11.95 | NR | +11.270 |
| 25 | Minna Nystedt (Neo) | NOR | 2:12.40 | | +11.720 |
| 26 | Hye-Sook Choi (B2) | KOR | 2:12.96 | NRJ | +12.280 |
| 27 | Stéphanie Dumont (Neo) | FRA | 2:13.01 | | +12.330 |
| 28 | Bibija Kerla (Senior) | YUG | 2:21.69 | NR | +21.010 |
| DNS | Constanze Scandolo (Neo) | GDR | DNS | | - |