| 1 | Ljudmila Titova-Morozova (Senior) | URS | 44.42 | (3) | | 2:21.13 | (1) | TR | 1:29.71 | (1) | TR | 4:57.06 | (2) | | 185.828 | TR, SB | - |
| 2 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 45.20 | (6) | | 2:25.03 | (4) | | 1:31.03 | (3) | | 5:00.49 | (3) | | 189.139 | | +3.311 |
| 3 | Jelena Banadysenko (Neo) | URS | 45.84 | (8) | | 2:23.83 | (2) | | 1:31.42 | (5) | | 5:04.66 | (8) | | 190.269 | SB | +4.441 |
| 4 | Qiaobo Ye (Senior) | CHN | 43.30 | (1) | TR | 2:25.65 | (6) | SB | 1:29.97 | (2) | | 5:22.97 | (15) | SB | 190.663 | PB | +4.835 |
| 5 | Gang-Ok Lee (A2) | PRK | 45.88 | (9) | SB | 2:24.13 | (3) | TRJ | 1:31.19 | (4) | TRJ | 5:08.84 | (9) | TRJ | 190.991 | TRJ, SB | +5.163 |
| 6 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Neo) | ROU | 45.48 | (7) | | 2:27.57 | (9) | SB | 1:31.61 | (7) | | 5:04.48 | (7) | SB | 191.221 | SB | +5.393 |
| 7 | Heike Müller (Neo) | GDR | 47.25 | (15) | | 2:25.74 | (7) | | 1:33.62 | (9) | | 4:54.44 | (1) | TR | 191.713 | SB | +5.885 |
| 8 | Svetlana Korobova-Konopljova (Senior) | URS | 46.36 | (12) | | 2:29.24 | (13) | | 1:34.49 | (14) | SB | 5:03.44 | (5) | | 193.924 | SB | +8.096 |
| 9 | Tatjana Zakharova (Neo) | URS | 47.51 | (17) | | 2:28.60 | (12) | | 1:34.30 | (11) | SB | 5:03.08 | (4) | | 194.706 | SB | +8.878 |
| 10 | Jelizaveta Teterleva (A1) | URS | 47.50 | (16) | | 2:30.44 | (16) | | 1:34.33 | (13) | | 5:14.35 | (11) | | 197.202 | | +11.374 |
| 11 | Ljubov Osipova (Neo) | URS | 48.09 | (21) | | 2:28.58 | (11) | | 1:34.31 | (12) | | 5:14.64 | (13) | | 197.211 | | +11.383 |
| 12 | Ljudmila Netsjajeva (Neo) | URS | 48.32 | (22) | | 2:31.13 | (18) | | 1:37.48 | (20) | SB | 5:13.02 | (10) | | 199.606 | SB | +13.778 |
| 13 | Irina Ovsjannikova (A1) | URS | 48.97 | (23) | PB | 2:30.07 | (15) | PB | 1:37.94 | (21) | PB | 5:14.40 | (12) | PB | 200.363 | PB | +14.535 |
| 14 | Julija Zvereva (Neo) | URS | 47.70 | (20) | SB | 2:34.69 | (20) | SB | 1:37.46 | (19) | SB | 5:22.33 | (14) | PB | 201.714 | PB | +15.886 |
| 15 | Svetlana Pronkul (A2) | URS | 47.10 | (14) | SB | 3:06.92 | (23) | SB | 1:36.51 | (18) | SB | 5:29.46 | (16) | SB | 212.571 | SB | +26.743 |
| 16 | Svetlana Laletina-Tsjernobrovkina (Neo) | URS | 1:15.78 | (24) | | 2:28.30 | (10) | | 1:34.89 | (16) | | 5:04.37 | (6) | | 223.386 | | +37.558 |
| Vera Jusjkova-Barmina (Neo) | URS | 45.92 | (10) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Tatjana Karavajeva (n/a) | URS | 47.64 | (19) | PB | 2:40.62 | (22) | PB | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Jevgenija Sjiljajeva (B2) | URS | 47.07 | (13) | | 2:36.98 | (21) | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Zjanna Karavajeva-Baldina (Neo) | URS | 47.56 | (18) | | 2:30.47 | (17) | | 1:35.80 | (17) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Son-Yu Yeon (C2) | PRK | 45.17 | (5) | TRJ | 2:31.21 | (19) | SB | 1:34.00 | (10) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Anzjela Kudrjavtseva (Neo) | URS | 45.92 | (10) | | 2:26.19 | (8) | | 1:34.63 | (15) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Zhihong Cheng (n/a) | CHN | 44.07 | (2) | PB | 2:29.34 | (14) | PB | 1:31.88 | (8) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Yuexi Liu (Neo) | CHN | 45.16 | (4) | | 2:25.22 | (5) | | 1:31.52 | (6) | | - | | | - | | - |