| 1 | Svetlana Titova (A2) | URS | 4:44.00 | TR | - |
| 2 | Olga Plesjkova (M30) | URS | 4:44.50 | | +0.500 |
| 3 | Jelena Tumanova (Neo) | URS | 4:46.20 | | +2.200 |
| 4 | Keiko Asao (Neo) | JPN | 4:46.30 | | +2.300 |
| 5 | Nadezjda Jermolina-Vasiljeva (Neo) | URS | 4:47.10 | | +3.100 |
| 6 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 4:47.40 | | +3.400 |
| 7 | Natsue Seki (Neo) | JPN | 4:54.40 | | +10.400 |
| 8 | Marina Kortsjuganova (A1) | URS | 4:54.60 | | +10.600 |
| 9 | Jelena Lapuga (Neo) | URS | 4:57.80 | | +13.800 |
| 10 | Irina Maksimenko (Senior) | URS | 4:58.00 | SB | +14.000 |
| 11 | Natalja Repnina-Panina (Neo) | URS | 4:59.00 | | +15.000 |
| 12 | Angelika Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 5:00.70 | | +16.700 |
| 13 | Svetlana Titova (A2) | URS | 5:01.50 | | +17.500 |
| 14 | Svetlana Katsjuk (Senior) | URS | 5:01.80 | | +17.800 |
| 15 | Aleksandra Manturova-Gerastsjenko (Neo) | URS | 5:02.70 | | +18.700 |
| 16 | Tatjana Zakharova (B2) | URS | 5:04.40 | | +20.400 |
| Tatjana Simusjina (B2) | URS | 5:04.40 | SB | +20.400 |
| 18 | Larisa Kharlamova (Neo) | URS | 5:05.30 | SB | +21.300 |
| 19 | Irina Silaeva (B2) | URS | 5:05.50 | SB | +21.500 |
| 20 | Natalja Morozova (A1) | URS | 5:05.90 | SB | +21.900 |
| 21 | Ljubov Osipova (B2) | URS | 5:08.20 | | +24.200 |
| 22 | Lilija Khuramsjina (B2) | URS | 5:12.30 | | +28.300 |