| 1 | Sylvia Burka (Senior) | CAN | 43.29 | (1) | | 2:13.05 | (1) | | 1:26.65 | (2) | | 130.965 | | - |
| 2 | Sylvia Albrecht (B1) | GDR | 43.37 | (2) | | 2:15.79 | (9) | NRJ | 1:26.15 | (1) | NRJ, NR, TRJ | 131.708 | | +0.743 |
| 3 | Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman (Senior) | NED | 43.43 | (3) | | 2:14.77 | (2) | PB | 1:27.59 | (6) | SB | 132.148 | | +1.183 |
| 4 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 43.69 | (5) | | 2:16.90 | (11) | | 1:27.25 | (3) | | 132.948 | | +1.983 |
| 5 | Marion Dittmann (Neo) | GDR | 44.82 | (12) | | 2:14.79 | (3) | NR | 1:27.64 | (7) | | 133.570 | | +2.605 |
| 6 | Annie Borckink (Senior) | NED | 44.81 | (11) | | 2:15.62 | (8) | | 1:27.77 | (9) | | 133.901 | | +2.936 |
| 7 | Brenda Webster (B2) | CAN | 44.40 | (10) | | 2:16.91 | (12) | | 1:27.74 | (8) | NRJ | 133.906 | | +2.941 |
| 8 | Ina Steenbruggen (Neo) | NED | 43.72 | (6) | | 2:18.91 | (15) | | 1:28.33 | (11) | SB | 134.188 | | +3.223 |
| 9 | Pat Durnin (A2) | CAN | 43.85 | (7) | | 2:18.54 | (14) | | 1:28.50 | (13) | | 134.280 | | +3.315 |
| 10 | Joke van Rijssel (Neo) | NED | 45.02 | (13) | | 2:15.27 | (4) | | 1:28.51 | (14) | SB | 134.365 | | +3.400 |
| 11 | Sophie Piest-Westenbroek (M30) | NED | 44.15 | (8) | | 2:17.27 | (13) | | 1:28.97 | (16) | NRM | 134.391 | | +3.426 |
| 12 | Sijtje van der Lende (Senior) | NED | 45.72 | (16) | | 2:15.33 | (6) | | 1:27.42 | (5) | | 134.540 | | +3.575 |
| 13 | Kathy Vogt (Neo) | CAN | 44.20 | (9) | | 2:19.09 | (16) | | 1:28.18 | (10) | | 134.653 | | +3.688 |
| 14 | Sabine Becker (A2) | GDR | 45.05 | (14) | | 2:15.29 | (5) | NRJ, TRJ | 1:29.54 | (17) | | 134.916 | | +3.951 |
| 15 | Ria Visser (B2) | NED | 45.30 | (15) | | 2:15.56 | (7) | NRJ | 1:29.75 | (18) | NRJ | 135.361 | | +4.396 |
| 16 | Ljubov Sadtsjikova (Senior) | URS | 43.58 | (4) | | 2:31.04 | (22) | SB | 1:27.34 | (4) | | 137.596 | | +6.631 |
| 17 | Elisabeth Appleby (Neo) | CAN | 45.95 | (17) | | 2:22.99 | (17) | | 1:30.78 | (19) | | 139.003 | | +8.038 |
| 18 | Kim Ferran (Neo) | GBR | 46.86 | (18) | NR | 2:23.26 | (18) | NR | 1:31.85 | (20) | NR | 140.538 | | +9.573 |
| 19 | Carmen Kraßnitzer (B2) | AUT | 47.46 | (19) | | 2:28.65 | (20) | | 1:34.32 | (21) | | 144.170 | | +13.205 |
| 20 | Luvsamlshagin Altantsetseg (n/a) | MGL | 47.72 | (20) | SB | 2:28.78 | (21) | SB | 1:36.96 | (22) | SB | 145.793 | | +14.828 |
| 21 | Zjamjangijn Dolgorsuren (Senior) | MGL | 49.19 | (21) | | 2:32.11 | (24) | SB | 1:37.18 | (23) | SB | 148.483 | | +17.518 |
| 22 | Amanda Horsepool (Neo) | GBR | 50.08 | (22) | | 2:31.47 | (23) | SB | 1:39.04 | (24) | | 150.090 | | +19.125 |
| 23 | Tatjana Tarasova-Kovalenko (Neo) | URS | 1:06.53 | (23) | | 2:23.60 | (19) | | 1:28.81 | (15) | | 158.801 | | +27.836 |
| Beate Romstedt (A1) | GDR | DQ | | | 2:16.78 | (10) | | 1:28.42 | (12) | SB | - | | - |