| 1 | Christa Rothenburger (Senior) | GDR | 41.23 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | GDR | 41.59 | | +0.360 | 22 |
| 3 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 41.76 | NR | +0.530 | 20 |
| 4 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 41.97 | | +0.740 | 18 |
| 5 | Cornelia Dick (A2) | GDR | 42.12 | | +0.890 | 16 |
| 6 | Svetlana Bykova (Neo) | URS | 42.39 | | +1.160 | 15 |
| 7 | Sylke Luding (B2) | GDR | 42.46 | | +1.230 | 14 |
| 8 | Sylvie Daigle (Neo) | CAN | 42.54 | | +1.310 | 13 |
| 9 | Yeon-Joo.64 Lee (Neo) | KOR | 42.61 | | +1.380 | 12 |
| 10 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 42.65 | | +1.420 | 11 |
| 11 | Anne Girard (Neo) | CAN | 42.73 | | +1.500 | 10 |
| 12 | Shelley Rhead (Neo) | CAN | 42.96 | | +1.730 | 9 |
| 13 | Tatjana Kabutova (A1) | URS | 43.13 | | +1.900 | 8 |
| 14 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 43.23 | | +2.000 | 7 |
| 15 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 43.38 | | +2.150 | 6 |
| 16 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Senior) | POL | 43.51 | | +2.280 | 5 |
| 17 | Natalie Grenier (Neo) | CAN | 43.66 | | +2.430 | 4 |
| 18 | Seung-Yoon Choi (Neo) | KOR | 43.74 | | +2.510 | 3 |
| 19 | Ylva Fors (Neo) | SWE | 43.78 | | +2.550 | 2 |
| 20 | Anja Mischke (A2) | FRG | 43.87 | | +2.640 | 1 |
| 21 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 44.42 | | +3.190 | 0 |
| 22 | Sigrid Smuda-Fröschl (Senior) | FRG | 44.48 | | +3.250 | 0 |
| 23 | Elisabeth Bjøre (A2) | NOR | 44.74 | | +3.510 | 0 |