| 1 | Gunda Kleemann (Neo) | GDR | 2:07.43 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Jacqueline Börner (Senior) | GDR | 2:07.81 | | +0.380 | 22 |
| 3 | Heike Pöhland (Neo) | GDR | 2:08.29 | SB | +0.860 | 20 |
| 4 | Constanze Moser (Neo) | GDR | 2:08.50 | | +1.070 | 18 |
| 5 | Marieke Stam (Senior) | NED | 2:10.70 | | +3.270 | 16 |
| 6 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 2:11.99 | | +4.560 | 15 |
| 7 | Ljudmila Titova-Morozova (Senior) | URS | 2:12.11 | | +4.680 | 14 |
| 8 | Inga Gilauri (Senior) | URS | 2:12.68 | | +5.250 | 13 |
| 9 | Herma Emmens-Meijer (Neo) | NED | 2:13.06 | | +5.630 | 12 |
| 10 | Kerstin Stachewicz (Neo) | GDR | 2:13.08 | | +5.650 | 11 |
| 11 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Senior) | POL | 2:13.54 | | +6.110 | 10 |
| 12 | Marga Preuter (Neo) | NED | 2:13.80 | | +6.370 | 9 |
| 13 | Jelena Tumanova (Senior) | URS | 2:13.93 | | +6.500 | 8 |
| 14 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 2:13.99 | | +6.560 | 7 |
| 15 | Heidi Skjeggestad (A2) | NOR | 2:14.33 | | +6.900 | 6 |
| 16 | Ingrid Paul (Senior) | NED | 2:14.56 | | +7.130 | 5 |
| 17 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 2:15.07 | | +7.640 | 4 |
| 18 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 2:15.54 | SB | +8.110 | 3 |
| 19 | Minna Nystedt (Neo) | NOR | 2:15.86 | | +8.430 | 2 |
| 20 | Petra Becker (Neo) | FRG | 2:15.97 | SB | +8.540 | 1 |
| 21 | Michelle Kline (Neo) | USA | 2:16.34 | | +8.910 | 0 |
| 22 | Jasmin Krohn (Neo) | SWE | 2:16.55 | | +9.120 | 0 |
| 23 | Ylva Fors (Senior) | SWE | 2:17.24 | SB | +9.810 | 0 |
| 24 | Anette Hammarin (Senior) | SWE | 2:18.09 | SB | +10.660 | 0 |
| 25 | Moira d'Andrea (Neo) | USA | 2:19.43 | | +12.000 | 0 |
| 26 | Anja Bollaart (Neo) | NED | 2:20.20 | | +12.770 | 0 |
| 27 | Peggy Clasen (Neo) | USA | 2:20.99 | | +13.560 | 0 |
| 28 | Szilviá Szikora (Senior) | HUN | 2:21.28 | | +13.850 | 0 |
| 29 | Ida Stárková (Neo) | TCH | 2:22.57 | NR | +15.140 | 0 |
| 30 | Erzsébet Kútvölgyi (Senior) | HUN | 2:23.68 | PB | +16.250 | 0 |
| 31 | Jaroslava Srbova (Senior) | TCH | 2:24.48 | PB | +17.050 | 0 |