| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 1:23.27 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Erwina Rys-Ferens (Senior) | POL | 1:24.00 | | +0.730 | 22 |
| 3 | Monika Gawenus-Pflug (M30) | FRG | 1:24.06 | SB | +0.790 | 20 |
| 4 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 1:24.34 | SB | +1.070 | 18 |
| 5 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 1:24.52 | SB | +1.250 | 16 |
| 6 | Virve Mäkelä (Senior) | FIN | 1:25.45 | SB | +2.180 | 15 |
| 7 | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | 1:26.12 | | +2.850 | 14 |
| 8 | Zofia Tokarczyk (Neo) | POL | 1:26.38 | | +3.110 | 13 |
| 9 | Sigrid Smuda-Fröschl (Senior) | FRG | 1:26.39 | SB | +3.120 | 12 |
| Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 1:26.39 | | +3.120 | 12 |
| 11 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Senior) | POL | 1:27.24 | | +3.970 | 10 |
| 12 | Manuela Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 1:27.48 | | +4.210 | 9 |
| 13 | Alida Pasveer (Senior) | NED | 1:27.58 | SB | +4.310 | 8 |
| 14 | Erna Uitham (Neo) | NED | 1:28.51 | SB | +5.240 | 7 |
| 15 | Svetlana Bykova (Neo) | URS | 1:28.93 | | +5.660 | 6 |
| 16 | Jelena Rudenko (Neo) | URS | 1:29.37 | SB | +6.100 | 5 |
| 17 | Lena.61 Andersson (Senior) | SWE | 1:29.61 | | +6.340 | 4 |
| 18 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 1:29.91 | | +6.640 | 3 |
| 19 | Hanne Eriksson (A2) | NOR | 1:30.04 | | +6.770 | 2 |
| 20 | Anja Bollaart (A2) | NED | 1:30.42 | | +7.150 | 1 |
| 21 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 1:30.96 | | +7.690 | 0 |
| 22 | Stéphanie Dumont (A1) | FRA | 1:31.35 | | +8.080 | 0 |
| 23 | Murielle Leyssieux (A2) | FRA | 1:31.49 | | +8.220 | 0 |
| 24 | Dorine van der Scheer (Neo) | NED | 1:32.59 | | +9.320 | 0 |
| 25 | Antje Douvern (Neo) | FRG | 1:34.87 | | +11.600 | 0 |
| 26 | Szilviá Szikora (Neo) | HUN | 1:35.00 | | +11.730 | 0 |