| 1 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson (Senior) | SWE | 2:09.35 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Bonnie Blair (Neo) | USA | 2:10.92 | SB | +1.570 | 22 |
| 3 | Olga Plesjkova (M30) | URS | 2:11.05 | | +1.700 | 20 |
| 4 | Inga Gilauri (Neo) | URS | 2:11.63 | | +2.280 | 18 |
| 5 | Lidia Olcon (Neo) | POL | 2:13.23 | | +3.880 | 16 |
| 6 | Monika Gawenus-Pflug (M30) | FRG | 2:13.47 | | +4.120 | 15 |
| 7 | Johanna "Hanne" Steeg (Neo) | FRG | 2:13.90 | | +4.550 | 14 |
| 8 | Angelika Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 2:14.06 | SB | +4.710 | 13 |
| 9 | Bjørg Eva Jensen (Senior) | NOR | 2:14.14 | | +4.790 | 12 |
| 10 | Aila Tartia (Senior) | FIN | 2:14.33 | | +4.980 | 11 |
| 11 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Neo) | NOR | 2:14.82 | | +5.470 | 10 |
| 12 | Alida Pasveer (Senior) | NED | 2:14.91 | SB | +5.560 | 9 |
| 13 | Katie Class (Neo) | USA | 2:15.03 | | +5.680 | 8 |
| 14 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Neo) | URS | 2:15.39 | SB | +6.040 | 7 |
| 15 | Lilianna Jezierska-Morawiec (Senior) | POL | 2:15.78 | SB | +6.430 | 6 |
| 16 | Anja Mischke (A2) | FRG | 2:15.95 | NRJ | +6.600 | 5 |
| 17 | Manuela Haßmann (Senior) | FRG | 2:16.49 | | +7.140 | 4 |
| 18 | Maila Lehtimäki (Neo) | FIN | 2:16.52 | PB | +7.170 | 3 |
| 19 | Erna Uitham (Neo) | NED | 2:18.85 | | +9.500 | 2 |
| 20 | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady (Neo) | AUT | 2:18.88 | NR | +9.530 | 1 |
| 21 | Dorine van der Scheer (Neo) | NED | 2:19.02 | | +9.670 | 0 |
| 22 | Leslie Bader (Neo) | USA | 2:19.04 | | +9.690 | 0 |
| 23 | Stéphanie Dumont (A1) | FRA | 2:19.92 | SB | +10.570 | 0 |
| 24 | Jelena Rudenko (Neo) | URS | 2:19.99 | SB | +10.640 | 0 |
| 25 | Anja Bollaart (A2) | NED | 2:20.43 | | +11.080 | 0 |
| 26 | Svetlana Bykova (Neo) | URS | 2:21.09 | | +11.740 | 0 |
| 27 | Antje Douvern (Neo) | FRG | 2:21.39 | SB | +12.040 | 0 |
| 28 | Murielle Leyssieux (A2) | FRA | 2:21.63 | SB | +12.280 | 0 |
| 29 | Szilviá Szikora (Neo) | HUN | 2:26.36 | | +17.010 | 0 |
| 30 | Lena.61 Andersson (Senior) | SWE | 2:36.57 | | +27.220 | 0 |