1, Yvonne Vangennip, Netherlands, 04:11.94. 2, Andrea Ehrig, East Germany, 04:12.09. 3, Gabi Zange, East Germany, 04:16.92. 4, Karin Kania, East Germany, 04:18.80. 5, Erwina Rys-ferens, Poland, 04:22.59.
6, Svetlana Boiko, Soviet Union, 04:22.90. 7, Seiko Hashimoto, Japan, 04:23.29. 7, Elena Lapouga, Soviet Union, 04:23.29. 9, Elena Toumanova, Soviet Union, 04:24.07. 10, Jasmin Krohn, Sweden, 04:25.06.
11, Janet Goldman, United States, 04:25.26. 12, Anja Mischke, West Germany, 04:26.30. 13, Elena Belci, Italy, 04:27.21. 14, Emese Nemeth-hunyadi, Austria, 04:27.56. 15, Ariane Loignon, Canada, 04:28.55.
16, Marieke Stam, Netherlands, 04:28.92. 17, Chunok Han, North Korea, 04:29.16. 18, Natsue Seki, Japan, 04:29.77. 19, Mary Docter, United States, 04:29.93. 20, Leslie Bader, United States, 04:30.09.
21, Qing Zhang, China, 04:30.19. 22, Young-Ok Kim, South Korea, 04:30.60. 23, Hwason Song, North Korea, 04:31.05. 24, Mariefrance Vanhelden, France, 04:32.34. 25, Minna Nystedt, Norway, 04:35.35.
26, Chantal Cote, Canada, 04:35.74. 27, Stephanie Dumont, France, 04:38.03. 28, Hye-sook Choi, South Korea, 04:42.26.
Disqualified: Ingrid Paul, Netherlands.
