| 1 | Tonka Petrova | BUL | |
4:10,97 | WR |
| 2 | Karin Krebs-Burneleit | GDR | |
4:11,33 | NR |
| 3 | Tamara Kazachkova | URS | |
4:14,45 | |
| 4 | Ileana Silai | ROM | 4:17,12 | ||
| 5 | Mary Stewart | GBR | 4:19,00 | ||
| 6 | Lyudmila Bragina | URS | 4:20,80 | ||
| 7 | Urszula Prasek | POL | 4:21,26 | ||
| 8 | Bozena Sudická | TCH | 4:21,45 | ||
| 9 | Doris Gluth | GDR | 4:23,06 | ||
| 10 | Wenche Sørum | NOR | 4:23,19 | ||
| 11 | Nadezda Varcabová | TCH | 4:25,19 |