| 1 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | |
4:04,01 | NR |
| 2 | Brigitte Kraus | FRG | |
4:04,22 | |
| 3 | Beate Liebich | GDR | |
4:06,70 | NR |
| 4 | Vessela Yatsinska | BUL | 4:11,75 | ||
| 5 | Nadeshda Ralldugina | URS | 4:12,66 | ||
| 6 | Natalya Boborova | URS | 4:14,28 | ||
| 7 | Elise Wattendorf | SUI | 4:20,04 | ||
| 8 | Rossella Gramola | ITA | 4:20,79 | ||
| 9 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 4:25,33 |