| 1 | Ines Bibernell | GDR | |
8:54,52 |
| 2 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | |
9:01,31 |
| 3 | Regina Chistyakova | URS | |
9:01,72 |
| 4 | Yelena Romanova | URS | 9:03,85 | |
| 5 | Margareta Keszeg | ROM | 9:09,95 | |
| 6 | Aurora Cunha | POR | 9:10,50 | |
| 7 | Iva Jurkova | TCH | 9:11,42 | |
| 8 | Teresa Recio | ESP | 9:41,98 |