| 1 | Sandra Gasser | SUI | 4:08,76 | |
| 2 | Svetlana Kitova | URS | 4:09,01 | |
| 3 | Ivana Walterova | TCH | 4:09,99 | |
| 4 | Katrin Wühn | GDR | 4:10,70 | |
| 5 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 4:14,92 | |
| 6 | Uta Eckhardt | FRG | 4:17,79 | |
| 7 | Nathalie Froget | FRA | 4:18,56 | |
| 8 | Christine Hanon | FRA | 4:21,89 | |
| 9 | Maite Zuniga | ESP | 4:24,13 |