| 1 | Reyes Sobrino | ESP | |
12:48,99 |
| 2 | Dana Vavracova | TCH | |
12:51,08 |
| 3 | Maria Cruz Diaz | ESP | |
12:55,03 |
| 4 | Ildiko Ilyes | HUN | 12:56,55 | |
| 5 | Maria Rosza | HUN | 13:04,45 | |
| 6 | Natalya Spiridonova | URS | 13:08,83 | |
| 7 | Ann Jansson | SWE | 13:09,04 | |
| 8 | Atanaska Dshivkova | BUL | 13:18,55 | |
| 9 | Sari Essayah | FIN | 13:19,02 | |
| 10 | Aniko Szebenszki | HUN | 13:24,68 | |
| 11 | Victoria Oprea | ROM | 13:28,05 | |
| 12 | Lisa Langford | GBR | 13:32,30 | |
| 13 | Emilia Cano | ESP | 13:37,03 |