| 1 | Paula Ivan | ROM | |
4:07,16 |
| 2 | Marina Yachmenyeva | URS | |
4:07,77 |
| 3 | Svetlana Kitova | URS | |
4:08,36 |
| 4 | Yvonne Mai | GDR | 4:09,40 | |
| 5 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:09,42 | |
| 6 | Laima Baikauskaite | URS | 4:10,49 | |
| 7 | Karen Hutcheson | GBR | 4:10,76 | |
| 8 | Malin Ewerlöf | SWE | 4:11,70 |