| 1 | Doina Melinte | ROM | |
4:09,73 |
| 2 | Sandra Gasser | SUI | |
4:10,13 |
| 3 | Violeta Beclea | ROM | |
4:10,44 |
| 4 | Natalya Artyomova | URS | 4:11,09 | |
| 5 | Ludmilla Rogachova | URS | 4:11,87 | |
| 6 | Véronique Pontgérard | FRA | 4:19,36 | |
| 7 | Diane Edwards | GBR | 4:21,27 | |
| 8 | Montserrat Pujol | ESP | 4:33,87 |