| 1 | Elly van Hulst | NED | |
8:57,28 |
| 2 | Margareta Keszeg | ROM | |
8:57,50 |
| 3 | Andrea Hamann | GDR | |
9:00,31 |
| 4 | Viorica Ghican | ROM | 9:00,92 | |
| 5 | Roisin Smyth | IRL | 9:04,42 | |
| 6 | Iva Jurkova | TCH | 9:06,76 | |
| 7 | Valentina Tauceri | ITA | 9:11,20 | |
| 8 | Sonia McGeorge | GBR | 9:11,60 | |
| 9 | Tania Merchiers | BEL | 9:16,74 | |
| Karen Hutcheson | GBR | DNF | ||
| Orietta Mancia | ITA | DQ |