| 1 | Doina Melinte | ROM | |
4:05,68 |
| 2 | Tatyana Samolenko | URS | |
4:07,08 |
| 3 | Svetlana Kitova | URS | |
4:07,59 |
| 4 | Mitica Junghiatu | ROM | 4:08,49 | |
| 5 | Kirsty Wade | GBR | 4:08,91 | |
| 6 | Sandra Gasser | SUI | 4:09,89 | |
| 7 | Darlene Beckford | USA | 4:13,64 | |
| 8 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 4:18,16 | |
| 9 | Christina Girou | GUA | 4:56,98 | |
| Ivana Walterova | TCH | DNF |