| 1 | Doina Melinte | ROM | |
4:04,79 |
| 2 | Svetlana Kitova | URS | |
4:05,71 |
| 3 | Yvonne Mai | GDR | |
4:06,09 |
| 4 | Marina Yashmenyeva | URS | 4:06,52 | |
| 5 | Mitica Constantin | ROM | 4:09,74 | |
| 6 | Elizabeth McColgan | GBR | 4:10,16 | |
| 7 | Karen Hutcheson | GBR | 4:11,37 | |
| 8 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:17,53 |