| 1 | Kerry Saxby | AUS | |
12:01,65 | WR |
| 2 | Beate Anders | GDR | |
12:07,73 | |
| 3 | Ileana Salvador | ITA | |
12:11,33 | |
| 4 | Nadeshda Ryashkina | URS | 12:12,98 | ||
| 5 | Anika Szebensky | HUN | 12:27,20 | ||
| 6 | Andrea Alföldi | HUN | 12:31,66 | ||
| 7 | Ann Peel | CAN | 12:32,34 | ||
| 8 | Olga Sanchez | ESP | 12:34,02 | ||
| 9 | Dana Vavracova | TCH | 12:40,51 | ||
| 10 | Reyes Sobrino | ESP | DQ |