| 1 | Ludmilla Rogacheva | URS | |
4:05,09 |
| 2 | Ivana Kubesova | TCH | |
4:06,22 |
| 3 | Tudorita Chidu | ROM | |
4:06,27 |
| 4 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 4:06,65 | |
| 5 | Yvonne van der Kolk | NED | 4:06,86 | |
| 6 | Yvonne Mai | GER | 4:07,30 | |
| 7 | Alisa Hill | USA | 4:08,54 | |
| 8 | Gina Procaccio | USA | 4:19,51 | |
| 9 | Josephine White | GBR | 4:20,72 | |
| Ellen Kießling | GER | DNS |