| 1 | Marie-Pierre Duros | FRA | |
8:50,69 |
| 2 | Margareta Keszeg | ROM | |
8:51,51 |
| 3 | Lyubov Kremlyova | URS | |
8:51,90 |
| 4 | Albertina Dias | POR | 8:55,45 | |
| 5 | Carita Sunell | FIN | 8:56,11 | |
| 6 | Rosario Murcia | FRA | 8:56,20 | |
| 7 | Sonia McGeorge | GBR | 8:56,67 | |
| 8 | Elaine van Blunk | USA | 8:58,23 | |
| 9 | Elly van Hulst | NED | 9:05,16 | |
| Christina Mai | GER | DQ |