| 1st | Alice Brown | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 1st | Dannette Young | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 1st | Evelyn Ashford | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 1st | Florence Griffith Joyner | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 1st | Sheila Echols | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 2nd | Ingrid Auerswald-Lange | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 2nd | Kerstin Behrendt | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 2nd | Laurel Johnson | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| 2nd | Marlies Oelsner-Göhr | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 2nd | Silke Möller | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 2nd | Vivienne Spence | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| 3rd | Ethlyn Tate | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| 3rd | Galina Malchugina | |
| 3rd | Grace Jackson-Small | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| 3rd | Juliet Cuthbert | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| 3rd | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | 🇺🇷Soviet UnionURS |
| 3rd | Marie-Christine Cazier-Balo | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 3rd | Marina Zhirova | 🇺🇷Soviet UnionURS |
| 3rd | Merlene Ottey-Page | |
| 3rd | Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | |
| 4th | Andrea Thomas | |
| 4th | Sabine Richter | 🇫🇷West GermanyFRG |
| 4th | Ulrike Sarvari | 🇫🇷West GermanyFRG |
| 4th | Ute Thimm | 🇫🇷West GermanyFRG |
| 5th | Amparo Caicedo | 🇨🇴ColombiaCOL |
| 5th | Angela Bailey | 🇨🇦CanadaCAN |
| 5th | Angela Phipps | 🇨🇦CanadaCAN |
| 5th | Angella Taylor-Issajenko | 🇨🇦CanadaCAN |
| 5th | Els Vader | 🇳🇱NetherlandsNED |
| 5th | Gretha Tromp | 🇳🇱NetherlandsNED |
| 5th | Katie Anderson | 🇨🇦CanadaCAN |
| 5th | Marjan Olyslager | 🇳🇱NetherlandsNED |
| 5th | Nadezhda Georgieva | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 5th | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | 🇳🇱NetherlandsNED |
| 5th | Norfalia Carabalí | |
| 5th | Olga Escalante | 🇨🇴ColombiaCOL |
| 5th | Tsvetanka Ilieva | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 5th | Valya Valova-Demireva | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 5th | Ximena Restrepo | 🇨🇴ColombiaCOL |
| 5th | Yordanka Donkova | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 6th | Agnieszka Siwek | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| 6th | Bev Kinch | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 6th | Chang Feng-Hua | 🇹🇼Chinese TaipeiTPE |
| 6th | Chen Wen-Xing | 🇹🇼Chinese TaipeiTPE |
| 6th | Chen Ya-Li | 🇹🇼Chinese TaipeiTPE |
| 6th | Dinah Yankey | 🇬🇭GhanaGHA |
| 6th | Ewa Pisiewicz | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| 6th | Farida Kyakutema | 🇺🇬UgandaUGA |
| 6th | Georgia Zouganeli | 🇬🇷GreeceGRE |
| 6th | Grace Buzu | 🇺🇬UgandaUGA |
| 6th | Joanna Smolarek | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| 6th | Jolanta Janota | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| 6th | Martha Appiah | 🇬🇭GhanaGHA |
| 6th | Mercy Addy | 🇬🇭GhanaGHA |
| 6th | Oliver Acii | 🇺🇬UgandaUGA |
| 6th | Paula Dunn | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 6th | Ruth Kyalisima | 🇺🇬UgandaUGA |
| 6th | Sallyanne Short | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 6th | Simmone Jacobs | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 6th | Veronica Bawuah | 🇬🇭GhanaGHA |
| 6th | Wang Shu-Hua | 🇹🇼Chinese TaipeiTPE |
| 7th | Daniela Ferrian | 🇮🇹ItalyITA |
| 7th | Françoise Leroux | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 7th | Laurence Bily | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 7th | Lee Yeong-Suk | |
| 7th | Liu Shaomei | |
| 7th | Marisa Masullo | 🇮🇹ItalyITA |
| 7th | Muriel Leroy | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 7th | Park Mi-Seon | |
| 7th | Patricia Girard-Léno | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 7th | Rita Angotzi | 🇮🇹ItalyITA |
| 7th | Rossella Tarolo | 🇮🇹ItalyITA |
| 7th | U Yang-Ja | |
| 7th | Xie Zhiling | |
| 7th | Yun Mi-Gyeong | |
| 7th | Zhang Caihua | |
| 7th | Zhang Xiaoqiong | |
| 8th | Katerina Koffa | 🇬🇷GreeceGRE |
| 8th | Maria Tsoni | 🇬🇷GreeceGRE |
| 8th | Marina Skordi | 🇬🇷GreeceGRE |
| 8th | Voula Patoulidou | 🇬🇷GreeceGRE |
| - | Agata Jaroszek-Karczmarek | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| - | Aneliya Vechernikova-Nuneva | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| - | Bang Sin-Hye | |
| - | Ginka Zagorcheva | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| - | Grace Armah | 🇬🇭GhanaGHA |
| - | Gwen Torrence | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| - | Heike Drechsler | |
| - | Helen Miles | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| - | Hsu Huei-Ying | 🇹🇼Chinese TaipeiTPE |
| - | Jennifer Inniss | |
| - | Jolanta Bartczak | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| - | Julie Rocheleau-Baumann | |
| - | Katrin Krabbe | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| - | Liu Huajin | |
| - | Maia Azarashvili | |
| - | Marie-José Pérec | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| - | Park Suk-Ja | |
| - | Silke Knoll | |
| - | Su Chun-Yueh | 🇹🇼Chinese TaipeiTPE |
| - | Tian Yumei | |
| - | Yvonne van Dorp | 🇳🇱NetherlandsNED |