| 1st | Ulrike Meyfarth | 🇫🇷West GermanyFRG |
| 2nd | Yordanka Blagoeva | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 3rd | Ilona Gusenbauer | 🇦🇺AustriaAUT |
| 4th | Barbara Inkpen | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 5th | Rita Schmidt-Kirst | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 6th | Sara Simeoni | 🇮🇹ItalyITA |
| 7th | Rosie Witschas-Ackermann | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 8th | Debbie Brill | 🇨🇦CanadaCAN |
| 9th | Andrea Bruce | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| 10th | Ellen Mundinger | 🇫🇷West GermanyFRG |
| 11th | Audrey Reid | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| =12th | Grith Ejstrup | 🇩🇰DenmarkDEN |
| =12th | Rita Gildemeister | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 14th | Renate Gärtner | 🇫🇷West GermanyFRG |
| 15th | Miloslava Hübnerová-Rezková | 🇹🇨CzechoslovakiaTCH |
| =16th | Erika Rudolf | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºHungaryHUN |
| =16th | Ria Ahlers | 🇳🇱NetherlandsNED |
| 18th | Alena Prosková | 🇹🇨CzechoslovakiaTCH |
| =19th | Cornelia Popescu-Popa | 🇷🇴RomaniaROU |
| =19th | Snežana Hrepevnik | 🇾🇺YugoslaviaYUG |
| 21st | Solveig Langkilde | 🇩🇰DenmarkDEN |
| 22nd | Milada Karbanová | 🇹🇨CzechoslovakiaTCH |
| 23rd | Magdolna Csábi-Komka | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºHungaryHUN |
| 24th | Breda Babošek | 🇾🇺YugoslaviaYUG |
| 25th | Marima RodrÃguez | 🇨🇺CubaCUB |
| 26th | Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva | 🇺🇷Soviet UnionURS |
| 27th | Ros Few | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 28th | Trix Rechner | 🇨ðŸ‡SwitzerlandSUI |
| 29th | Louise Hannah-Walker | 🇨🇦CanadaCAN |
| =30th | Deanne Wilson | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| =30th | Penny Dimmock | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 32nd | Cindy Gilbert | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| =33rd | Doris Bisang | 🇨ðŸ‡SwitzerlandSUI |
| =33rd | Michiyo Inaoka | 🇯🇵JapanJPN |
| =35th | Mihoko Yama | 🇯🇵JapanJPN |
| =35th | Roxana Vulescu | 🇷🇴RomaniaROU |
| 37th | Lára Sveinsdóttir | 🇮🇸IcelandISL |
| 38th | Sandi Goldsberry | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| AC r1/2 | Nnenna Njoku | 🇳🇬NigeriaNGR |
| AC r1/2 | Wu Yu-Chih | 🇹🇼Chinese TaipeiTPE |
| - | Galina Filatova | 🇺🇷Soviet UnionURS |
| - | Gladys Chai | 🇲🇾MalaysiaMAS |
| - | Margit Papp | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºHungaryHUN |
| - | MarÃa Luisa Vilca | 🇵🇪PeruPER |