| 1 | Agnese Possamai | ITA | |
8:53,77 | NR |
| 2 | Maricica Puica | ROM | |
8:54,26 | NR |
| 3 | Paula Fudge | GBR | |
8:56,96 | |
| 4 | Vera Michallek | FRG | 9:03,27 | ||
| 5 | Nadia Dandolo | ITA | 9:03,59 | ||
| 6 | Margherita Gargano | ITA | 9:03,62 | ||
| 7 | Natalya Boborova | URS | 9:09,80 | ||
| 8 | Aurora Cunha | POR | 9:12,86 | ||
| 9 | Gudrun Schulz | FRG | 9:36,48 |