| 1 | Mary Decker-Slaney | USA | |
4:00,90 |
| 2 | Zamira Zaitseva | URS | |
4:01,19 |
| 3 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | URS | |
4:02,25 |
| 4 | Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich | URS | 4:02,67 | |
| 5 | Wendy Smith-Sly | GBR | 4:04,14 | |
| 6 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 4:04,42 | |
| 7 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4:04,73 | |
| 8 | Brit Lind-Petersen-McRoberts | CAN | 4:05,73 | |
| 9 | Christina Boxer-Cahill | GBR | 4:06,74 | |
| 10 | Cornelia Bürki | SUI | 4:11,61 | |
| 11 | Ivana Kleinova-Walterova-Kubesova | TCH | 4:15,12 | |
| 12 | Maria Radu | ROM | 4:19,03 |