| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | |
7128 | |
| 2 | Larisa Nikitina-Turchinskaya | URS | |
6564 | |
| 3 | Jane Frederick | USA | |
6502 | |
| 4 | Anke Vater-Behmer | GDR | 6460 | ||
| 5 | Liliana Nastase | ROM | 6325 | ||
| 6 | Marion Reichelt | GDR | 6296 | ||
| 7 | Marianna Maslennikova | URS | 6228 | ||
| 8 | Yuqing Zhu | CHN | 6211 | AR | |
| 9 | Kim Hagger | GBR | 6167 | ||
| 10 | Jane Flemming | AUS | 6149 | ||
| 11 | Nadine Debois | FRA | 6139 | ||
| 12 | Cindy Greiner | USA | 6042 | ||
| 13 | Tineke Hidding | NED | 6040 | ||
| 14 | Svetlana Buraga | URS | 5982 | ||
| 15 | Joanne Mulliner | GBR | 5842 | ||
| 16 | Ragne Kytölä | FIN | 5791 | ||
| 17 | Cornelia Heinrich | FRG | 5664 | ||
| 18 | Sabine Braun | FRG | 5621 | ||
| 19 | Connie Polman-Tuin | CAN | 5608 | ||
| Eva Karblom | SWE | DNF | |||
| Ingrid Meilicke | PAR | DNF | |||
| Manuela Marxer | LIE | DNF | |||
| Chantal Beaugeant | FRA | DNF | |||
| Alessandra Becatti | ITA | DNF | |||
| Zuzana Lajbnerova | TCH | DNF |