| 1 | Liliya Nurutdinova | URS | |
1:57,50 | |
| 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | |
1:57,55 | |
| 3 | Ella Kovacs | ROM | |
1:57,58 | |
| 4 | Maria Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:57,63 | AR | |
| 5 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:58,25 | AR | |
| 6 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1:58,90 | ||
| 7 | Ann Williams | GBR | 2:01,01 | ||
| 8 | Svetlana Masterkova | URS | 2:02,92 |