Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union 1:24.10 OR
2 Leah Poulos United States 1:25.41
3 Sylvia Albrecht East Germany 1:26.46
4 Karin Enke East Germany 1:26.66
5 Beth Heiden United States 1:27.01
6 Annie Borckink Netherlands 1:27.24
7 Sylvia Burka Canada 1:27.50
8 Ann-Sofie Järnström Sweden 1:28.10
9 Sylvia Filipsson Sweden 1:28.18
10 Annette Carlén-Karlsson Sweden 1:28.25
11 Valentina Lalenkova Soviet Union 1:28.27
12 Bjørg Eva Jensen Norway 1:28.55
13 Sijtje van der Lende Netherlands 1:28.72
14 Sarah Docter United States 1:28.80
14 Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman Netherlands 1:28.80
16 Erwina Ryś-Ferens Poland 1:28.82
17 Miyoshi Kato Japan 1:28.97
18 Christa Rothenburger East Germany 1:29.69
19 Brenda Webster Canada 1:29.84
20 Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova Soviet Union 1:29.94
21 Monika Pflug West Germany 1:30.13
22 Makiko Nagaya Japan 1:30.27
23 Sigrid Smuda West Germany 1:30.29
24 Kathy Vogt Canada 1:30.33
25 Yuko Yaegashi-Ota Japan 1:30.72
26 Lee Nam-Sun South Korea 1:31.30
27 Cao Guifeng China 1:31.74
28 Anneli Repola Finland 1:31.76
29 Silvia Brunner Switzerland 1:31.79
30 Lee Seong-Ae South Korea 1:32.04
31 Zhang Li China 1:32.20
32 Shen Zhenshu China 1:32.49
33 Brigitte Flierl West Germany 1:33.61
34 Kim Yeong-Hui South Korea 1:34.17
35 Kim Ferran Great Britain 1:34.19
36 Marzia Peretti Italy 1:35.66
37 Mandy Horsepool Great Britain 1:36.31