Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kaija Mustonen Finland 2:22.4 OR
2 Carry Geijssen Netherlands 2:22.7
3 Stien Kaiser Netherlands 2:24.5
4 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl Norway 2:25.2
5 Lāsma Kauniste Soviet Union 2:25.4
6 Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka Finland 2:25.8
7 Lyudmila Titova Soviet Union 2:26.8
8 Ruth Schleiermacher East Germany 2:27.1
9 Christina Lindblom-Scherling Sweden 2:27.5
9 Hildegard Sellhuber West Germany 2:27.5
11 Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union 2:27.6
12 Ans Schut Netherlands 2:28.3
13 Dianne Holum United States 2:28.5
14 Martine Ivangine France 2:29.9
14 Kari Kåring Norway 2:29.9
16 Jeanne Ashworth United States 2:30.3
17 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg Norway 2:30.7
18 Christina Karlsson Sweden 2:31.4
18 Sachiko Saito Japan 2:31.4
20 Ylva Hedlund Sweden 2:31.5
21 Doreen McCannell Canada 2:32.2
22 Arja Kantola Finland 2:33.2
23 Kaname Ide Japan 2:34.2
24 Marcia Parsons Canada 2:34.4
25 Jeanne Omelenchuk United States 2:35.5
26 Jitsuko Saito Japan 2:36.6
27 Kim Gwi-Jin South Korea 2:36.7
28 Marie-Louise Perrenoud France 2:39.2
29 Patricia Demartini France 2:40.6
30 Paula Dufter West Germany 2:45.2