| Final | time | Birth | | 1. Rosa Mota |  POR | 2:36:03 | 29.06.58 | | 2. Laura Fogli |  ITA | 2:36:28 | 05.10.59 | | 3. Ingrid Kristiansen |  NOR | 2:36:38 | 21.03.56 | | 4. Alba Milana | ITA | 2:38:54 | 17.03.59 | | 5. Carla Beurskens |  NED | 2:39:22 | 15.02.52 | | 6. Karolin Szabó |  HUN | 2:40:50 | 17.11.61 | | 7. Marie-Louise Hamrin |  SWE | 2:42:14 | 19.04.57 | | 8. Zoya Ivanova |  URS | 2:42:43 | 14.03.52 | | 9. Kathryn Binns |  GBR | 2:44:09 | 13.01.58 | | 10.Rita Marchisio | ITA | 2:44:24 | 13.02.50 | | 11.Monika Lövenich |  FRG | 2:45:10 | | | 12.Charlotte Teske | FRG | 2:45:17 | | | 13.Heidi Hutterer | FRG | 2:46:32 | | | 14.Tuija Toivonen |  FIN | 2:48:51 | | | 15.Sinikka Kiippa | FIN | 2:48:54 | | | 16.Henriette Fina |  AUT | 2:49:57 | | | 17.Christine Seeman |  FRA | 2:51:58 | | | 18.Carey May |  IRL | 2:52:06 | | | 19.Vreni Forster |  SUI | 2:52:49 | | | 20.Nadezdha Gumerova | URS | 2:53:00 | | | 21.Carol Gould | GBR | 2:58:48 | |
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| Places | | POR 1. | | ITA 2. 4. | | NOR 3. | | NED 5. | | HUN 6. | | SWE 7. | | URS 8. 20. | | GBR 9. 21. | | ITA 10. | | FRG 11. 12. 13. | | FIN 14. 15. | | AUT 16. | | FRA 17. | | IRL 18. | | SUI 19. |
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