| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Ann Simmons |  United States | 4:28.80 | | +-.--s | - | | 2. Jill Strong | United States | 4:39.15 | | +-.--s | - | | 3. Nadezhda Matukhina |  Soviet Union | 4:41.56 | | +-.--s | - | | 4. Jennifer Chiler |  Australia | 4:42.77 | | +-.--s | - | | 5. Susan Jones |  Great Britain | 4:47.65 | | +-.--s | - | | 6. Jane Rogers |  Canada | 4:50.19 | | +-.--s | - | | 7. Anna Bagatyreva | Soviet Union | 4:54.46 | | +-.--s | - | | 8. Merrily Stratten | Canada | 4:54.58 | | +-.--s | - |
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| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Ann Simmons | United States | 4:29.37 | | | - | | 2. Jill Strong | United States | 4:44.44 | | +-.--s | - | | 3. Jennifer Chiler | Australia | 4:45.78 | | +-.--s | - | | 4. Nadezhda Matukhina | Soviet Union | 4:46.71 | | +-.--s | - | | 5. Jane Rogers | Canada | 4:48.81 | | +-.--s | - | | 6. Susan Jones | Great Britain | 4:49.77 | | +-.--s | - | | 7. Merrily Stratten | Canada | 4:54.62 | | +-.--s | - | | 8. Anna Bagatyreva | Soviet Union | 4:56.85 | | +-.--s | - | | 9. M. Brown | Great Britain | 4:58.16 | | +-.--s | - | | 10.Cristina Ferrucci |  Italy | 5:00.27 | | +-.--s | - | | 11.Jacqueline Pele |  France | 5:01.90 | | +-.--s | - | | 12.MArtin Reno | France | 5:02.10 | | +-.--s | - | | 13.Denize Prado |  Brazil | 5:05.80 | | +-.--s | - | | 14.Sevda Neykova |  Bulgaria | 5:10.58 | | +-.--s | - | | 15.Vera Bortoli | Italy | 5:11.70 | | +-.--s | - |
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