4.15km 145m
| Pos | Name | Club/Country | Age Class | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ruth Humbel | OLG Cordoba (SUI) | W55 | 46:00 |
| 2nd | Jackie Hallett | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 47:48 |
| 3rd | Gunhild Hennum | Lierbygda O-Lag (NOR) | W55 | 48:28 |
| 4th | Alice Bedwell | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 48:40 |
| 5th= | Kane Andersson | IFK Mora OK (SWE) | W55 | 49:48 |
| 5th= | Taina Itkonen | LAPIN VEIKOT (FIN) | W55 | 49:48 |
| 7th | Helga Haverstad | (NOR) | W55 | 50:01 |
| 8th | Jenny Bourne | EUREKA (AUS) | W60 | 50:33 |
| 9th | Berit Danielsen | IL Tyrving (NOR) | W55 | 51:00 |
| 10th | Eva Rabe Magnusson | IF Hagen (SWE) | W55 | 54:49 |
| 11th | Eva Walheim | Robertsfors ik (SWE) | W55 | 55:12 |
| 12th | Dorthe Hansen | Silkeborg OK (DEN) | W55 | 56:50 |
| 13th | Jane Anthony | SROC (GBR) | W55 | 58:59 |
| 14th | Kerstin Tjernlund | OK Vilse 87 (SWE) | W55 | 59:35 |
| 15th | Peggy Dickison |
OK (USA) | W55 | 60:32 |
| 16th | Alison Harding | HH (GBR) | W55 | 60:34 |
| 17th | Jane Morgan | SOC (GBR) | W55 | 60:43 |
| 18th | Regina Neukom | OL Zimmerberg (SUI) | W55 | 60:58 |
| 19th | Ann-Christine Nero Forsman | Ronneby OK (SWE) | W55 | 61:09 |
| 20th | Dilya Bayburina | Ufa United (RUS) | W55 | 62:32 |
| 21st | Charlotte Somers-Cocks | LOC (GBR) | W55 | 63:45 |
| 22nd | Ann Cranke | CLOK (GBR) | W55 | 64:39 |
| 23rd | Judy Burge | LOC (GBR) | W55 | 65:05 |
| 24th | Ann-Sofie Svanberg | OK Södertörn (SWE) | W55 | 65:08 |
| 25th | Jane Halliday | MOR (GBR) | W55 | 65:09 |
| 26th | Mary Ockenden | SROC (GBR) | W55 | 65:35 |
| 27th | Unni Rye | Asker SK (NOR) | W55 | 66:15 |
| 28th | Marit Nipen | GNEIST (NOR) | W55 | 66:45 |
| 29th | Jackie Chapman | LOC (GBR) | W55 | 67:12 |
| 30th | Ingrid Ravnan | OL Toten-Troll (NOR) | W55 | 67:21 |
| 31st | Sally Lindsay | ESOC (SCO) | W55 | 67:35 |
| 32nd | Anna-Karin Ohlsson | Tullinge SK (SWE) | W55 | 67:47 |
| 33rd= | Kim Eden | NOR (GBR) | W55 | 67:50 |
| 33rd= | Randi Nilstad | IL Tyrving (NOR) | W55 | 67:50 |
| 35th | Anne Loever | Stord Orientering (NOR) | W55 | 68:13 |
| 36th | Britt-Marie Forsgren | OK Tisaren (SWE) | W55 | 68:16 |
| 37th | Debbie Thompson | BL (GBR) | W55 | 68:22 |
| 38th | Maria Andersson | Bredaryds SOK (SWE) | W55 | 68:46 |
| 39th | Fran Loots | TAY (GBR) | W55 | 69:02 |
| 40th | Libuse Fantova | Ekonom Praha (CZE) | W55 | 69:57 |
| 41st | Gunilla Gedin | Göteborg-Majorna OK (SWE) | W55 | 70:12 |
| 42nd | Eileen Breseman | Cascade OC (USA) | W55 | 70:29 |
| 43rd= | Olga Vedina | Ermak (RUS) | W55 | 70:30 |
| 43rd= | Marcia Bradbury | SYO (GBR) | W55 | 70:30 |
| 45th | Anita Karlsson | OK Södertörn (SWE) | W55 | 71:06 |
| 46th | Margrit Widmer | OLG Oberwil (SUI) | W55 | 71:57 |
| 47th | Janet Cronk | WAOC (GBR) | W55 | 73:50 |
| 48th | Fiona Hendrie | FVO (GBR) | W55 | 74:05 |
| 49th | Kjersti Skantze | IL Tyrving (NOR) | W55 | 74:16 |
| 50th | Pat Moody | DEE (GBR) | W55 | 74:37 |
| 51st | Elisabeth Dickson | BAOC (GBR) | W55 | 74:45 |
| 52nd | Vera Khlebnikova | CO Chenau (SUI) | W55 | 74:47 |
| 53rd | Barbara Luescher | OLC KAPREOLO (SUI) | W55 | 75:21 |
| 54th | Sarah Howes | SAX (GBR) | W55 | 75:34 |
| 55th | Ann Cummings | WCOC (GBR) | W55 | 75:51 |
| 56th | Liz Potterton | CLARO (GBR) | W55 | 76:05 |
| 57th | Louise Dunn | EBOR (GBR) | W55 | 76:27 |
| 58th | Shirley Wood | AIRE (GBR) | W55 | 77:19 |
| 59th | Lesley Gorman | BASOC (GBR) | W55 | 77:55 |
| 60th | Carol Taverner | WIGHTO (GBR) | W55 | 78:21 |
| 61st | Jo Foster | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 79:08 |
| 62nd | Kerstin Ohlsson | Haninge SOK (SWE) | W55 | 79:43 |
| 63rd | Jenny Nicholls | GO (GBR) | W55 | 80:04 |
| 64th | Carol House | SO (GBR) | W55 | 81:22 |
| 65th | Joyce Marshall | AIRE (GBR) | W55 | 82:03 |
| 66th | Paula Malinen | Kajaanin Suunnistajat (FIN) | W55 | 82:33 |
| 67th | Katarina Ostling | OK Skogshjortarna (SWE) | W55 | 82:37 |
| 68th | Jana Maskova | TUR (CZE) | W55 | 83:47 |
| 69th | Elizabeth Deane | CorkO (IRL) | W55 | 84:10 |
| 70th | Jill Blount | SO (GBR) | W55 | 84:21 |
| 71st | Gwen Tanner | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 84:43 |
| 72nd | Barbara Scheck | Yukon Orienteering Association (CAN) | W55 | 85:41 |
| 73rd | Valerie Belton | CLYDE (GBR) | W55 | 86:24 |
| 74th | Päivi Saarikoski | SK Uusi/Pihkan (FIN) | W55 | 86:37 |
| 75th | Zdenka Králová | SK Severka Šumperk (CZE) | W55 | 87:39 |
| 76th | Carol Dredge | WCH (GBR) | W55 | 88:09 |
| 77th | Helen Kelsey | BOK (GBR) | W55 | 89:32 |
| 78th | Gudrun Brettschneider | Kaulsdorfer OLV Berlin (GER) | W55 | 91:55 |
| 79th | Hilary Wood | Central Coast Orienteers (AUS) | W55 | 92:26 |
| 80th | Helen Barker | BAOC (GBR) | W55 | 92:28 |
| 81st | Lindsey Knox | RR (SCO) | W55 | 95:39 |
| 82nd | Christine Jepson | SO (GBR) | W55 | 97:46 |
| 83rd | Bernie O' Boyle | CNOC (IRL) | W55 | 98:46 |
| 84th | Christine Robinson | SLOW (GBR) | W55 | 98:48 |
| 85th | Jane Bush | SWOC (GBR) | W55 | 101:07 |
| 86th | Judith Schmid | OLK Rafzerfeld (SUI) | W55 | 101:28 |
| 87th | Nermin Fenmen | ODTÜ (TUR) | W55 | 102:54 |
| 88th | Sonia Armitage | GRAMP (SCO) | W55 | 103:28 |
| 89th | Helen Lloyd | NOR (CYM) | W55 | 104:02 |
| 90th | Roma Baleisiene | Labirintas OK (LTU) | W55 | 107:55 |
| 91st | Anne Teutsch | Orienteering Ottawa (CAN) | W55 | 109:58 |
| 92nd | Hanne Ljungberg | OK SYD (DEN) | W55 | 111:05 |
| 93rd | Val Johnson | DVO (GBR) | W55 | 111:57 |
| 94th | Margi Freemantle | Yarra Valley Orienteering Club (AUS) | W55 | 112:24 |
| 95th | Sue Kuestner | Cascade (USA) | W55 | 112:45 |
| 96th | Marianne Summanen | Rajamäen Rykmentti (FIN) | W55 | 113:16 |
| 97th | Marian White | HOC (GBR) | W55 | 113:39 |
| 98th | Judith Filmore | LOC (GBR) | W55 | 116:21 |
| 99th | Irma Schwarzkopf | TV 1894 Coburg-Neuses (GER) | W60 | 117:57 |
| 100th | Sue Woods | WAOC (GBR) | W55 | 118:38 |
| 101st | Mary Rack | NATO (GBR) | W55 | 123:19 |
| 102nd | Pam Brown | EBOR (GBR) | W55 | 128:27 |
| 103rd | Sue Cooles | SN (GBR) | W55 | 133:38 |
| 104th | Jacqueline Embrey | DEE (GBR) | W55 | 135:11 |
| 105th | Jane Stew | OD (GBR) | W55 | 154:43 |
| 106th | Jill Cochrane | SROC (GBR) | W55 | 159:17 |
| rtd | Patricia Woodward | AYROC (SCO) | W55 | |
| rtd | Julie Couch | EPOC (GBR) | W55 | |
| m5-8 | Christine Scholz | SCOR (FRA) | W55 | 71:03 |
| m9 | Amelia Petrie | CLYDE (GBR) | W55 | 81:49 |
| m3-9 m13 | Marie Heinrup | Tullinge SK (SWE) | W55 | 85:10 |
| m6-8 | Susan Birtwistle | CLARO (GBR) | W55 | 96:12 |
| m9 | Liz Bourne | Bullecourt Boulder Bounders Orienteering CLub (AUS) | W60 | 104:02 |
| m6 | Gill Sharp | SN (GBR) | W55 | 104:34 |
| w13 | Anna Garriga | COB (ESP) | W55 | 116:08 |
| m5-8 | Penny Parkes | HH (GBR) | W55 | 124:03 |
| m9 | Victoria Wimpenny | DEVON (GBR) | W55 | 139:10 |