5.2km 205m
| Pos | No. | Name | Club | Country | Age Class | Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1729 | Vicky Thornton | FVO | GBR |
W55 | 46:42 | |
| 2nd | 3681 | Hazel Dean | FVO | GBR |
W55 | 47:15 | +0:33 |
| 3rd | 3223 | Christine Goulding | BL | GBR |
W55 | 48:55 | +2:13 |
| 4th | 1539 | Lindsey Bayles | LOC | GBR |
W55 | 52:52 | +6:10 |
| 5th | 1730 | Heather Fellbaum | FVO | GBR |
W55 | 52:56 | +6:14 |
| 6th= | 1089 | Jill Blount | SO | GBR |
W55 | 53:05 | +6:23 |
| 6th= | 1887 | Alison Cunningham | ESOC | GBR |
W55 | 53:05 | +6:23 |
| 8th | 1551 | Lesley Gomersall | GRAMP | GBR |
W55 | 53:36 | +6:54 |
| 9th | 1664 | Ginny Hudson | NGOC | GBR |
W55 | 53:46 | +7:04 |
| 10th | 3017 | Åsa Kindlundh | Alfta-Ösa OK | SWE |
W55 | 54:22 | +7:40 |
| 11th | 2754 | Judith Wood | PFO | GBR |
W55 | 54:54 | +8:12 |
| 12th | 1994 | Ann Haley | INT | GBR |
W55 | 55:18 | +8:36 |
| 13th | 1542 | Fiona Hendrie | FVO | SCO |
W55 | 55:25 | +8:43 |
| 14th | 1926 | Peggy Dickison | QOC | USA |
W55 | 55:28 | +8:46 |
| 15th | 1388 | Johanna Cleary | LOC | GBR |
W55 | 55:33 | +8:51 |
| 16th | 2929 | Ingrid Sandvoll | GNEIST | NOR |
W55 | 55:42 | +9:00 |
| 17th | 2958 | Jackie Scarf | EPOC | GBR |
W55 | 56:25 | +9:43 |
| 18th | 3788 | Jane Ackland | INT | GBR |
W55 | 57:02 | +10:20 |
| 19th | 2228 | Eija Sipponen | Paimion Rasti | FIN |
W55 | 57:29 | +10:47 |
| 20th | 2200 | Heather Cairns | LVO | NI |
W55 | 57:37 | +10:55 |
| 21st | 2525 | Trine Raaen | Aker Brygge Orienter | NOR |
W55 | 57:53 | +11:11 |
| Championship time 58:23 | |||||||
| 22nd | 2455 | Joyce Marshall | AIRE | GBR |
W55 | 58:25 | +11:43 |
| 23rd | 1454 | Silvia Zemp Campana | ASCO Lugano | SUI |
W55 | 58:55 | +12:13 |
| 24th | 2037 | Helen Errington | HH | GBR |
W55 | 59:17 | +12:35 |
| 25th | 2147 | Louise Longhurst | FVO | GBR |
W55 | 59:24 | +12:42 |
| 26th | 3683 | Ann Nilsson | MARKARYDS FK | SWE |
W55 | 59:28 | +12:46 |
| Gold time 59:31 | |||||||
| 27th | 1732 | Caroline Mackenzie | CLOK | GBR |
W55 | 61:00 | +14:18 |
| 28th | 2029 | Joanna Parr | Big Foot | AUS |
W55 | 61:16 | +14:34 |
| 29th | 3256 | Julia Laverack | WAROC | ENG |
W55 | 61:44 | +15:02 |
| 30th | 2284 | Tricia Alston | INT | GBR |
W55 | 62:06 | +15:24 |
| 31st | 2074 | Anne Burbidge | WCOC | GBR |
W55 | 62:15 | +15:33 |
| 32nd | 1286 | Jill Emmerson | OD | GBR |
W55 | 62:29 | +15:47 |
| 33rd | 3236 | Adele Newall | KERNO | GBR |
W55 | 62:51 | +16:09 |
| 34th | 2448 | Heather Wood | GEN | IRL |
W55 | 63:03 | +16:21 |
| 35th | 3745 | Karen Jones | SLOW | GBR |
W55 | 64:11 | +17:29 |
| 36th | 1167 | Angie Hulley | AIRE | ENG |
W55 | 65:01 | +18:19 |
| 37th | 1670 | Louise Dunn | LOC | GBR |
W55 | 66:10 | +19:28 |
| 38th | 1605 | Gill Adams | AIRE | GBR |
W55 | 67:03 | +20:21 |
| 39th | 1101 | Janet Adams | SYO | GBR |
W55 | 67:22 | +20:40 |
| 40th | 1223 | Elizabeth Bales | POTOC | GBR |
W55 | 67:25 | +20:43 |
| 41st | 2917 | Lindsey King | AIRE | GBR |
W55 | 67:38 | +20:56 |
| 42nd | 1262 | Gill Lock | SBOC | GBR |
W55 | 68:32 | +21:50 |
| 43rd | 2621 | Ali White | Kerno | GBR |
W55 | 68:58 | +22:16 |
| 44th | 2668 | Julie Murphy | LVO | IRL |
W55 | 69:20 | +22:38 |
| 45th | 1055 | Penny Marsh | SO | GBR |
W55 | 69:31 | +22:49 |
| 46th | 3454 | Sue Russell | DVO | GBR |
W55 | 70:18 | +23:36 |
| 47th | 2830 | Debby Warren | NN | GBR |
W55 | 70:59 | +24:17 |
| 48th | 2742 | Anne Loever | Stord Orientering | NOR |
W55 | 71:21 | +24:39 |
| Silver time 71:26 | |||||||
| 49th | 1237 | Sally Wilkinson | SUFFOC | GBR |
W55 | 71:33 | +24:51 |
| 50th | 2218 | Helen Rollins | CCR Roma | ITA |
W55 | 71:59 | +25:17 |
| 51st | 3700 | Helen Hardie | STAG | GBR |
W55 | 72:11 | +25:29 |
| 52nd | 1631 | Iveta Pijakova | Sokol Pezinok | SVK |
W55 | 73:41 | +26:59 |
| 53rd | 1131 | Helen Pedley | EPOC | ENG |
W55 | 74:25 | +27:43 |
| 54th | 2730 | Vanessa Smith | Kulgun 225 (KOW) | AUS |
W55 | 75:04 | +28:22 |
| 55th | 2559 | Karen Quickfall | SROC | GBR |
W55 | 75:15 | +28:33 |
| 56th | 1398 | Arsac-England Sally | Altaïr C.O. | BEL |
W55 | 75:47 | +29:05 |
| 57th | 2071 | Britt Karlsen | Askøy O-lag | NOR |
W55 | 75:48 | +29:06 |
| 58th | 3430 | Alison Smith | TVOC | GBR |
W55 | 77:07 | +30:25 |
| 59th | 1868 | Caz Dudley | MAROC | SCO |
W55 | 77:10 | +30:28 |
| 60th | 1931 | Catrina Forbes | Marlborough | NZL |
W55 | 77:16 | +30:34 |
| 61st | 1748 | Helen Livesey | LOC | GBR |
W55 | 77:24 | +30:42 |
| 62nd | 2854 | Nicola Hart | DVO | GBR |
W55 | 78:09 | +31:27 |
| 63rd | 2046 | Carolyn Dent | BOK | GBR |
W55 | 83:43 | +37:01 |
| 64th | 1281 | Hazel Hindle | MDOC | ENG |
W55 | 84:33 | +37:51 |
| 65th | 1129 | Marie-Anne Fischer | TVOC | GBR |
W55 | 85:12 | +38:30 |
| 66th | 2774 | Deborah Goodwin | WCOC | GBR |
W55 | 86:15 | +39:33 |
| 67th | 2127 | Kim Liggett | NGOC | GBR |
W55 | 88:58 | +42:16 |
| 68th | 1196 | Diana Bridger | ORIENTACTION | CYP |
W55 | 90:33 | +43:51 |
| Bronze time 95:14 | |||||||
| 69th | 1983 | Jacky Dakin | SYO | ENG |
W55 | 96:06 | +49:24 |
| 70th | 3495 | Veronica Vargas | INVOC | SCO |
W55 | 101:29 | +54:47 |
| 71st | 2601 | Gwen Tanner | BOK | GBR |
W55 | 102:49 | +56:07 |
| 72nd | 1066 | Nina Lokoen Knudsen | GNEIST | NOR |
W55 | 103:18 | +56:36 |
| 73rd | 2292 | Anne Tynegate | BADO | CYM |
W55 | 109:30 | +62:48 |
| 74th | 3632 | Heather Walton | SLOW | GBR |
W55 | 111:26 | +64:44 |
| 75th | 3205 | Judy Leslie | GBR |
W55 | 115:26 | +68:44 | |
| 3449 | Susan Allard | DVO | GBR |
W55 | m9-13 | ||