| 800m- | W30 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:56.80 | |
| Suzy F-Hamilton | - |
1:58.10 | |||
| Jearl Miles-Clark | - | 1:59.12 | |||
| Meredith R-Valmon | - | 1:59.50 | |||
| Debbie Grant | - | 2:01.83 | |||
| Alisa Harvey | - | 2:01.96 | |||
| Michelle Ave | - | 2:02.28 | |||
| Stephanie Best | - | 2:02.96 | |||
| Marla Runyan | - | 2:03.18 | |||
| Nikki Knapp | CAN | 2:09.7 | |||
| Wendi Raatjes | - | 2:12.57 | |||
| DeDee Nathan | - | 2:16.33 | |||
| Christine Gentile | - | 2:16.84 | (i) | ||
| Chelma Peenz | SAF | 2:18.00 | |||
| M.R. Giordano | - | 2:18.5 | |||
| Ursula Grossmann | GER | 2:20.17 | |||
| Annette Ritter | GER | 2:21.16 | |||
| Jill Zachary | - | 2:22.13 | |||
| Christine Rausch | GER | 2:22.75 | |||
| Viola Kirschke | GER | 2:23.01 | |||
| Pam Stevens | - | 2:23.54 | |||
| C. Wolfsperger | GER | 2:23.60 | |||
| Amanda Coombe | AUS | 2:24.54 | |||
| Sherri L.-Halmer | AUT | 2:25.38 | (i) | ||
| Vera Martens | GER | 2:25.49 | |||
| Annie Llunsman | - | 2:25.71 | |||
| 800m- | W35 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 1:56.53 | |
| Regina Jacobs | - | 1:58.08 | |||
| Helena Fuchsova | CZE | 1:58.56 | |||
| Laetitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:58.62 | |||
| Joetta Clark-Diggs | - | 1:59.49 | |||
| Kathi Rounds | - | 2:00.71 | |||
| Cindy O’Kane | CAN | 2:07.8 | |||
| Marlies Hartlieb | GER | 2:10.16 | (i) | ||
| Evelyn Richter | GER | 2:12.49 | (i) | ||
| C. Groenendoal | - | 2:13.14 | |||
| Corinne Debaets | BEL | 2:13.93 | |||
| Adina Valdez | - | 2:14.33 | (i) | ||
| Catherine Baillful | FRA | 2:14.81 | |||
| Sarah Heath | GBR | 2:14.88 | |||
| Ruth Vlasak | GBR | 2:16.0 | |||
| Birgit Schwers | GER | 2:16.31 | |||
| Riitta Kallio-Kokko | FIN | 2:16.68 | |||
| Linda Gabriel | GBR | 2:17.16 | |||
| Irene G-Sagolla | GER | 2:18.21 | |||
| Ineke Dieperink | NET | 2:18.43 | |||
| Mary Macauley | - | 2:19.66 | |||
| Gorel Manners | SWE | 2:19.68 | (i) | ||
| Brigitte Heidrich | GER | 2:20.25 | |||
| Mary Thane | - | 2:20.67 | |||
| Vicky Gunn | AUS | 2:21.10 | |||
| Sheri Wright | - | 2:21.22 | |||
| 800m- | W40 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 1:59.25 | |
| Rose Monday | - | 2:09.85 | |||
| Annette Koop | GER | 2:13.37 | |||
| Marleen Oosterlinck | BEL | 2:15.05 | |||
| Aurora Perez | SPN | 2:18.36 | |||
| Diane Heil | - | 2:18.6 | |||
| Nadie Suze | FRA | 2:18.99 | |||
| Sabrina Robinson | - | 2:21 | |||
| Ulla Hornbostel | GER | 2:21.71 | |||
| Keg Good | - | 2:22.3 | |||
| Patti Ford | - | 2:22.67 | (i) | ||
| Dianne Heil | - | 2:22.77 | |||
| Kim Blagden | GBR | 2:23.15 | |||
| Barbara Murray | GBR | 2:23.25 | |||
| Tessa Pike | GBR | 2:23.33 | |||
| Jenny Gray | GBR | 2:23.55 | |||
| Lesley Felton | GBR | 2:23.90 | |||
| Raith Nesdoly | CAN | 2:24.27 | |||
| Resi Fransen | NET | 2:24.56 | |||
| Karin Wahlstedt | SWE | 2:24.91 | (i) | ||
| Jenny Brown | GBR | 2:25.46 | |||
| Rosanna Lanziner | ITA | 2:25.72 | |||
| Anja Matakena | NET | 2:26.2 | |||
| Marja Mulder | NET | 2:26.27 | |||
| Deborah Howard | GBR | 2:26.57 | (i) | ||
| DeeAnn Dougherty | - | 2:27.00 | |||
| 800m- | W45 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 2:13.13 | |
| Lidia Zentner | GER | 2:23.67 | |||
| Nancy Hitchmough | GBR | 2:24.66 | |||
| Kathryn Martin | - | 2:27.78 | (i) | ||
| Eva Michalek | GER | 2:28.16 | |||
| Eileen Troy | - | 2:30.85 | (i) | ||
| Diny Klomp | NET | 2:31.84 | |||
| Ilse Gutschank | GER | 2:31.88 | |||
| Olia Inak-Price | GBR | 2:32.07 | |||
| Marina Houbracken | BEL | 2:32.47 | |||
| Silvana Cattaneo | ITA | 2:32.67 | |||
| Eva Friedrich | GER | 2:33.08 | |||
| Marisa Horner | GER | 2:34.50 | |||
| Ana Jerman | SLO | 2:34.84 | |||
| H. Mockenhaupt | GER | 2:34.87 | |||
| Rosy Pattis | ITA | 2:34.89 | |||
| Chantal vd Eede | BEL | 2:35.02 | |||
| S. van Rooyen | SAF | 2:35.54 | |||
| Bjork Reknes | NOR | 2:36.04 | (i) | ||
| Jeannine Coenen | BEL | 2:36.14 | |||
| Yolande Chaub | FRA | 2:36.61 | (i) | ||
| Marcella Teran | - | 2:36.70 | |||
| Clairette Laus | BEL | 2:37.66 | |||
| H. Rantakari | FIN | 2:38.07 | (i) | ||
| Ewa Wahlberg | SWE | 2:38.56 | (i) | ||
| Marlene Reid | AUS | 2:39.24 | |||
| 800m- | W50 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 2:21.9 | |
| Agnes Hitchmough | GBR | 2:24.15 | |||
| Ingerlise Jensen | DEN | 2:26.32 | |||
| Carol Wright | BEL | 2:28.80 | |||
| Elke Hasenstab | GER | 2:32.74 | |||
| Waltraud Egger | ITA | 2:32.85 | |||
| Avril Douglas | CAN | 2:35.18 | |||
| Ulla Littenheim | SWE | 2:35.82 | (i) | ||
| Elizabeth Riordan | - | 2:38.51 | (i) | ||
| Barbro Lindgren | SWE | 2:38.74 | (i) | ||
| Joni Shirley | - | 2:39.41 | |||
| Jeanette Groesz | - | 2:40.75 | |||
| T. Lahdenpera | FIN | 2:42.06 | |||
| Kaye Smythe | AUS | 2:43.39 | |||
| Roswitha Schaffler | GER | 2:43.61 | |||
| Jeanine Schouppe | BEL | 2:43.99 | |||
| Erika Cambell | - | 2:44.27 | (i) | ||
| Hannelore Bezold | GER | 2:44.9 | |||
| Mary Rosado | - | 2:45.84 | (i) | ||
| Phil Raschker | - | 2:47.95 | |||
| R. Schwendemann | GER | 2:48.52 | |||
| Liliana Dalsass | ITA | 2:49.19 | |||
| P. Trowbridge | AUS | 2:49.33 | |||
| Miloslava Keprtova | CZE | 2:49.48 | |||
| Raewynne Niwa | NZL | 2:49.62 | |||
| Lena Linder | SWE | 2:50.28 | (i) | ||
| 800m- | W55 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 2:22.47 | |
| Peggy MacLiver | AUS | 2:36.52 | |||
| Riet Jonkers | NET | 2:40.73 | |||
| Christiane vd Water | BEL | 2:45.00 | |||
| Leena Halme | FIN | 2:45.64 | |||
| Ute Kruger | GER | 2:49.47 | |||
| Alla Kolesnikova | RUS | 2:50.91 | |||
| Helgi Sagor | EST | 2:52.29 | |||
| Lynn Naftel | - | 2:52.4 | |||
| Gun Eriksson | SWE | 2:52.80 | |||
| C. Schieferdecker | GER | 2:52.81 | |||
| Traute Ajamieh | GER | 2:53.56 | |||
| Taffy Martin | FRA | 2:54.24 | (i) | ||
| M. Stenbakk | NOR | 2:54.39 | (i) | ||
| Nadine Hoss | GER | 2:54.82 | |||
| Margaret Orman | NZL | 2:54.84 | |||
| Iris Hornsey | GBR | 2:55.76 | (i) | ||
| Gloria Guerrero | SPN | 2:55.77 | |||
| V. Kroboth | GER | 2:57.42 | |||
| Ganna Krynina | UKR | 2:58.03 | |||
| Ann Makoske | - | 2:58.95 | |||
| Gisa Reckhard | GER | 2:59.90 | |||
| Ruth Thelen | - | 2:59.90 | |||
| Eva Carlsen | NOR | 3:00.74 | |||
| Jo Marchetti | - | 3:02 | |||
| Willy Moolenaar | - | 3:04.00 | |||
| 800m- | W60 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 2:36.94 | |
| Diane Palmason | CAN | 2:40.58 | |||
| Yvette LaVigne | - | 2:41.05 | |||
| Jan Morrey | AUS | 2:41.20 | |||
| Gerda van Kooten | NET | 2:43.58 | |||
| Kathleen Stewart | GBR | 2:55.52 | |||
| Elfriede Hodapp | GER | 2:55.96 | |||
| Jeanne Daprano | - |
2:56.58 | |||
| Walburga Klockers | GER | 2:56.77 | |||
| Vicki Bigelow | - | 2:57.4 | |||
| Brigitta Eklund | SWE | 2:58.33 | |||
| Emmi Schnieder | GER | 3:00.86 | |||
| Ursula Schittenhelm | GER | 3:03.38 | |||
| Eva Soderstrom | SWE | 3:06.67 | (i) | ||
| Madeline Bost | - | 3:08.63 | |||
| Marilyn Ongley | - | 3:09.10 | |||
| M. Hochstatter | BRA | 3:09.7 | |||
| Ursula Hersel | GER | 3:11.42 | |||
| Sara Urrutia | PUE | 3:11.82 | (i) | ||
| Lisa Plat | NET | 3:11.93 | |||
| Joan Bondell | - | 3:15.53 | (i) | ||
| Baiba Lejina | LAT | 3:16.93 | |||
| Lisette Verbeeck | BEL | 3:17.56 | |||
| Merion Knight | - | 3:23.4 | |||
| Carol Thompson | NZL | 3:25.84 | |||
| Ann Akers | - | 3:25.94 | |||
| 800m- | W65 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 2:51.41 | |
| Vicki Begelow | - | 2:58.62 | |||
| Jean Horne | CAN | 3:00.60 | |||
| Suzi MacLeod | - | 3:10.65 | |||
| Marilyn Fitzgerald | - | 3:11.17 | |||
| Noemi Gastaldi | ITA | 3:14.74 | |||
| Grace Butcher | - | 3:16.79 | (i) | ||
| Liisa Karkkulainen | FIN | 3:19.24 | |||
| Ase Nyland | NOR | 3:20.50 | |||
| Assunta Crestani | ITA | 3:20.86 | |||
| Thelma Wilson | - | 3:25.54 | |||
| Judy Cox | AUS | 3:27.16 | |||
| Mary Melehan | - | 3:28.17 | (i) | ||
| Beverly Avery | - | 3:28.33 | |||
| Mary Harada | - | 3:28.64 | |||
| June Miles | NZL | 3:32.90 | |||
| Rosa Tena | SPN | 3:35.47 | |||
| Sumi Ono-Leonard | - | 3:40.87 | |||
| Kirsti Kyllonen | FIN | 3:43.25 | (i) | ||
| Phyllis Provost | - |
3:45.8 | |||
| Jeanette Cyr | - | 3:50 | |||
| Jean Schooler | - | 3:51.67 | |||
| Maureen Murphy | - | 3:53.7 | |||
| Ludmila Sunova | SVK | 3:55.57 | |||
| Edna Myer | - | 3:56.5 | |||
| Fude Shijki | BRA | 4:01.9 | |||
| 800m- | W70 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 3:10.72 | |
| Toshiko D’Elia | - | 3:28.75 | |||
| Berthilia De Preter | BEL | 3:29.58 | |||
| Helene Marie Glet | FRA | 3:34.70 | |||
| Sumi Ono-Leonard | - | 3:40 | |||
| Shirley Brasher | AUS | 3:41.64 | |||
| Tomiko More Saito | BRA | 3:44.5 | |||
| Nancy Smalley | - | 3:58.14 | |||
| Helen Schley | - | 4:00.72 | (i) | ||
| Flora Wong | - | 4:07.00 | |||
| Shirley Goff | - | 4:17.51 | |||
| Patricia Peterson | - | 4:41.8 | |||
| Esther Felipe | - | 4:50.32 | |||
| Mary Turner | - | 4:51.30 | |||
| Marie Williams | - | 5:09.86 | |||
| Lillie Doss | - | 5:31.48 | |||
| 800m- | W75 | Nina Naoumenko | RUS | 3:31.37 | |
| >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 3:32.98 | |||
| Hazel Cameron | CAN | 4:00.43 | |||
| Gerry Davidson | - | 4:11.3 | |||
| Louise Adams | - |
4:14.58 | |||
| Marjorie Lawson | - | 4:26.77 | |||
| Po Adams | - | 4:38 | |||
| Dottie Gray | - | 4:42.45 | |||
| Mary Holland | - | 4:48.90 | |||
| M. Norckauer | - | 5:07.99 | |||
| Marg Haterty | - | 5:17.28 | |||
| Jean Marr | - | 6:14.3 | |||
| 800m- | W80 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 3:54.81 | |
| Lenore Marvin | CAN | 4:10.29 | |||
| Ernestine Yeomans | - | 6:18.4 | |||
| Francis Smith | - | 7:45.74 | |||
| Adrienne Salmini | - | 8:16.89 | (i) | ||
| Regina Purvis | - | 8:32.5 | |||
| Bette Hoffman | - | 8:40.04 | |||
| 800m- | W85 | >WORLD RECORD | ----- | 5:00.58 | |
| Ivy Granstrom | CAN | 6:30.00 | |||
| Josephine Gregg | - | 7:03.80 | |||
| Rosario Iglesias | MEX | 8:00.31 | |||
| 800m- | W90 | Kate Kendrick | - | 5:59.99 |
