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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ulrike Klapezynski | GDR | 4:02.13 |
| 2 | Nikolina Chtereva | BUL | 4:02.33 |
| 3 | Liudmila Bragina | URS | 4:02.41 |
| 4 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4:02.45 |
| 5 | Janice Merrill | USA | 4:02.61 |
| 6 | Raisa Katiukova | URS | 4:03.20 |
| 7 | Brigitte Kraus | FRG | 4:04.21 |
| 8 | Grete Waitz | NOR | 4:04.80 |
| 9 | Sonja Castelein | BEL | 4:13.46 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Tatiana Kazankina | URS | 4:07.37 |
| 2 | Nina Holmen | FIN | 4:07.53 |
| 3 | Ellen Wellmann | FRG | 4:07.54 |
| 4 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4:07.61 |
| 5 | Mary Stewart | GBR | 4:07.65 |
| 6 | Vesela Yatsinska | BUL | 4:07.89 |
| 7 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 4:07.92 |
| 8 | Christine Stoll | GDR | 4:08.28 |
| 9 | Francie Larrieu | USA | 4:09.07 |