5.325km 50m
| Pos | No. | Name | Club | Country | Age Class | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1927 | Ruth Lynam | CNOC | IRL | W55 | 50:10 |
| 2 | 1089 | Gro Solnørdal | Rudsbygd i.l. | NOR | W55 | 55:34 |
| 3 | 359 | Janice Nisbet | ESOC | GBR | W55 | 57:17 |
| 4 | 704 | Sarah Brown | SLOW | GBR | W55 | 59:08 |
| 5 | 2475 | Joyce Brunton | INVOC | GBR | W55 | 59:11 |
| 6 | 1594 | Diana McClure | LOC | ENG | W55 | 61:10 |
| 7 | 2080 | Jill Smith | EBOR | GBR | W55 | 65:13 |
| 8 | 688 | Lynda Rapkins | ENOGGEROOS | AUS | W55 | 65:42 |
| 9 | 301 | Gisela Tonn | SSV Planeta Radebeul | GER | W55 | 66:23 |
| 10 | 950 | Penny DeMoss | WCOC | ENG | W55 | 66:46 |
| 10= | 1361 | Helen Gardner | EBOR | ENG | W55 | 66:46 |
| 12 | 681 | Jenny Wren | BL | GBR | W55 | 67:00 |
| 13 | 321 | Sheila Sprot | NATO | GBR | W55 | 67:35 |
| 14 | 2855 | Lis Knudsen | Faaborg OK | DEN | W55 | 69:25 |
| 15 | 3061 | Judith Holt | LEI | GBR | W55 | 70:12 |
| 16 | 1126 | Christine Kiddier | GO | ENG | W55 | 70:36 |
| 17 | 946 | Susan Roome | SROC | GBR | W55 | 70:38 |
| 18 | 2409 | Herdis Alvheim | FANA IL | NOR | W55 | 73:14 |
| 19 | 210 | Sandy Fillebrown | USOF | USA | W55 | 73:42 |
| 20 | 1078 | Barbara Foley-Fisher | MNAV | IRL | W55 | 74:55 |
| 21 | 34 | Glenys Ferguson | SROC | GBR | W55 | 75:58 |
| 22 | 2436 | Sue Edlington | HOC | GBR | W55 | 76:16 |
| 23 | 716 | Lieve Geens | Trol | BEL | W55 | 76:22 |
| 24 | 610 | Jillyan Dobby | MDOC | ENG | W55 | 76:27 |
| n/c | 993 | Margaret Dalgleish | ESOC | SCO | W55 | 76:32 |
| 25 | 1994 | Teresa Finlay | FERMO | NI | W55 | 77:51 |
| 26 | 535 | Lesley Brown | HOC | GBR | W55 | 78:32 |
| 27 | 1948 | Lyn West | SOS | ENG | W55 | 79:02 |
| 28 | 2688 | Janet Albin | ERYRI | GBR | W55 | 79:32 |
| 29 | 1164 | Judith Guillaume | OD | GBR | W55 | 79:37 |
| 29= | 787 | Sue Gard | QO | GBR | W60 | 79:37 |
| 31 | 1483 | Trina Rogerson | ELO | SCO | W55 | 80:59 |
| 32 | 2455 | Viv Macdonald | DVO | ENG | W55 | 81:03 |
| 33 | 2791 | Annette Milburn | WCOC | GBR | W55 | 82:24 |
| 34 | 206 | Sue Hooper | HH | GBR | W55 | 82:36 |
| 35 | 65 | Lynne Walker | ECKO | SCO | W55 | 83:06 |
| 36 | 378 | Heather Majury | LVO | GBR | W55 | 83:54 |
| 37 | 2286 | Margaret Willdig | OD | GBR | W55 | 86:00 |
| 38 | 179 | Foss Foster | GRAMP | GBR | W55 | 86:17 |
| 39 | 2097 | Monica Kronberg | IF Femman | FIN | W55 | 87:05 |
| 40 | 1238 | Jane Breed | HH | GBR | W55 | 87:47 |
| 41 | 425 | Sarah Middleton | KERNO | GBR | W55 | 88:13 |
| 42 | 742 | Annick Coulon | VSAO 0615 (France) | FRA | W55 | 88:38 |
| 43 | 1865 | Pat Conway | LEI | ENG | W55 | 90:20 |
| 44 | 872 | Jean Platt | MEROC | GBR | W55 | 91:01 |
| 45 | 737 | Fiona Fell | Nillumbik Emus | AUS | W55 | 93:00 |
| 46 | 2173 | Carol Sands | BAOC | GBR | W55 | 94:49 |
| 47 | 1060 | Rosalind Taunton | NGOC | GBR | W55 | 94:55 |
| 48 | 381 | Janet Nash | LOC | GBR | W55 | 96:07 |
| 49 | 334 | Hilary Scott | BASOC | GBR | W55 | 100:40 |
| 50 | 2047 | Mary Wheeler | SROC | ENG | W55 | 104:39 |
| 51 | 698 | Janis Mingay | LOC | GBR | W55 | 106:57 |
| 52 | 270 | Margaret Shaw | EPOC | ENG | W55 | 107:33 |
| 53 | 1701 | Mary Carrick | HALO | ENG | W60 | 115:20 |
| 54 | 355 | Joan Norris | COBOC | GBR | W55 | 120:59 |
| 55 | 3108 | Vivienne Maxwell | DEVON | GBR | W55 | 129:19 |
| 56 | 232 | Genevieve Jones | GRAMP | SCO | W55 | 129:37 |
| 57 | 2101 | Lindie Naughton | 3ROC | IRL | W55 | 136:25 |
| 58 | 119 | Lindsey Esson | GRAMP | SCO | W55 | 162:01 |
| mp | 1003 | Mary Williams | ESOC | SCO | W55 | 72:22 |