4.575km 210m
| Pos | Name | Club | Country | Age Class | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lotta Linsefors | Lunds OK | SWE | W55 | 47:27 |
| 2nd | Stella Lewsley | BL | GBR | W55 | 49:23 |
| 3rd | Janet Rosen | HH | ENG | W55 | 50:54 |
| 4th | Kirsty Staunton | WIM | GBR | W55 | 53:13 |
| 5th | Alison Simmons | BOK | GBR | W55 | 53:22 |
| 6th | Inara Gipsle | TVOC | ENG | W55 | 54:01 |
| 7th | Ann Cranke | CLOK | GBR | W55 | 54:02 |
| 8th | Hilary Quick | BASOC | SCO | W55 | 54:10 |
| 9th | Anne Salisbury | WAROC | GBR | W55 | 55:03 |
| 10th | Eva Martin | OL.BIEL.SEELAND | SUI | W55 | 55:08 |
| 11th | Monika Bonafini | SLOW Bern | SUI | W55 | 56:00 |
| 12th | Ann Britt Göransson | Almby IK | SWE | W55 | 56:29 |
| 13th | Lisbeth Dahl | Helsingborgs SOK | SWE | W55 | 57:34 |
| 14th | Jane Anthony | SROC | GBR | W55 | 57:39 |
| 15th | Janice Nisbet | ESOC | SCO | W55 | 58:14 |
| 16th | Susan Stevens | AIRE | GBR | W55 | 64:43 |
| 17th | Diane Leakey | SLOW | GBR | W55 | 64:53 |
| 18th | Christine Kiddier | GO | ENG | W55 | 65:10 |
| 19th | Jane Archer | SN | GBR | W55 | 65:26 |
| 20th | Karen Clark | EBOR | GBR | W55 | 65:57 |
| 21st | Jill Smith | EBOR | GBR | W55 | 66:36 |
| 22nd | Joyce Brunton | INVOC | GBR | W55 | 67:04 |
| 23rd | Pauline McAdam | STAG | GBR | W55 | 67:09 |
| 24th | Pauline Smithard | DEE | GBR | W55 | 67:36 |
| 25th | Bodil Fred | IF Femman | FIN | W55 | 68:06 |
| 26th | Kate Bryant | MDOC | GBR | W55 | 68:39 |
| 27th | Anne Kjersti Daltveit | Fana IL | NOR | W55 | 69:00 |
| 28th | Lynne Walker | ECKO | SCO | W55 | 69:22 |
| 29th | Sue Roome | SROC | ENG | W55 | 70:37 |
| 30th | Nicola Gardner | WAOC | GBR | W55 | 72:14 |
| 31st | Val Rogers | PAPO | NZL | W55 | 72:22 |
| 32nd | Wendy Carlyle | AIRE | GBR | W55 | 72:49 |
| 33rd | Carol Dredge | WCH | GBR | W55 | 74:26 |
| 34th | Barbara Foley-Fisher | MNAV | IRL | W60 | 74:36 |
| 35th | Carol House | SO | GBR | W55 | 74:58 |
| 36th | Sally Lindsay | ESOC | SCO | W55 | 76:40 |
| 37th | Angela Pearson | EOOC | CAN | W55 | 78:17 |
| 38th | Pauline Richardson | LOC | ENG | W55 | 80:23 |
| 39th | Judith Evans | HOC | ENG | W55 | 81:35 |
| 40th | Lone Dybdal | Aarhus 1900 Orienter | DEN | W55 | 81:53 |
| 41st | Rhona Fraser | INVOC | SCO | W55 | 81:55 |
| 42nd | Liz Bourne | BB.Q | AUS | W55 | 81:56 |
| 43rd | Caroline Dallimore | SWOC | CYM | W55 | 82:09 |
| 44th | Julia Prudhoe | Central Coast | AUS | W55 | 82:28 |
| 45th | Jane King | SO | ENG | W55 | 84:06 |
| 46th | Jan Hardy | AUSTRALOPERS | AUS | W55 | 84:24 |
| 47th | Sarah Goffe | WAROC | GBR | W55 | 85:59 |
| 48th | Jenny Bray | SN | GBR | W55 | 86:03 |
| 49th | Amelia Petrie | CLYDE | GBR | W55 | 86:59 |
| 50th | Jean Fitzgerald | SAX | GBR | W55 | 87:10 |
| 51st | Liz Davies | AIRE | GBR | W55 | 87:37 |
| 52nd | Bronwen Allen | NORTHWEST | NZL | W55 | 88:18 |
| 53rd | Pat Conway | LEI | GBR | W55 | 89:01 |
| 54th | Lyn West | SOS | GBR | W55 | 90:15 |
| 55th | Anne Wilson | LOC | ENG | W55 | 91:09 |
| 56th | Gill Browne | LOC | GBR | W55 | 93:55 |
| 57th | Hilary Scott | BASOC | SCO | W55 | 94:00 |
| 58th | Sarah Middleton | KERNO | GBR | W55 | 95:15 |
| 59th | Rowan Purkis | SAX | GBR | W55 | 96:35 |
| 60th | Anne Darlington | ERYRI | CYM | W55 | 97:42 |
| 61st | Nermin Fenmen | ODTU | TUR | W55 | 99:23 |
| 62nd | Jane Breed | HH | GBR | W55 | 100:35 |
| 63rd | Margaret Willdig | OD | GBR | W55 | 100:43 |
| 64th | Sophia Maerkovich | Technion-Carmel | ISR | W50 | 101:50 |
| 65th | Monica Kronberg | If Femman | FIN | W60 | 106:23 |
| 66th | Shirley Robinson | NGOC | ENG | W55 | 106:52 |
| 67th | Sue Edlington | HOC | GBR | W55 | 110:10 |
| 68th | Theresa Perry | AYROC | SCO | W55 | 114:32 |
| 69th | Renate Willmann | TSV Brockum | GER | W55 | 117:53 |
| 70th | Jane Booker | NOC | GBR | W55 | 118:26 |
| 71st | Sue Nicolson | INVOC | GBR | W55 | 119:26 |
| 72nd | Hilary Eastley | BAOC | ENG | W55 | 122:09 |
| mp | Gill Berrow | ECKO | GBR | W55 | |
| mp | Julie Astin | WSX | GBR | W55 | 77:52 |