Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
width=10% | Rank | width=30% | Team | width=10% | Points |
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| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 4 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 5 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 9 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 13 | align=left style="border:0" | (Nan Doak) | align=right style="border:0" | (40) | align=left style="border:0" | (Kathy Hadler) | align=right style="border:0" | (42) | |
| 31 |
| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 3 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 6 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 11 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 21 | align=left style="border:0" | (Lyudmila Medvedeva) | align=right style="border:0" | (64) | align=left style="border:0" | (Alla Libutina) | align=right style="border:0" | (DNF) | |
| 41 |
| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 2 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 12 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 16 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 23 | align=left style="border:0" | (Wendy van Mierlo) | align=right style="border:0" | (37) | align=left style="border:0" | (Lizanne Bussières) | align=right style="border:0" | (45) | |
| 53 |
4 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 18 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 19 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 28 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 29 | align=left style="border:0" | (Teresa Purton) | align=right style="border:0" | (60) | align=left style="border:0" | (Debbie Peel) | align=right style="border:0" | (70) | |
| 94 |
5 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 8 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 15 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 36 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 39 | align=left style="border:0" | (Sicau West) | align=right style="border:0" | (86) | |
| 98 |
6 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 26 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 27 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 31 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 38 | align=left style="border:0" | (Debbie Elsmore) | align=right style="border:0" | (44) | align=left style="border:0" | (Glenys Kroon) | align=right style="border:0" | (72) | |
| 122 |
7 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 10 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 24 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 34 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 54 | align=left style="border:0" | (Conceição Ferreira) | align=right style="border:0" | (73) | align=left style="border:0" | (Rita Borralho) | align=right style="border:0" | (78) | |
| 122 |
8 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 1 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 35 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 52 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 61 | align=left style="border:0" | (Marit Holtklimpen) | align=right style="border:0" | (87) | |
| 149 |
9 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 20 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 32 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 41 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 63 | align=left style="border:0" | (Rhonda Mallinder) | align=right style="border:0" | (81) | align=left style="border:0" | (Sally Pierson) | align=right style="border:0" | (104) | |
| 156 |
10 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 17 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 43 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 49 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 55 | align=left style="border:0" | (Ana Isabel Alonso) | align=right style="border:0" | (57) | align=left style="border:0" | (Cristina Agusti) | align=right style="border:0" | (75) | |
| 164 |
11 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 14 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 25 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 56 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 82 | |
| 177 |
12 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 30 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 46 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 47 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 66 | align=left style="border:0" | (Maria Rébélo) | align=right style="border:0" | (68) | align=left style="border:0" | (Véronique Renties) | align=right style="border:0" | (76) | |
| 189 |
13 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 22 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 33 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 62 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 74 | align=left style="border:0" | (Yvonne Haglund) | align=right style="border:0" | (96) | |
| 191 |
14 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 7 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 58 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 69 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 80 | |
| 214 |
15 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 51 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 53 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 67 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 77 | align=left style="border:0" | (Yvonne Murray) | align=right style="border:0" | (94) | align=left style="border:0" | (Lynne MacDougall) | align=right style="border:0" | (97) | |
| 248 |
16 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 50 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 71 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 85 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 89 | align=left style="border:0" | (Fiona Harwood) | align=right style="border:0" | (100) | align=left style="border:0" | (Sally James) | align=right style="border:0" | (103) | |
| 295 |
17 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 48 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 79 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 83 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 88 | align=left style="border:0" | (Eithne Kenny) | align=right style="border:0" | (95) | align=left style="border:0" | (Mary Martin) | align=right style="border:0" | (107) | |
| 298 |
18 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 84 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 92 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 93 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 101 | align=left style="border:0" | (Baukje Hiemstra) | align=right style="border:0" | (109) | |
| 370 |
19 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 99 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 102 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 105 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 106 | align=left style="border:0" | (Camilla Harron) | align=right style="border:0" | (108) | align=left style="border:0" | (Christine Lord) | align=right style="border:0" | (110) | |
| 412 | |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 111 athletes from 22 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.