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" | 2 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 9 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 20 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 27 | align=left style="border:0" | (Natalya Artyomova) | align=right style="border:0" | (67) | align=left style="border:0" | (Tatyana Pozdnyakova) | align=right style="border:0" | (69) | |
| 58 |
| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 1 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 10 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 17 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 32 | align=left style="border:0" | (Patricia Demilly) | align=right style="border:0" | (53) | align=left style="border:0" | (Rosario Murcia) | align=right style="border:0" | (93) | |
| 60 |
| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 6 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 16 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 21 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 25 | align=left style="border:0" | (Sabrina Dornhoefer) | align=right style="border:0" | (29) | align=left style="border:0" | (Shelly Steely) | align=right style="border:0" | (86) | |
| 68 |
4 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 12 | 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" | 35 | align=left style="border:0" | (Ana Correia) | align=right style="border:0" | (42) | align=left style="border:0" | (Felicidade Sena) | align=right style="border:0" | (46) | align=left style="border:0" | (Fernanda Marques) | align=right style="border:0" | (109) | |
| 84 |
5 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 11 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 15 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 23 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 49 | align=left style="border:0" | (Getenesh Urge) | align=right style="border:0" | (75) | |
| 98 |
6 | align=left | United Kingdom align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 7 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 13 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 28 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 51 | align=left style="border:0" | (Sally Ellis) | align=right style="border:0" | (62) | align=left style="border:0" | (Nicki Morris) | align=right style="border:0" | (65) | |
| 99 |
7 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 5 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 14 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 26 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 85 | align=left style="border:0" | (Jenny Lund) | align=right style="border:0" | (88) | align=left style="border:0" | (Carolyn Schuwalov) | align=right style="border:0" | (DNF) | |
| 130 |
8 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 3 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 30 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 44 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 56 | align=left style="border:0" | (Sandra Anschuetz) | align=right style="border:0" | (82) | align=left style="border:0" | (May Allison) | align=right style="border:0" | (105) | |
| 133 |
9 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 8 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 34 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 37 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 96 | align=left style="border:0" | (Anja de Brabant) | align=right style="border:0" | (100) | |
| 175 |
10 | align=left | 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" | | align=right style="border:0" | 57 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 63 | align=left style="border:0" | (Tsugumi Fukuyama) | align=right style="border:0" | (74) | align=left style="border:0" | (Natsulov Kawamoto) | align=right style="border:0" | (102) | |
| 189 |
11 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 43 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 48 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 55 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 61 | align=left style="border:0" | (Jackie Goodman) | align=right style="border:0" | (77) | align=left style="border:0" | (Barbara Moore) | align=right style="border:0" | (89) | |
| 207 |
12 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 24 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 52 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 70 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 73 | align=left style="border:0" | (Kirsi Valasti) | align=right style="border:0" | (80) | align=left style="border:0" | (Kaisa Siitonen) | align=right style="border:0" | (83) | |
| 219 |
13 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 39 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 41 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 58 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 91 | align=left style="border:0" | (Rosa Perez) | align=right style="border:0" | (95) | align=left style="border:0" | (Ana Isabel Alonso) | align=right style="border:0" | (DNF) | |
| 229 |
14 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 45 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 54 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 71 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 72 | align=left style="border:0" | (Nives Curti) | align=right style="border:0" | (87) | align=left style="border:0" | (Monica Conti) | align=right style="border:0" | (101) | |
| 242 |
15 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 33 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 64 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 76 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 78 | align=left style="border:0" | (Valerie Collins) | align=right style="border:0" | (97) | |
| 251 |
16 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 36 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 60 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 90 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 94 | align=left style="border:0" | (Grethe Fosse) | align=right style="border:0" | (98) | align=left style="border:0" | (Bente Moe) | align=right style="border:0" | (106) | |
| 280 |
17 | 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" | 99 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 103 | align=left style="border:0" | (Anita Nielsen) | align=right style="border:0" | (104) | align=left style="border:0" | (Ulla Nielsen) | align=right style="border:0" | (107) | |
| 378 |
18 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 50 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 108 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 110 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 114 | |
| 382 |
19 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 40 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 113 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 116 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 118 | |
| 387 | |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 120 athletes from 27 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.