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Dates: 20 September 1988-25 September 1988
Heats
Repechages
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Jutta Behrendt | GDR | 7:47.19 |
| 2 | Anne Marden | USA | 7:50.28 |
| 3 | Magdalena Georgieva | BUL | 7:53.65 |
| 4 | Harriet van Ettekoven | NED | 7:57.29 |
| 5 | Marioara Popescu | ROU | 7:59.44 |
| 6 | Inger Pors Olsen | DEN | 7:59.77 |
| Final B | |||
| 7 | Tonia Svaier | GRE | 7:57.73 |
| 8 | Nataliya Kvasha | URS | 8:00.73 |
| 9 | Rita Defauw | BEL | 8:04.90 |
| 10 | Heather Hattin | CAN | 8:08.69 |
| 11 | Annelie Larsson | SWE | 8:11.69 |
| 12 | Michaela Loukotová | TCH | 8:14.02 |
| Repechages | |||
| 13 | Lydie Briero | FRA | 8:26.86 |