4.4km 220m
| Pos | No. | Name | Club/Country | Age Class | Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1661 | Arlette Piguet | OL Zimmerberg (SUI) | W60 | 45:26 | |
| 2nd | 1619 | Jackie Hallett | BOK (GBR) | W60 | 47:46 | +2:20 |
| 3rd | 489 | Stella Lewsley | BL (GBR) | W60 | 47:49 | +2:23 |
| 4th | 1754 | Bjørg Svanberg | Røyken o-lag (NOR) | W60 | 48:33 | +3:07 |
| 5th | 549 | Brigitte Brand | OLG Bern (SUI) | W60 | 49:21 | +3:55 |
| 6th | 2283 | Edit Daniel | HSE Budapest (HUN) | W60 | 52:17 | +6:51 |
| 7th | 1200 | Liz Potterton | CLARO (GBR) | W60 | 52:26 | +7:00 |
| 8th | 2226 | Debbie Thompson | BL (GBR) | W60 | 53:33 | +8:07 |
| 9th | 553 | Judy Burge | LOC (GBR) | W60 | 53:54 | +8:28 |
| 10th | 1690 | Amelia Petrie | CLYDE (GBR) | W60 | 53:56 | +8:30 |
| 11th | 1461 | Diane Leakey | SLOW (GBR) | W60 | 55:01 | +9:35 |
| 12th | 180 | Jill Smith | EBOR (GBR) | W60 | 58:21 | +12:55 |
| Championship time 59:43 | ||||||
| 13th | 145 | Carol House | SO (GBR) | W60 | 59:51 | +14:25 |
| Gold time 61:40 | ||||||
| 14th | 790 | Jan Kersel | ECKO (GBR) | W60 | 63:18 | +17:52 |
| 15th | 1298 | Kathy Haynes | SLOW (GBR) | W60 | 63:35 | +18:09 |
| 16th | 1202 | Pauline McAdam | RR (GBR) | W60 | 64:30 | +19:04 |
| 17th | 153 | Karen Clark | EBOR (GBR) | W60 | 64:48 | +19:22 |
| 18th | 856 | Helen Kelsey | BOK (GBR) | W60 | 66:07 | +20:41 |
| 19th | 640 | Janet Cronk | WAOC (GBR) | W60 | 69:17 | +23:51 |
| 20th | 1297 | Annie Sanderson | OrienteeringTaranaki (NZL) | W60 | 69:48 | +24:22 |
| 21st | 371 | Rosie Wych | QO (GBR) | W60 | 70:23 | +24:57 |
| 22nd | 884 | Christine Robinson | SLOW (GBR) | W60 | 73:39 | +28:13 |
| Silver time 74:00 | ||||||
| 23rd | 258 | Marcia Bradbury | SYO (GBR) | W60 | 76:25 | +30:59 |
| 24th | 835 | Joy Irvine | DEE (GBR) | W60 | 77:39 | +32:13 |
| 25th | 1468 | Jean Fitzgerald | SAX (GBR) | W65 | 77:59 | +32:33 |
| 26th | 1653 | Gill Harrington | SYO (GBR) | W60 | 78:08 | +32:42 |
| 27th | 52 | Julia Prudhoe | Central Coast (AUS) | W60 | 78:32 | +33:06 |
| 28th | 629 | Pat Moody | DEE (GBR) | W60 | 79:15 | +33:49 |
| 29th | 1094 | Valerie Belton | CLYDE (GBR) | W60 | 79:32 | +34:06 |
| 30th | 3000 | Jane Archer | SN (GBR) | W60 | 79:57 | +34:31 |
| 31st | 331 | Camille Cuche | CARE-VEVEY (SUI) | W60 | 81:27 | +36:01 |
| 32nd | 1906 | Judith Evans | HOC (GBR) | W60 | 81:37 | +36:11 |
| 33rd | 620 | Shirley Wood | AIRE (GBR) | W60 | 82:15 | +36:49 |
| 34th | 558 | Maggie Roach | SLOW (GBR) | W60 | 85:17 | +39:51 |
| 35th | 2415 | Linda Hayles | EPOC (GBR) | W60 | 87:03 | +41:37 |
| Bronze time 98:40 | ||||||
| 36th | 1311 | Jill Cochrane | SROC (GBR) | W60 | 98:55 | +53:29 |
| 37th | 2007 | Christine Jepson | SO (GBR) | W60 | 102:49 | +57:23 |
| n/c | 942 | Catherine Rooney | RR (GBR) | W55 | 116:05 | |
| 1969 | Ella Bowles | DEVON (GBR) | W60 | m9-10 | ||
| 1016 | Gail Parker | SLOW (GBR) | W60 | m1-11 | ||