2.8km 170m
| Pos | No. | Name | Club/Country | Age Class | Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 157 | Eva Kailbauer | OC Fürstenfeld (AUT) | W45 | 44:41 | |
| 2nd | 2173 | Amanda Crawshaw | SYO (GBR) | W45 | 46:10 | +1:29 |
| 3rd | 1905 | Alison Howe | SAX (GBR) | W45 | 46:44 | +2:03 |
| 4th | 1080 | Heather Fellbaum | MDOC (GBR) | W55 | 47:22 | +2:41 |
| 5th | 337 | Francine Repond Sauty | CARE-VEVEY (SUI) | W55 | 48:52 | +4:11 |
| 6th | 212 | Karen Crawford | BOK (GBR) | W45 | 49:09 | +4:28 |
| 7th | 731 | Natasha Conway | AIRE (GBR) | W45 | 49:33 | +4:52 |
| 8th | 304 | Pauline Tryner | SYO (GBR) | W45 | 49:53 | +5:12 |
| 9th | 370 | Jenny Lightfoot | SYO (GBR) | W45 | 52:00 | +7:19 |
| 10th | 771 | Morag McLuckie | MOR (GBR) | W45 | 54:07 | +9:26 |
| 11th | 409 | Mary Ross | INT (GBR) | W45 | 56:43 | +12:02 |
| Championship time 57:43 | ||||||
| Gold time 58:26 | ||||||
| 12th | 349 | Rachel Kirkland | INT (GBR) | W45 | 65:31 | +20:50 |
| 13th | 537 | Alison Matheson | INVOC (GBR) | W45 | 66:05 | +21:24 |
| 14th | 2124 | Lynne Thomas | WCOC (GBR) | W45 | 68:18 | +23:37 |
| Silver time 70:08 | ||||||
| 15th | 2320 | Anne Tynegate | BADO (GBR) | W55 | 71:32 | +26:51 |
| 16th | 284 | Laurence Aughuet | ASUB Orientation (BEL) | W45 | 71:41 | +27:00 |
| 17th | 1542 | Katherine Hampshire | NN (GBR) | W45 | 80:30 | +35:49 |
| 18th | 1385 | Helen Ellis | PFO (GBR) | W45 | 85:20 | +40:39 |
| 19th | 1735 | Karen Baker | BAOC (GBR) | W45 | 85:44 | +41:03 |
| 20th | 1963 | Petra Copes | OLC Kapreolo (SUI) | W45 | 89:12 | +44:31 |
| 21st | 75 | Marie-Anne Fischer | TVOC (GBR) | W55 | 91:13 | +46:32 |
| Bronze time 93:30 | ||||||
| 22nd | 1254 | Michelle Oxtoby | OD (GBR) | W45 | 93:39 | +48:58 |
| 23rd | 2267 | Julia Sier | LOC (GBR) | W45 | 93:50 | +49:09 |
| 24th | 416 | Alison Hooper | LOC (GBR) | W45 | 98:20 | +53:39 |
| 25th | 849 | Camilla Darwin | WAOC (GBR) | W45 | 127:08 | +82:27 |
| 1047 | Susannah Macmillan | EckO (GBR) | W50 | m9-12 | ||
| 1282 | Hanne Robertson | ESOC (GBR) | W45 | m3 | ||