Held 4–5 February 1978 at Montréal Olympic.
Held on 4–5 February 1978 , with 22 skaters from 14 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Points | 500 m | 1500 m | 1000 m | 3000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beth Heiden | USA | 185.128 | 45,18 | 1 | 2.21,6 | 1 | 1.29,74 | 1 | 4.47,27 | 1 | |
| 2 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | NOR | 187.114 | 45,70 | 4 | 2.22,3 | 2 | 1.31,47 | 2 | 4.49,48 | 2 | |
| 3 | Ines Bautzmann | GDR | 189.777 | 46,02 | 6 | 2.24,5 | 4 | 1.32,21 | 4 | 4.56,92 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sabine Becker | GDR | 190.013 | 46,05 | 7 | 2.23,2 | 3 | 1.32,96 | 7 | 4.58,50 | 5 | |
| 5 | Pat Durnin | CAN | 190.501 | 46,00 | 5 | 2.24,7 | 6 | 1.31,83 | 3 | 5.02,12 | 7 | |
| 6 | Gulnur Murtazina | URS | 190.916 | 46,68 | 10 | 2.24,7 | 6 | 1.32,97 | 8 | 4.57,11 | 4 | |
| 7 | Anna Bugreyeva | URS | 192.070 | 47,20 | 15 | 2.24,6 | 5 | 1.32,82 | 5 | 5.01,56 | 6 | |
| 8 | Cindy Seikkula | USA | 192.264 | 46,93 | 13 | 2.25,3 | 8 | 1.32,92 | 6 | 5.02,65 | 8 | |
| 9 | Trijnie Nieuwenhuis | NED | 193.743 | 47,68 | 17 | 2.26,4 | 10 | 1.33,28 | 10 | 5.03,74 | 9 | |
| 10 | Sylvia Brunner | SUI | 194.351 | 45,22 | 2 | 2.30,3 | 14 | 1.33,02 | 9 | 5.15,13 | 14 | |
| 11 | Ilona Leushuis | NED | 195.681 | 46,76 | 11 | 2.28,5 | 12 | 1.33,57 | 11 | 5.15,82 | 15 | |
| 12 | Linda Palle | SWE | 196.087 | 47,02 | 14 | 2.28,1 | 11 | 1.34,91 | 14 | 5.13,48 | 13 | |
| 13 | Sigrid Smuda | FRG | 196.186 | 46,53 | 9 | 2.30,0 | 13 | 1.35,05 | 16 | 5.12,79 | 12 | |
| 14 | Lee Nam-Sun | KOR | 197.337 | 45,50 | 3 | 2.32,0 | 17 | 1.34,57 | 13 | 5.23,32 | 16 | |
| 15 | Janne Tenmann | NOR | 197.641 | 48,22 | 19 | 2.30,7 | 15 | 1.35,02 | 15 | 5.10,07 | 11 | |
| NC17 | Elisabeth Öhlin | SWE | 144.565 | 46,25 | 8 | 2.30,9 | 16 | 1.36,03 | 17 | |||
| NC18 | Chen Shuhua | CHN | 146.515 | 46,82 | 12 | 2.33,9 | 18 | 1.36,79 | 19 | |||
| NC19 | Marie-France Vives | FRA | 148.351 | 47,91 | 18 | 2.35,6 | 20 | 1.37,15 | 20 | |||
| NC20 | Michiko Kuroiwa | JPN | 148.793 | 47,52 | 16 | 2.39,1 | 22 | 1.36,48 | 18 | |||
| NC21 | Li Yahui | CHN | 151.140 | 48,93 | 20 | 2.35,1 | 19 | 1.41,02 | 21 | |||
| NC22 | Mandy Horsepool | GBR | 154.926 | 50,70 | 21 | 2.38,6 | 21 | 1.42,72 | 22 | |||
| DQ1 | Brenda Webster | CAN | 146.725 | - | DQ | 2.26,1 | 9 | 1.34,13 | 12 | 5.05,77 | 10 |