| 1 | Gunda Niemann (Senior) | GER | 4:19.90 | TR | - |
| 2 | Heike Warnicke (Senior) | GER | 4:22.88 | | +2.980 |
| 3 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 4:24.64 | | +4.740 |
| 4 | Carla Zijlstra (Neo) | NED | 4:27.18 | | +7.280 |
| 5 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Senior) | RUS | 4:28.00 | | +8.100 |
| 6 | Yvonne van Gennip (Senior) | NED | 4:28.10 | | +8.200 |
| 7 | Svetlana Bazhanova (A2) | RUS | 4:28.19 | TRJ | +8.290 |
| 8 | Jacqueline Börner (Senior) | GER | 4:28.52 | | +8.620 |
| 9 | Lia van Schie (Neo) | NED | 4:30.57 | | +10.670 |
| 10 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Neo) | KAZ | 4:30.76 | | +10.860 |
| 11 | Jasmin Krohn (Senior) | SWE | 4:31.98 | | +12.080 |
| 12 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 4:33.53 | | +13.630 |
| 13 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 4:34.28 | | +14.380 |
| 14 | Mary Docter (M30) | USA | 4:34.51 | | +14.610 |
| 15 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Neo) | NOR | 4:36.98 | | +17.080 |
| 16 | Mitsue Uehara (Neo) | JPN | 4:37.54 | | +17.640 |
| 17 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Neo) | ROU | 4:38.08 | | +18.180 |
| 18 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 4:38.39 | | +18.490 |
| 19 | Anette Tønsberg (Neo) | NOR | 4:38.66 | | +18.760 |
| 20 | Qing Zhang (Senior) | CHN | 4:39.46 | SB | +19.560 |
| 21 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 4:41.88 | | +21.980 |
| 22 | Elke Felicetti (Neo) | ITA | 4:44.14 | | +24.240 |
| 23 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 4:44.56 | | +24.660 |
| 24 | Michelle Kline (Neo) | USA | 4:45.65 | | +25.750 |
| 25 | Junhong Liu (Neo) | CHN | 4:49.13 | SB | +29.230 |