| 1 | Claudia Pechstein (Senior) | GER | 3:59.27 | WR | - | 100 |
| 2 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Senior) | GER | 4:00.87 | | +1.600 | 80 |
| 3 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 4:05.01 | NR | +5.740 | 70 |
| 4 | Cindy Klassen (Neo) | CAN | 4:05.39 | NR | +6.120 | 60 |
| 5 | Barbara de Loor (Senior) | NED | 4:06.20 | | +6.930 | 50 |
| 6 | Jennifer Rodriguez (Senior) | USA | 4:06.59 | NR | +7.320 | 45 |
| 7 | Renate Groenewold (Senior) | NED | 4:07.50 | | +8.230 | 40 |
| 8 | Tonny de Jong (Senior) | NED | 4:07.51 | | +8.240 | 36 |
| 9 | Maki Tabata (Senior) | JPN | 4:07.69 | | +8.420 | 32 |
| 10 | Wieteke Cramer (Neo) | NED | 4:07.99 | | +8.720 | 28 |
| 11 | Varvara Barysjeva (Senior) | RUS | 4:08.00 | NR | +8.730 | 24 |
| 12 | Kristina Groves (Senior) | CAN | 4:08.01 | SB | +8.740 | 21 |
| 13 | Clara Hughes (Senior) | CAN | 4:09.05 | | +9.780 | 18 |
| 14 | Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova (Senior) | RUS | 4:09.40 | | +10.130 | 16 |
| 15 | Marja Vis (Senior) | NED | 4:10.02 | SB | +10.750 | 14 |
| 16 | Daniela Anschütz (Senior) | GER | 4:10.33 | SB | +11.060 | 12 |
| 17 | Eriko Seo (Neo) | JPN | 4:10.69 | SB | +11.420 | 10 |
| 18 | Nami Nemoto (Senior) | JPN | 4:11.58 | | +12.310 | 8 |
| 19 | Nicole Slot (M30) | CAN | 4:11.81 | NRM | +12.540 | 6 |
| 20 | Svetlana Vysokova (Senior) | RUS | 4:14.90 | | +15.630 | 4 |