| 1 | Gunda Niemann (Senior) | GER | 2:06.83 | | - | |
| 2 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 2:08.01 | | +1.180 | |
| 3 | Monique Garbrecht (Neo) | GER | 2:08.83 | | +2.000 | |
| 4 | Jacqueline Börner (Senior) | GER | 2:09.37 | | +2.540 | |
| 5 | Emese Antal (Neo) | AUT | 2:09.92 | SB | +3.090 | |
| Sandra Voetelink (Neo) | NED | 2:09.92 | | +3.090 | |
| 7 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Neo) | NOR | 2:10.24 | | +3.410 | |
| 8 | Lia van Schie (Neo) | NED | 2:11.07 | | +4.240 | |
| Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova (Neo) | URS | 2:11.07 | | +4.240 | |
| 10 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 2:11.12 | | +4.290 | |
| 11 | Yvonne van Gennip (Senior) | NED | 2:11.16 | | +4.330 | |
| 12 | Heike Warnicke (Senior) | GER | 2:11.28 | | +4.450 | |
| 13 | Jasmin Krohn (Senior) | SWE | 2:11.50 | | +4.670 | |
| 14 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Neo) | URS | 2:11.57 | NR | +4.740 | |
| 15 | Carla Zijlstra (Neo) | NED | 2:11.65 | | +4.820 | |
| 16 | Yumi Kaeriyama (Senior) | JPN | 2:11.90 | | +5.070 | |
| 17 | Mitsue Uehara (Neo) | JPN | 2:12.33 | | +5.500 | |
| 18 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 2:12.69 | | +5.860 | |
| 19 | Natsue Seki (Senior) | JPN | 2:12.81 | | +5.980 | |
| Anette Tønsberg (Neo) | NOR | 2:12.81 | | +5.980 | |
| Svetlana Bazhanova (A2) | URS | 2:12.81 | | +5.980 | |
| 22 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Neo) | ROU | 2:13.28 | | +6.450 | |
| 23 | Michelle Kline (Neo) | USA | 2:13.50 | | +6.670 | |
| 24 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 2:13.51 | SB | +6.680 | |
| 25 | Chantal Côté (Senior) | CAN | 2:13.64 | | +6.810 | |
| 26 | Claudia Pechstein (Neo) | GER | 2:13.84 | | +7.010 | |
| 27 | Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko (Senior) | URS | 2:14.04 | | +7.210 | |
| 28 | Caroline Maheux (Neo) | CAN | 2:14.61 | | +7.780 | |
| 29 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 2:14.64 | | +7.810 | |
| 30 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 2:14.82 | | +7.990 | |
| 31 | Jaana Kivipelto (Neo) | FIN | 2:15.62 | | +8.790 | |
| 32 | Elke Felicetti (Neo) | ITA | 2:16.89 | | +10.060 | |
| 33 | Yenzhi Li (Neo) | CHN | 2:20.95 | | +14.120 | |
| 34 | Elisabetta Pizio (Neo) | ITA | 2:21.47 | | +14.640 | |
| 35 | Yanling Song (Neo) | CHN | 2:21.50 | | +14.670 | |
| 36 | Élodie Busson (Neo) | FRA | 2:24.66 | | +17.830 | |
| DNS | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | DNS | | - | |
| DNF | Zofia Tokarczyk (Senior) | POL | DNF | | - | |