| 1 | Qiaobo Ye (Senior) | CHN | 40.60 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 41.08 | | +0.480 | 22 |
| 3 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 41.34 | | +0.740 | 20 |
| 4 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 41.42 | | +0.820 | 18 |
| 5 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 41.57 | | +0.970 | 16 |
| 6 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 41.62 | | +1.020 | 15 |
| 7 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 42.00 | | +1.400 | 14 |
| 8 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 42.02 | | +1.420 | 13 |
| 9 | Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova (Neo) | RUS | 42.03 | SB | +1.430 | 12 |
| 10 | Christina Zummack (Neo) | GER | 42.06 | | +1.460 | 11 |
| 11 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 42.11 | | +1.510 | 10 |
| Franziska Schenk (A2) | GER | 42.11 | | +1.510 | 10 |
| 13 | Peggy Clasen (Senior) | USA | 42.12 | | +1.520 | 8 |
| 14 | Herma Emmens-Meijer (Senior) | NED | 42.26 | | +1.660 | 7 |
| 15 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 42.31 | | +1.710 | 6 |
| 16 | Renske Vellinga (A1) | NED | 42.48 | | +1.880 | 5 |
| 17 | Chantal Bailey (Senior) | USA | 42.88 | | +2.280 | 4 |
| 18 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Neo) | CAN | 42.92 | | +2.320 | 3 |
| 19 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 42.98 | | +2.380 | 2 |
| 20 | Léontine van Meggelen (A1) | NED | 43.05 | | +2.450 | 1 |
| 21 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 43.09 | | +2.490 | 0 |
| 22 | Colette Zee (A2) | NED | 43.40 | | +2.800 | 0 |
| 23 | Bae-Yeong Jeong (B2) | KOR | 43.41 | SB | +2.810 | 0 |
| 24 | Claudia Pechstein (Neo) | GER | 43.44 | | +2.840 | 0 |
| 25 | Jasmin Krohn (Senior) | SWE | 43.49 | | +2.890 | 0 |
| 26 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 43.54 | | +2.940 | 0 |
| 27 | Tama Sundstrom (Senior) | USA | 43.71 | | +3.110 | 0 |
| 28 | Anette Tønsberg (Neo) | NOR | 43.74 | | +3.140 | 0 |
| 29 | Krisztina Egyed (B1) | HUN | 43.95 | SB | +3.350 | 0 |
| 30 | Hege Langli (Neo) | NOR | 44.21 | | +3.610 | 0 |
| 31 | Nadezjda Jermolina-Vasiljeva (Senior) | RUS | 44.33 | SB | +3.730 | 0 |
| 32 | Mária-Blanka Balázs (Neo) | ROU | 44.62 | | +4.020 | 0 |
| 33 | Christina Schön (Neo) | SWE | 44.64 | | +4.040 | 0 |
| 34 | Mirjam Davatz (A1) | SUI | 46.70 | | +6.100 | 0 |