| 1 | Marianne Timmer (Neo) | NED | 1:57.58 | WR | - |
| 2 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Senior) | GER | 1:58.66 | | +1.080 |
| 3 | Chris Witty (Neo) | USA | 1:58.97 | NR | +1.390 |
| 4 | Emese Hunyady (M30) | AUT | 1:59.19 | NR | +1.610 |
| 5 | Anni Friesinger (Neo) | GER | 1:59.20 | | +1.620 |
| 6 | Annamarie Thomas (Senior) | NED | 1:59.29 | | +1.710 |
| 7 | Claudia Pechstein (Senior) | GER | 1:59.46 | | +1.880 |
| 8 | Jennifer Rodriguez (Neo) | USA | 2:00.97 | | +3.390 |
| 9 | Svetlana Bazhanova (Senior) | RUS | 2:01.54 | NR | +3.960 |
| 10 | Natalja Polozkova (Senior) | URS | 2:01.56 | NR | +3.980 |
| 11 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 2:01.65 | NR | +4.070 |
| 12 | Becky Sundstrom (Neo) | USA | 2:01.81 | | +4.230 |
| 13 | Catriona LeMay-Doan (Senior) | CAN | 2:02.19 | | +4.610 |
| 14 | Moira d'Andrea (Senior) | USA | 2:02.47 | | +4.890 |
| 15 | Chiharu Nozaki (Senior) | JPN | 2:02.78 | | +5.200 |
| 16 | Aki Tonoike (A2) | JPN | 2:02.84 | TRJ | +5.260 |
| 17 | Anette Tønsberg (Senior) | NOR | 2:03.03 | NR | +5.450 |
| 18 | Tonny de Jong (Neo) | NED | 2:03.19 | | +5.610 |
| 19 | Tatjana Trapeznikova (Senior) | RUS | 2:03.25 | | +5.670 |
| 20 | Varvara Barysjeva (Neo) | RUS | 2:03.34 | | +5.760 |
| 21 | Mitsue Uehara (Senior) | JPN | 2:03.37 | | +5.790 |
| 22 | Barbara de Loor (Senior) | NED | 2:04.05 | | +6.470 |
| 23 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 2:04.38 | | +6.800 |
| 24 | Ingrid Liepa (M30) | CAN | 2:04.60 | | +7.020 |
| 25 | Eun-Bi Baek (A1) | KOR | 2:05.23 | | +7.650 |
| 26 | Kyeong-Nam Lee (B2) | KOR | 2:05.59 | NRJ | +8.010 |
| 27 | Krisztina Egyed (Neo) | HUN | 2:05.79 | | +8.210 |
| 28 | Li Song (B2) | CHN | 2:05.98 | NRJ | +8.400 |
| 29 | Isabelle Doucet (Senior) | CAN | 2:06.45 | | +8.870 |
| 30 | Emese Dörfler-Antal (Senior) | AUT | 2:07.57 | | +9.990 |
| 31 | Xuesong Li (A1) | CHN | 2:08.05 | SB | +10.470 |
| 32 | Ilonda Luse (Senior) | LAT | 2:08.71 | | +11.130 |
| 33 | Svetlana Konstantinova (Neo) | UKR | 2:08.76 | | +11.180 |
| 34 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 2:08.77 | | +11.190 |