| 1 | Marianne Timmer (Neo) | NED | 1:16.51 | OR, NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Chris Witty (Neo) | USA | 1:16.79 | | +0.280 |
| 3 | Catriona LeMay-Doan (Senior) | CAN | 1:17.37 | | +0.860 |
| 4 | Sabine Völker (Senior) | GER | 1:17.54 | | +1.030 |
| 5 | Annamarie Thomas (Senior) | NED | 1:17.95 | | +1.440 |
| 6 | Becky Sundstrom (Neo) | USA | 1:18.23 | | +1.720 |
| 7 | Tomomi Okazaki (Senior) | JPN | 1:18.27 | | +1.760 |
| 8 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (Neo) | JPN | 1:18.36 | | +1.850 |
| 9 | Moira d'Andrea (Senior) | USA | 1:18.38 | | +1.870 |
| 10 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 1:18.76 | | +2.250 |
| 11 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 1:18.82 | | +2.310 |
| 12 | Svetlana Zjurova (Senior) | RUS | 1:19.04 | | +2.530 |
| 13 | Jennifer Rodriguez (Neo) | USA | 1:19.19 | SB | +2.680 |
| 14 | Edel Therese Høiseth (M30) | NOR | 1:19.23 | NR | +2.720 |
| 15 | Sandra Zwolle (Senior) | NED | 1:19.29 | | +2.780 |
| 16 | Anke Loef-Baier (Senior) | GER | 1:19.42 | PB | +2.910 |
| 17 | Natalja Polozkova (Senior) | URS | 1:19.78 | PB | +3.270 |
| 18 | Susan Auch (M30) | CAN | 1:19.82 | | +3.310 |
| 19 | Tatjana Dansjina (Neo) | RUS | 1:19.95 | | +3.440 |
| 20 | Marieke Wijsman (Neo) | NED | 1:20.02 | SB | +3.510 |
| 21 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Senior) | CAN | 1:20.42 | | +3.910 |
| 22 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Senior) | JPN | 1:20.49 | | +3.980 |
| 23 | Krisztina Egyed (Neo) | HUN | 1:21.23 | | +4.720 |
| 24 | Seung-Yong Choi (A1) | KOR | 1:21.28 | | +4.770 |
| 25 | Anzjelika Kotjuga (Senior) | BLR | 1:21.35 | NR | +4.840 |
| 26 | Xuesong Li (A1) | CHN | 1:21.54 | SB | +5.030 |
| 27 | Anna Saveljeva (Neo) | RUS | 1:21.83 | | +5.320 |
| 28 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 1:21.84 | | +5.330 |
| Lesja Belozub (Senior) | UKR | 1:21.84 | NR | +5.330 |
| 29 | Hee-Joo Cheon (Neo) | KOR | 1:22.06 | SB | +5.550 |
| 30 | Manli Wang (Senior) | CHN | 1:22.13 | SB | +5.620 |
| 31 | Chunyuan Yang (Senior) | CHN | 1:22.20 | | +5.690 |
| 32 | Sylvie Cantin (Senior) | CAN | 1:22.46 | | +5.950 |
| 33 | Ljudmila Kostjukevitsj (Senior) | BLR | 1:22.58 | PB | +6.070 |
| 34 | Joo-Hyeon Kim (B2) | KOR | 1:23.18 | | +6.670 |
| 35 | Ok-Hyi Kim (A1) | PRK | 1:23.37 | PB | +6.860 |
| 36 | Jong-Hui Kim (A1) | PRK | 1:23.88 | SB | +7.370 |
| 37 | Mee-Yeong Kang (A2) | KOR | 1:24.18 | | +7.670 |
| 38 | Ilonda Luse (Senior) | LAT | 1:24.32 | | +7.810 |
| DNF | Franziska Schenk (Senior) | GER | DNF | | - |