| 1 | Svetlana Bazhanova (Neo) | RUS | 4:17.43 | NR | - |
| 2 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 4:18.14 | SB | +0.710 |
| 3 | Claudia Pechstein (Neo) | GER | 4:18.34 | SB | +0.910 |
| 4 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 4:19.33 | NR | +1.900 |
| 5 | Annamarie Thomas (Neo) | NED | 4:19.82 | SB | +2.390 |
| 7 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 4:21.07 | NR | +3.640 |
| 8 | Hiromi Yamamoto (Senior) | JPN | 4:22.37 | | +4.940 |
| 9 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 4:22.42 | NR | +4.990 |
| 10 | Carla Zijlstra (Senior) | NED | 4:23.42 | | +5.990 |
| 11 | Miki Ogasawara (Neo) | JPN | 4:25.27 | | +7.840 |
| 12 | Tonny de Jong (A2) | NED | 4:25.88 | | +8.450 |
| 13 | Tatjana Trapeznikova (Neo) | RUS | 4:27.82 | SB | +10.390 |
| 14 | Emese Antal (Neo) | AUT | 4:27.91 | SB | +10.480 |
| 15 | Ingrid Liepa (Senior) | CAN | 4:28.28 | SB | +10.850 |
| 16 | Heike Warnicke (Senior) | GER | 4:28.43 | | +11.000 |
| 17 | Ewa Wasilewska (Senior) | POL | 4:28.86 | | +11.430 |
| 18 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 4:29.31 | | +11.880 |
| 19 | Elisabetta Pizio (Neo) | ITA | 4:32.34 | | +14.910 |
| 20 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 4:33.08 | SB | +15.650 |
| 21 | Jasmin Krohn (Senior) | SWE | 4:33.34 | | +15.910 |
| 22 | Chris Scheels (B2) | USA | 4:34.14 | | +16.710 |
| 23 | Chantal Dunn-Bailey (Senior) | USA | 4:34.64 | | +17.210 |
| 24 | Eun-Bi Baek (C1) | KOR | 4:34.86 | | +17.430 |
| 25 | Kenzjesj Sarsekenova-Orynbayeva (Neo) | KAZ | 4:45.56 | | +28.130 |
| 26 | Ilonda Luse (Neo) | LAT | 4:47.75 | | +30.320 |
| DQ | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (M30) | ITA | 4:20.32 | | - |
| DQ | Gunda Niemann (Senior) | GER | 5:10.28 | | - |