| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 1:18.74 | TR | - |
| 2 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 1:20.12 | SB | +1.380 |
| 3 | Qiaobo Ye (Senior) | CHN | 1:20.22 | | +1.480 |
| 4 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 1:20.25 | WRJ, TRJ | +1.510 |
| 5 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 1:20.32 | | +1.580 |
| 6 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 1:20.37 | | +1.630 |
| 7 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 1:20.42 | | +1.680 |
| 8 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 1:20.72 | | +1.980 |
| 9 | Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 1:20.82 | | +2.080 |
| 10 | Natalja Polozkova (Neo) | URS | 1:20.84 | SB | +2.100 |
| 11 | Svetlana Fedotkina (Senior) | RUS | 1:20.89 | | +2.150 |
| 12 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 1:20.93 | | +2.190 |
| Angela Hauck (Senior) | GER | 1:20.93 | | +2.190 |
| 14 | Annamarie Thomas (Neo) | NED | 1:20.94 | NR | +2.200 |
| 15 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 1:21.40 | | +2.660 |
| 16 | Hua.72 Jin (Neo) | CHN | 1:21.48 | SB | +2.740 |
| 17 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 1:21.94 | | +3.200 |
| 18 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 1:21.96 | | +3.220 |
| 19 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 1:21.98 | | +3.240 |
| 20 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 1:22.16 | | +3.420 |
| 21 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 1:22.31 | | +3.570 |
| 22 | Emese Antal (Neo) | AUT | 1:22.34 | SB | +3.600 |
| 23 | Chris Witty (A2) | USA | 1:22.42 | NRJ | +3.680 |
| 24 | Svetlana Bojarkina (Neo) | RUS | 1:22.44 | PB | +3.700 |
| Michelle Kline (Senior) | USA | 1:22.44 | PB | +3.700 |
| 26 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 1:22.98 | | +4.240 |
| 27 | Mayumi Yamamoto (Neo) | JPN | 1:23.15 | | +4.410 |
| 28 | Ingrid Liepa (Senior) | CAN | 1:23.19 | SB | +4.450 |
| Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 1:23.19 | | +4.450 |
| 30 | Chunyuan Yang (Neo) | CHN | 1:23.27 | | +4.530 |
| 31 | Chantal Dunn-Bailey (Senior) | USA | 1:23.52 | | +4.780 |
| 32 | Mee-Yeong Kang (C2) | KOR | 1:24.19 | NRJ | +5.450 |
| 33 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 1:24.41 | | +5.670 |
| 34 | Krisztina Egyed (B2) | HUN | 1:24.71 | NRJ, NR | +5.970 |
| 35 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A1) | KOR | 1:25.67 | | +6.930 |
| 36 | Bae-Yeong Jeong (A1) | KOR | 1:25.93 | | +7.190 |