| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 39.71 | | - | 40 |
| 2 | Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 39.96 | | +0.250 | 35 |
| 3 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 40.23 | | +0.520 | 30 |
| 4 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 40.25 | | +0.540 | 25 |
| 5 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 40.34 | | +0.630 | 20 |
| 6 | Tomomi Okazaki (Neo) | JPN | 40.51 | | +0.800 | 18 |
| 7 | Svetlana Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 40.53 | | +0.820 | 16 |
| 8 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 40.75 | | +1.040 | 14 |
| 9 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 40.87 | | +1.160 | 12 |
| 11 | Rieko Kaji (Neo) | JPN | 41.00 | | +1.290 | 10 |
| 12 | Catriona LeMay (Senior) | CAN | 41.33 | | +1.620 | 9 |
| 13 | Natalja Severjukhina (Senior) | RUS | 41.40 | SB | +1.690 | 8 |
| 14 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 41.44 | | +1.730 | 7 |
| 15 | Chris Witty (Neo) | USA | 41.50 | | +1.790 | 6 |
| 16 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (Neo) | JPN | 41.61 | | +1.900 | 5 |
| Becky Sundstrom (A2) | USA | 41.61 | | +1.900 | 5 |
| 18 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 41.98 | | +2.270 | 3 |
| 19 | Christina Zummack (Senior) | GER | 42.01 | | +2.300 | 2 |
| 20 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Senior) | CAN | 42.10 | | +2.390 | 1 |
| 21 | Linda Olsen (Neo) | NOR | 42.15 | | +2.440 | 0 |
| 22 | Emese Antal (Senior) | AUT | 42.20 | | +2.490 | 0 |
| Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 42.20 | | +2.490 | 0 |
| 24 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 42.28 | | +2.570 | 0 |
| 25 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A2) | KOR | 42.50 | | +2.790 | 0 |
| 26 | Anette Tønsberg (Senior) | NOR | 42.67 | | +2.960 | 0 |
| 27 | Krisztina Egyed (A1) | HUN | 42.91 | | +3.200 | 0 |
| 28 | Stefanie Teeuwen (Senior) | GER | 42.98 | | +3.270 | 0 |
| 29 | Marianne Timmer (Neo) | NED | 43.19 | | +3.480 | 0 |
| 30 | Christina Schön (Neo) | SWE | 44.01 | | +4.300 | 0 |
| 31 | Chris Scheels (A1) | USA | 44.16 | | +4.450 | 0 |
| DNF | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | DNF | | - | 0 |