| 1 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 39.15 | NR | - | 40 |
| 2 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 39.18 | | +0.030 | 35 |
| 3 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 39.47 | SB | +0.320 | 30 |
| 4 | Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 39.59 | NR | +0.440 | 25 |
| 5 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 39.65 | SB | +0.500 | 20 |
| 6 | Svetlana Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 39.68 | NR | +0.530 | 18 |
| 7 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 39.83 | SB | +0.680 | 16 |
| 8 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 39.85 | | +0.700 | 14 |
| 9 | Tomomi Okazaki (Neo) | JPN | 39.87 | | +0.720 | 12 |
| 10 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 40.02 | | +0.870 | 11 |
| 11 | Rieko Kaji (Neo) | JPN | 40.12 | PB | +0.970 | 10 |
| 12 | Chris Witty (Neo) | USA | 40.26 | | +1.110 | 9 |
| 13 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (Neo) | JPN | 40.33 | SB | +1.180 | 8 |
| 14 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 40.40 | SB | +1.250 | 7 |
| 15 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 40.42 | | +1.270 | 6 |
| 16 | Catriona LeMay (Senior) | CAN | 40.47 | | +1.320 | 5 |
| 17 | Chunyuan Yang (Neo) | CHN | 40.48 | | +1.330 | 4 |
| 18 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 40.49 | SB | +1.340 | 3 |
| 19 | Hua.72 Jin (Neo) | CHN | 40.53 | | +1.380 | 2 |
| 20 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 40.61 | | +1.460 | 1 |
| 21 | Sandra Zwolle (Senior) | NED | 40.89 | | +1.740 | 0 |
| 22 | Christina Zummack (Senior) | GER | 41.01 | | +1.860 | 0 |
| 23 | Linda Olsen (Neo) | NOR | 41.07 | SB | +1.920 | 0 |
| 24 | Emese Antal (Senior) | AUT | 41.17 | | +2.020 | 0 |
| 25 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 41.25 | | +2.100 | 0 |
| 26 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A2) | KOR | 41.33 | SB | +2.180 | 0 |
| 27 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 41.42 | SB | +2.270 | 0 |
| 28 | Sylvie Cantin (Senior) | CAN | 41.48 | SB | +2.330 | 0 |
| 29 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Senior) | CAN | 41.54 | | +2.390 | 0 |
| 30 | Chantal Bailey (M30) | USA | 42.49 | SB | +3.340 | 0 |