| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 1:18.39 | | - | 40 |
| 2 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 1:19.06 | | +0.670 | 35 |
| 3 | Chris Witty (Neo) | USA | 1:19.68 | | +1.290 | 30 |
| 4 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 1:20.01 | | +1.620 | 25 |
| 5 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 1:20.05 | | +1.660 | 20 |
| 6 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 1:20.42 | | +2.030 | 18 |
| 7 | Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 1:20.83 | | +2.440 | 16 |
| 8 | Sandra Zwolle (Senior) | NED | 1:20.89 | | +2.500 | 14 |
| 9 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 1:21.17 | | +2.780 | 12 |
| 10 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 1:21.22 | NR | +2.830 | 11 |
| 11 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 1:21.27 | | +2.880 | 10 |
| 12 | Tomomi Okazaki (Neo) | JPN | 1:21.33 | | +2.940 | 9 |
| 13 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (Neo) | JPN | 1:21.47 | | +3.080 | 8 |
| 14 | Emese Antal (Senior) | AUT | 1:21.75 | | +3.360 | 7 |
| 15 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A2) | KOR | 1:21.80 | NRJ | +3.410 | 6 |
| 16 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 1:21.81 | SB | +3.420 | 5 |
| 17 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 1:21.88 | | +3.490 | 4 |
| 18 | Catriona LeMay (Senior) | CAN | 1:22.14 | SB | +3.750 | 3 |
| 19 | Chunyuan Yang (Neo) | CHN | 1:22.18 | SB | +3.790 | 2 |
| 20 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 1:22.66 | | +4.270 | 1 |
| 21 | Svetlana Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 1:22.81 | | +4.420 | 0 |
| 22 | Rieko Kaji (Neo) | JPN | 1:22.88 | | +4.490 | 0 |
| 23 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 1:22.90 | | +4.510 | 0 |
| 24 | Christina Zummack (Senior) | GER | 1:23.19 | | +4.800 | 0 |
| 25 | Hua.72 Jin (Neo) | CHN | 1:23.23 | | +4.840 | 0 |
| 26 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Senior) | CAN | 1:23.55 | | +5.160 | 0 |
| 27 | Chantal Bailey (M30) | USA | 1:23.97 | | +5.580 | 0 |
| 28 | Sylvie Cantin (Senior) | CAN | 1:25.91 | | +7.520 | 0 |