| 1 | Claudia Pechstein (Senior) | GER | 4:10.80 | TR | - | 50 |
| 2 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Senior) | GER | 4:12.24 | | +1.440 | 45 |
| 3 | Heike Warnicke (Senior) | GER | 4:13.95 | | +3.150 | 40 |
| 4 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (M30) | ITA | 4:15.71 | NRM, NR | +4.910 | 35 |
| 5 | Carla Zijlstra (Senior) | NED | 4:17.99 | | +7.190 | 30 |
| 6 | Kirstin Holum (A1) | USA | 4:18.24 | NRJ, NR, TRJ | +7.440 | 25 |
| 7 | Svetlana Bazhanova (Senior) | RUS | 4:18.44 | | +7.640 | 20 |
| 8 | Tatjana Trapeznikova (Senior) | RUS | 4:18.88 | | +8.080 | 18 |
| 9 | Anni Friesinger (Neo) | GER | 4:19.02 | | +8.220 | 16 |
| 10 | Mitsue Uehara (Senior) | JPN | 4:19.52 | | +8.720 | 14 |
| 11 | Anette Tønsberg (Senior) | NOR | 4:20.12 | NR | +9.320 | 13 |
| 12 | Barbara de Loor (Senior) | NED | 4:21.00 | | +10.200 | 12 |
| 13 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 4:21.11 | | +10.310 | 11 |
| 14 | Maki Tabata (Neo) | JPN | 4:21.82 | | +11.020 | 10 |
| 15 | Tonny de Jong (Neo) | NED | 4:21.92 | | +11.120 | 9 |
| 16 | Svetlana Vysokova (Senior) | RUS | 4:22.04 | | +11.240 | 8 |
| 17 | Chiharu Nozaki (Senior) | JPN | 4:22.55 | | +11.750 | 7 |
| 18 | Emese Hunyady (M30) | AUT | 4:22.92 | | +12.120 | 6 |
| 19 | Jennifer Rodriguez (Neo) | USA | 4:23.96 | | +13.160 | 5 |
| 20 | Sandra 't Hart (Neo) | NED | 4:24.01 | | +13.210 | 4 |
| 21 | Cindy Overland (Neo) | CAN | 4:24.69 | | +13.890 | 3 |
| 22 | Noriko Munekata (Senior) | JPN | 4:24.81 | | +14.010 | 2 |
| 23 | Ingrid Liepa (M30) | CAN | 4:26.48 | | +15.680 | 1 |
| 24 | Varvara Barysjeva (Neo) | RUS | 4:26.57 | | +15.770 | 0 |
| 25 | Kyeong-Nam Lee (B2) | KOR | 4:27.06 | | +16.260 | 0 |
| 26 | Susan Massitti (M35) | CAN | 4:27.66 | | +16.860 | 0 |
| 27 | Chiara Simionato (Neo) | ITA | 4:29.30 | | +18.500 | 0 |
| 28 | Catherine Raney (A1) | USA | 4:29.60 | | +18.800 | 0 |
| 29 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 4:29.63 | | +18.830 | 0 |
| 30 | Nicola Mayr (Neo) | ITA | 4:30.85 | | +20.050 | 0 |
| 31 | Ilonda Luse (Senior) | LAT | 4:32.22 | NR | +21.420 | 0 |
| 32 | Svetlana Konstantinova (Neo) | UKR | 4:32.52 | | +21.720 | 0 |
| 33 | Lise Marie Braathen (Neo) | NOR | 4:32.56 | | +21.760 | 0 |
| 34 | Emese Dörfler-Antal (Senior) | AUT | 4:34.10 | | +23.300 | 0 |
| 35 | Kenzjesj Sarsekenova-Orynbayeva (Senior) | KAZ | 4:36.26 | | +25.460 | 0 |
| 36 | Jenny Andberg (Neo) | FIN | 4:38.42 | | +27.620 | 0 |
| 37 | Jeong-Eon Park (Neo) | KOR | 4:40.13 | | +29.330 | 0 |
| 38 | Ljudmila Ivanova (Neo) | KAZ | 4:45.50 | | +34.700 | 0 |
| 39 | Outi Aunula-Ylá-Sulkava (Senior) | FIN | 4:47.57 | | +36.770 | 0 |
| 40 | Dana Marilena Ionescu (Neo) | ROU | 4:49.14 | | +38.340 | 0 |
| 41 | Jana Rejhonová (Senior) | CZE | 4:51.63 | NR | +40.830 | 0 |
| 42 | Svetlana Piliptsjuk (Neo) | UKR | 4:53.37 | PB | +42.570 | 0 |