| 1 | Gunda Niemann (Senior) | GER | 4:19.28 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Heike Warnicke (Senior) | GER | 4:22.40 | | +3.120 | 22 |
| 3 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 4:27.96 | | +8.680 | 20 |
| 4 | Svetlana Bazhanova (Neo) | RUS | 4:28.65 | | +9.370 | 18 |
| 5 | Carla Zijlstra (Senior) | NED | 4:29.09 | | +9.810 | 16 |
| 6 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 4:30.73 | | +11.450 | 15 |
| 7 | Anja Mischke (Senior) | GER | 4:32.10 | | +12.820 | 14 |
| 8 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 4:33.01 | | +13.730 | 13 |
| 9 | Mitsue Uehara (Neo) | JPN | 4:33.51 | | +14.230 | 12 |
| 10 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 4:35.14 | | +15.860 | 11 |
| 11 | Irina Abdullina-Vasiljajeva (Senior) | RUS | 4:35.41 | SB | +16.130 | 10 |
| 12 | Anette Tønsberg (Neo) | NOR | 4:35.83 | | +16.550 | 9 |
| 13 | Annamarie Thomas (Neo) | NED | 4:35.94 | | +16.660 | 8 |
| 14 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 4:36.06 | | +16.780 | 7 |
| 15 | Claudia Pechstein (Neo) | GER | 4:36.31 | | +17.030 | 6 |
| 16 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 4:37.22 | | +17.940 | 5 |
| 17 | Emese Antal (Neo) | AUT | 4:37.59 | | +18.310 | 4 |
| 18 | Ingrid Liepa (Senior) | CAN | 4:38.42 | | +19.140 | 3 |
| 19 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Senior) | NOR | 4:38.44 | | +19.160 | 2 |
| 20 | Elisabetta Pizio (Neo) | ITA | 4:38.61 | | +19.330 | 1 |
| 21 | Ingrid van der Voort (Neo) | NED | 4:38.81 | | +19.530 | 0 |
| 22 | Hege Langli (Neo) | NOR | 4:39.63 | | +20.350 | 0 |
| 23 | Michelle Kline (Senior) | USA | 4:39.96 | | +20.680 | 0 |
| 24 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 4:40.50 | | +21.220 | 0 |
| 25 | Marion van Zuilen (Neo) | NED | 4:43.08 | | +23.800 | 0 |
| 26 | Christina Schön (Neo) | SWE | 4:43.33 | | +24.050 | 0 |
| 27 | Karina Marceau (Neo) | CAN | 4:51.60 | | +32.320 | 0 |
| 28 | Natalja Gavrjusj (Neo) | UKR | 4:58.47 | NR | +39.190 | 0 |
| 29 | Svetlana Konstantinova (A1) | UKR | 4:59.21 | NRJ | +39.930 | 0 |
| 30 | Mirjam Davatz (A1) | SUI | 5:23.92 | | +1.04.640 | 0 |