| 1 | Gunda Niemann (Senior) | GER | 7:22.83 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Heike Warnicke (Senior) | GER | 7:31.51 | | +8.680 | 22 |
| 3 | Carla Zijlstra (Senior) | NED | 7:33.06 | | +10.230 | 20 |
| 4 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 7:41.07 | SB | +18.240 | 18 |
| 5 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 7:42.44 | | +19.610 | 16 |
| 6 | Svetlana Bazhanova (Neo) | RUS | 7:42.76 | | +19.930 | 15 |
| 7 | Mitsue Uehara (Neo) | JPN | 7:45.86 | | +23.030 | 14 |
| 8 | Anja Mischke (Senior) | GER | 7:48.68 | SB | +25.850 | 13 |
| 9 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 7:50.85 | SB | +28.020 | 12 |
| 10 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 7:51.26 | | +28.430 | 11 |
| 11 | Ingrid Liepa (Senior) | CAN | 7:52.44 | | +29.610 | 10 |
| 12 | Claudia Pechstein (Neo) | GER | 7:52.97 | | +30.140 | 9 |
| 13 | Irina Abdullina-Vasiljajeva (Senior) | RUS | 7:53.95 | SB | +31.120 | 8 |
| 14 | Anette Tønsberg (Neo) | NOR | 7:54.27 | | +31.440 | 7 |
| 15 | Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova (Neo) | RUS | 7:55.96 | SB | +33.130 | 6 |
| 16 | Ingrid van der Voort (Neo) | NED | 7:56.09 | PB | +33.260 | 5 |
| 17 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 7:56.97 | | +34.140 | 4 |
| 18 | Jasmin Krohn (Senior) | SWE | 7:57.71 | | +34.880 | 3 |
| 19 | Annamarie Thomas (Neo) | NED | 7:59.18 | SB | +36.350 | 2 |
| 20 | Hege Langli (Neo) | NOR | 8:01.22 | | +38.390 | 1 |
| 21 | Michelle Kline (Senior) | USA | 8:01.33 | PB | +38.500 | 0 |
| 22 | Nadezjda Jermolina-Vasiljeva (Senior) | RUS | 8:04.48 | SB | +41.650 | 0 |
| 23 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 8:04.92 | | +42.090 | 0 |
| 24 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 8:07.55 | PB | +44.720 | 0 |
| 25 | Christina Schön (Neo) | SWE | 8:08.57 | SB | +45.740 | 0 |
| 26 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Senior) | NOR | 8:08.81 | | +45.980 | 0 |
| 27 | Sandra Voetelink (Neo) | NED | 8:14.14 | SB | +51.310 | 0 |
| 28 | Svetlana Titova (Senior) | BLR | 8:16.21 | NR | +53.380 | 0 |