| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 40.56 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 40.67 | | +0.110 | 22 |
| 3 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 40.69 | | +0.130 | 20 |
| 4 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 40.97 | | +0.410 | 18 |
| 5 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 41.08 | | +0.520 | 16 |
| 6 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 41.26 | | +0.700 | 15 |
| 7 | Angela Hauck (Senior) | GER | 41.34 | | +0.780 | 14 |
| 8 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 41.40 | | +0.840 | 13 |
| Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 41.40 | | +0.840 | 13 |
| 10 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 41.44 | | +0.880 | 11 |
| 11 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 41.58 | | +1.020 | 10 |
| 12 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 41.59 | | +1.030 | 9 |
| 13 | Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 41.95 | | +1.390 | 8 |
| 14 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 42.11 | | +1.550 | 7 |
| Kristen Talbot (Neo) | USA | 42.11 | | +1.550 | 7 |
| 16 | Chieko Yoda (Senior) | JPN | 42.18 | | +1.620 | 5 |
| 17 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 42.20 | | +1.640 | 4 |
| 18 | Chun-Wol Kim (A2) | PRK | 42.36 | | +1.800 | 3 |
| 19 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Neo) | CAN | 42.45 | | +1.890 | 2 |
| 20 | Natalja Andrianova (Senior) | RUS | 42.52 | | +1.960 | 1 |
| 21 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 42.53 | | +1.970 | 0 |
| 22 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 42.64 | | +2.080 | 0 |
| 23 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (A2) | JPN | 42.81 | | +2.250 | 0 |
| 24 | Lesja Belozub (Neo) | UKR | 42.90 | | +2.340 | 0 |
| 25 | Jekaterina Basjkirtseva (Neo) | KAZ | 42.99 | | +2.430 | 0 |
| 26 | Peggy Clasen (Senior) | USA | 43.06 | | +2.500 | 0 |
| 27 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Senior) | NOR | 43.17 | | +2.610 | 0 |
| 28 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A1) | KOR | 43.23 | | +2.670 | 0 |
| 29 | Bae-Yeong Jeong (A1) | KOR | 43.45 | | +2.890 | 0 |
| 30 | Krisztina Egyed (B2) | HUN | 43.70 | | +3.140 | 0 |
| 31 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 43.89 | | +3.330 | 0 |
| Chantal Bailey (Senior) | USA | 43.89 | | +3.330 | 0 |
| 33 | Olga Klyga (A2) | BLR | 43.96 | | +3.400 | 0 |
| 34 | Ljudmila Kostjukevitsj (Senior) | BLR | 43.99 | | +3.430 | 0 |
| Jasmin Krohn (Senior) | SWE | 43.99 | | +3.430 | 0 |
| 36 | Natalja Gavrjusj (Neo) | UKR | 44.17 | SB | +3.610 | 0 |
| 37 | Christina Schön (Neo) | SWE | 44.46 | | +3.900 | 0 |
| 38 | Nadezjda Jermolina-Vasiljeva (M30) | RUS | 45.14 | | +4.580 | 0 |
| 39 | Kaska Rogulska (Senior) | POL | 45.26 | | +4.700 | 0 |
| 40 | Ilonda Luse (Neo) | LAT | 45.54 | NR | +4.980 | 0 |
| 41 | Svetlana Bojarkina-Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 1:18.82 | | +38.260 | 0 |
| 42 | Natalja Matkovskaja (A2) | KAZ | 1:19.18 | | +38.620 | 0 |
| DNS | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | DNS | | - | 0 |
| DNS | Chang-Suk Chong (A2) | PRK | DNS | | - | 0 |