| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 1:21.69 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 1:22.34 | | +0.650 | 22 |
| 3 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 1:22.94 | | +1.250 | 20 |
| 4 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 1:23.05 | | +1.360 | 18 |
| 5 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 1:23.22 | | +1.530 | 16 |
| 6 | Angela Hauck (Senior) | GER | 1:23.58 | | +1.890 | 15 |
| 7 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 1:23.84 | | +2.150 | 14 |
| 8 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 1:24.16 | | +2.470 | 13 |
| 9 | Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 1:24.27 | | +2.580 | 12 |
| 10 | Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova (Neo) | RUS | 1:24.54 | | +2.850 | 11 |
| 11 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 1:24.73 | | +3.040 | 10 |
| Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 1:24.73 | | +3.040 | 10 |
| 13 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 1:25.01 | | +3.320 | 8 |
| 14 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 1:25.67 | | +3.980 | 7 |
| 15 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 1:25.73 | | +4.040 | 6 |
| 16 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 1:25.75 | | +4.060 | 5 |
| 17 | Natalja Andrianova (Senior) | RUS | 1:25.85 | SB | +4.160 | 4 |
| 18 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 1:25.86 | | +4.170 | 3 |
| 19 | Chihaya Tanaka (Senior) | JPN | 1:25.99 | | +4.300 | 2 |
| 20 | Chieko Yoda (Senior) | JPN | 1:26.00 | | +4.310 | 1 |
| 21 | Kristen Talbot (Neo) | USA | 1:26.53 | | +4.840 | 0 |
| 22 | Chantal Bailey (Senior) | USA | 1:26.54 | | +4.850 | 0 |
| 23 | Michelle Kline (Senior) | USA | 1:26.60 | | +4.910 | 0 |
| 24 | Chun-Wol Kim (A2) | PRK | 1:26.65 | | +4.960 | 0 |
| 25 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 1:26.92 | | +5.230 | 0 |
| 26 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (A2) | JPN | 1:27.26 | | +5.570 | 0 |
| 27 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Neo) | CAN | 1:27.48 | | +5.790 | 0 |
| 28 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A1) | KOR | 1:28.06 | | +6.370 | 0 |
| 29 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 1:28.37 | | +6.680 | 0 |
| 30 | Bae-Yeong Jeong (A1) | KOR | 1:28.61 | | +6.920 | 0 |
| 31 | Jekaterina Basjkirtseva (Neo) | KAZ | 1:28.84 | | +7.150 | 0 |
| 32 | Krisztina Egyed (B2) | HUN | 1:28.94 | | +7.250 | 0 |
| 33 | Ljudmila Kostjukevitsj (Senior) | BLR | 1:28.97 | | +7.280 | 0 |
| 34 | Simone Tomann (Neo) | AUT | 1:29.26 | SB | +7.570 | 0 |
| 35 | Olga Klyga (A2) | BLR | 1:29.96 | | +8.270 | 0 |
| DQ | Lesja Belozub (Neo) | UKR | DQ | | - | 0 |