| 1 |  Gunda Niemann  (Senior)  | GER |  2:01.83  |  TR  |  -  | 25 | 
| 2 |  Emese Hunyady  (Senior)  | AUT |  2:02.36  |  NR  |  +0.530  | 22 | 
| 3 |  Svetlana Bazhanova  (Neo)  | RUS |  2:03.68  |  NR  |  +1.850  | 20 | 
| 4 |  Bonnie Blair  (Senior)  | USA |  2:04.04  |    |  +2.210  | 18 | 
| 5 |  Svetlana Fedotkina  (Senior)  | RUS |  2:04.35  |    |  +2.520  | 16 | 
| 6 |  Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova  (Neo)  | RUS |  2:04.61  |    |  +2.780  | 15 | 
| 7 |  Sabine Völker  (Neo)  | GER |  2:04.94  |  SB  |  +3.110  | 14 | 
| 8 |  Anke Baier  (Neo)  | GER |  2:05.30  |  PB  |  +3.470  | 13 | 
| 9 |  Ulrike Adeberg  (Neo)  | GER |  2:06.22  |    |  +4.390  | 12 | 
| 10 |  Elena Belci-Dal Farra  (Senior)  | ITA |  2:06.36  |  NR  |  +4.530  | 11 | 
| 11 |  Annamarie Thomas  (Neo)  | NED |  2:06.49  |    |  +4.660  | 10 | 
| 12 |  Mihaela Dascălu  (Senior)  | ROU |  2:06.62  |    |  +4.790  | 9 | 
| 13 |  Else Ragni Yttredal  (Senior)  | NOR |  2:07.14  |  SB  |  +5.310  | 8 | 
| 14 |  Emese Antal  (Neo)  | AUT |  2:07.35  |  SB  |  +5.520  | 7 | 
| 15 |  Seon-Hee Yoo  (Senior)  | KOR |  2:07.50  |  NR  |  +5.670  | 6 | 
| 16 |  Ljudmila Prokasjeva  (Senior)  | KAZ |  2:07.53  |    |  +5.700  | 5 | 
| 17 |  Carla Zijlstra  (Senior)  | NED |  2:07.74  |    |  +5.910  | 4 | 
| 18 |  Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu  (Senior)  | ROU |  2:07.94  |    |  +6.110  | 3 | 
| 19 |  Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska  (Senior)  | POL |  2:08.38  |  SB  |  +6.550  | 2 | 
| 20 |  Anette Tønsberg  (Senior)  | NOR |  2:08.45  |    |  +6.620  | 1 | 
| 21 |  Heike Warnicke  (Senior)  | GER |  2:08.48  |    |  +6.650  |  | 
| 22 |  Michelle Kline  (Senior)  | USA |  2:08.77  |    |  +6.940  |  | 
| 23 |  Oksana Ravilova  (Senior)  | RUS |  2:08.86  |    |  +7.030  |  | 
| 24 |  Hege Langli  (Neo)  | NOR |  2:08.98  |    |  +7.150  |  | 
| 25 |  Jasmin Krohn  (Senior)  | SWE |  2:09.04  |  SB  |  +7.210  |  | 
| 26 |  Natalja Andrianova  (Senior)  | RUS |  2:09.06  |  PB  |  +7.230  |  | 
| 27 |  Ingrid Liepa  (Senior)  | CAN |  2:09.10  |    |  +7.270  |  | 
| 28 |  Barbara de Loor  (Neo)  | NED |  2:09.24  |    |  +7.410  |  | 
| 29 |  Ingrid van der Voort  (Neo)  | NED |  2:09.58  |  SB  |  +7.750  |  | 
| 30 |  Elisabetta Pizio  (Neo)  | ITA |  2:09.76  |  PB  |  +7.930  |  | 
| 31 |  Nadezjda Jermolina-Vasiljeva  (M30)  | RUS |  2:10.30  |  PB  |  +8.470  |  | 
| 32 |  Michelle Morton  (Neo)  | CAN |  2:10.52  |    |  +8.690  |  | 
| 33 |  Svetlana Konstantinova  (A2)  | UKR |  2:10.75  |  NRJ, NR, TRJ  |  +8.920  |  | 
| 34 |  Hee-Joo Cheon  (A1)  | KOR |  2:10.91  |  NRJ  |  +9.080  |  | 
| 35 |  Chantal Bailey  (Senior)  | USA |  2:11.14  |    |  +9.310  |  | 
| 36 |  Christina Schön  (Neo)  | SWE |  2:11.47  |  SB  |  +9.640  |  | 
| 37 |  Colette Zee  (Neo)  | NED |  2:12.02  |    |  +10.190  |  | 
| 38 |  Jenny Andberg  (A2)  | FIN |  2:12.60  |  SB  |  +10.770  |  | 
| 39 |  Sofia Larsson  (A1)  | SWE |  2:13.19  |  NRJ  |  +11.360  |  | 
| 40 |  Ilonda Lūse  (Neo)  | LAT |  2:15.28  |  NR  |  +13.450  |  | 
| 41 |  Krisztina Egyed  (B2)  | HUN |  2:15.57  |  NRJ, NR  |  +13.740  |  |