| 1 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 39.65 | NR, TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 39.85 | | +0.200 | 22 |
| 3 | Chunyuan Yang (Neo) | CHN | 40.19 | SB | +0.540 | 20 |
| 4 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 40.20 | | +0.550 | 18 |
| 5 | Qiaobo Ye (Senior) | CHN | 40.29 | | +0.640 | 16 |
| 6 | Hua.72 Jin (Neo) | CHN | 40.30 | | +0.650 | 15 |
| 7 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 40.44 | | +0.790 | 14 |
| Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 40.44 | | +0.790 | 14 |
| 9 | Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 40.57 | | +0.920 | 12 |
| 10 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 40.72 | | +1.070 | 11 |
| 11 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 40.76 | | +1.110 | 10 |
| 12 | Angela Hauck (Senior) | GER | 40.79 | | +1.140 | 9 |
| 13 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 40.82 | | +1.170 | 8 |
| 14 | Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 40.87 | | +1.220 | 7 |
| 15 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 40.88 | | +1.230 | 6 |
| 16 | Svetlana Bojarkina-Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 40.89 | | +1.240 | 5 |
| 17 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 41.26 | | +1.610 | 4 |
| 18 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Neo) | CAN | 41.39 | | +1.740 | 3 |
| 19 | Kristen Talbot (Neo) | USA | 41.42 | | +1.770 | 2 |
| 20 | Natalja Andrianova (Senior) | RUS | 41.72 | SB | +2.070 | 1 |
| 21 | Peggy Clasen (Senior) | USA | 42.03 | | +2.380 | |
| 22 | Jekaterina Basjkirtseva (Neo) | KAZ | 42.05 | SB | +2.400 | |
| 23 | Michelle Kline (Senior) | USA | 42.06 | | +2.410 | |
| 24 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Senior) | NOR | 42.18 | | +2.530 | |
| 25 | Linda Olsen (Neo) | NOR | 42.22 | | +2.570 | |
| 26 | Bae-Yeong Jeong (A1) | KOR | 42.28 | NRJ | +2.630 | |
| Sandra Voetelink (Neo) | NED | 42.28 | | +2.630 | |
| 28 | Krisztina Egyed (B2) | HUN | 42.42 | TRJ | +2.770 | |
| 29 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A1) | KOR | 42.64 | | +2.990 | |
| 30 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 43.13 | SB | +3.480 | |
| 31 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 43.18 | SB | +3.530 | |
| 32 | Christina Schön (Neo) | SWE | 43.66 | | +4.010 | |
| 33 | Nadezjda Jermolina-Vasiljeva (M30) | RUS | 44.12 | SB | +4.470 | |
| 34 | Elisabetta Pizio (Neo) | ITA | 44.19 | | +4.540 | |
| 35 | Jenny Andberg (A2) | FIN | 44.23 | | +4.580 | |
| 36 | Kaska Rogulska (Senior) | POL | 44.30 | SB | +4.650 | |
| 37 | Sofia Larsson (A1) | SWE | 44.79 | SB | +5.140 | |