| 1 | Chris Witty (Senior) | USA | 1:13.83 | WR | - |
| 2 | Sabine Völker (Senior) | GER | 1:13.96 | NR | +0.130 |
| 3 | Jennifer Rodriguez (Senior) | USA | 1:14.24 | SB | +0.410 |
| 4 | Marianne Timmer (Senior) | NED | 1:14.45 | NR | +0.620 |
| 5 | Anni Friesinger (Senior) | GER | 1:14.47 | SB | +0.640 |
| 6 | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (Senior) | GER | 1:14.60 | SB | +0.770 |
| 7 | Aki Tonoike (Neo) | JPN | 1:14.64 | NR | +0.810 |
| 8 | Andrea Nuyt (Senior) | NED | 1:14.65 | PB | +0.820 |
| 9 | Catriona LeMay-Doan (M30) | CAN | 1:14.72 | SB | +0.890 |
| 10 | Chiara Simionato (Senior) | ITA | 1:14.86 | NR | +1.030 |
| 11 | Svetlana Zjurova (Senior) | RUS | 1:15.02 | NR | +1.190 |
| 12 | Anzjelika Kotjuga (Senior) | BLR | 1:15.03 | NR | +1.200 |
| 13 | Cindy Klassen (Neo) | CAN | 1:15.08 | SB | +1.250 |
| 14 | Amy Sannes (Senior) | USA | 1:15.09 | PB | +1.260 |
| 15 | Annamarie Thomas (Senior) | NED | 1:15.20 | PB | +1.370 |
| 16 | Becky Sundstrom (Senior) | USA | 1:15.88 | SB | +2.050 |
| 17 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (Senior) | JPN | 1:16.26 | | +2.430 |
| 18 | Sayuri Oosuga (Neo) | JPN | 1:16.48 | | +2.650 |
| Marieke Wijsman (Senior) | NED | 1:16.48 | PB | +2.650 |
| 20 | Varvara Barysjeva (Senior) | RUS | 1:16.49 | SB | +2.660 |
| 21 | Marion Wohlrab (Senior) | GER | 1:16.51 | PB | +2.680 |
| 22 | Li Song (Neo) | CHN | 1:16.71 | SB | +2.880 |
| 23 | Svetlana Kajkan (Neo) | RUS | 1:16.93 | SB | +3.100 |
| 24 | Krisztina Egyed (Senior) | HUN | 1:17.11 | NR | +3.280 |
| 25 | Hua.72 Jin (M30) | CHN | 1:17.35 | NRM | +3.520 |
| 26 | Manli Wang (Senior) | CHN | 1:17.37 | | +3.540 |
| 27 | Susan Auch (M35) | CAN | 1:17.89 | SB | +4.060 |
| 28 | Ljudmila Prokasjeva (Senior) | KAZ | 1:18.19 | SB | +4.360 |
| 29 | Seon-Yeon Jo (Neo) | KOR | 1:18.36 | NR | +4.530 |
| 30 | Yanchun You (Senior) | CHN | 1:18.74 | PB | +4.910 |
| 31 | Yong-Joo Lee (Neo) | KOR | 1:18.79 | PB | +4.960 |
| 32 | Seung-Yong Choi (Neo) | KOR | 1:18.88 | SB | +5.050 |
| 33 | Svetlana Radkevitsj (Neo) | BLR | 1:18.93 | | +5.100 |
| 34 | Andreea Jakab (Neo) | ROU | 1:19.60 | NR | +5.770 |
| 35 | Jelena Mjagkikh (Neo) | UKR | 1:20.13 | NR | +6.300 |
| DQ | Maki Tabata (Senior) | JPN | DQ | | - |