| 1 | Anni Friesinger (Senior) | GER | 1:54.02 | WR | - |
| 2 | Sabine Völker (Senior) | GER | 1:54.97 | | +0.950 |
| 3 | Jennifer Rodriguez (Senior) | USA | 1:55.32 | | +1.300 |
| 4 | Cindy Klassen (Neo) | CAN | 1:55.59 | | +1.570 |
| 5 | Chris Witty (Senior) | USA | 1:55.71 | PB | +1.690 |
| 6 | Claudia Pechstein (Senior) | GER | 1:55.93 | | +1.910 |
| 7 | Tonny de Jong (Senior) | NED | 1:56.02 | PB | +2.000 |
| 8 | Amy Sannes (Senior) | USA | 1:56.29 | | +2.270 |
| 9 | Maki Tabata (Senior) | JPN | 1:56.35 | | +2.330 |
| 10 | Varvara Barysjeva (Senior) | RUS | 1:56.44 | SB | +2.420 |
| 11 | Annamarie Thomas (Senior) | NED | 1:56.45 | SB | +2.430 |
| 12 | Emese Hunyady (M35) | AUT | 1:56.51 | NR | +2.490 |
| 13 | Becky Sundstrom (Senior) | USA | 1:57.33 | SB | +3.310 |
| 14 | Aki Tonoike (Neo) | JPN | 1:57.97 | | +3.950 |
| 15 | Li Song (Neo) | CHN | 1:58.31 | | +4.290 |
| 16 | Chiara Simionato (Senior) | ITA | 1:58.52 | SB | +4.500 |
| 17 | Tatjana Trapeznikova (Senior) | RUS | 1:59.00 | | +4.980 |
| 18 | Valentina Jaksjina (Senior) | RUS | 1:59.28 | SB | +5.260 |
| 19 | Yang Gao (Neo) | CHN | 1:59.51 | PB | +5.490 |
| 20 | Kristina Groves (Senior) | CAN | 1:59.54 | SB | +5.520 |
| 21 | Marianne Timmer (Senior) | NED | 1:59.60 | | +5.580 |
| 22 | Marion Wohlrab (Senior) | GER | 1:59.67 | | +5.650 |
| 23 | Krisztina Egyed (Senior) | HUN | 1:59.86 | NR | +5.840 |
| 24 | Yayoi Nagaoka (Senior) | JPN | 1:59.93 | | +5.910 |
| 25 | Cindy Overland (Senior) | CAN | 2:00.02 | | +6.000 |
| 26 | Katarzyna Wójcicka (Neo) | POL | 2:00.59 | NR | +6.570 |
| 27 | Nicola Mayr (Senior) | ITA | 2:00.73 | SB | +6.710 |
| 28 | Xiaolei Zhang (A2) | CHN | 2:01.23 | TRJ, SB | +7.210 |
| 29 | Yuri Obara (Neo) | JPN | 2:01.39 | | +7.370 |
| Yoon-Sook Choi (B1) | KOR | 2:01.39 | NRJ | +7.370 |
| 31 | Andreea Jakab (Neo) | ROU | 2:02.23 | NR | +8.210 |
| 32 | Anzjelika Gavrilova (Neo) | KAZ | 2:03.22 | SB | +9.200 |
| 33 | Eun-Bi Baek (Neo) | KOR | 2:03.87 | | +9.850 |
| 34 | Svetlana Tsjepelnikova (Neo) | BLR | 2:04.06 | PB | +10.040 |
| 35 | Ilonda Lūse (Senior) | LAT | 2:04.25 | SB | +10.230 |
| 36 | Daniela Oltean (Neo) | ROU | 2:04.48 | SB | +10.460 |
| 37 | Marina Pupina (Senior) | KAZ | 2:05.13 | | +11.110 |
| 38 | Jelena Mjagkikh (Neo) | UKR | 2:05.32 | | +11.300 |
| DQ | Renate Groenewold (Senior) | NED | DQ | | - |