| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 39.25 | TR | - |
| 2 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 39.61 | | +0.360 |
| 3 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 39.70 | SB | +0.450 |
| 4 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 39.71 | | +0.460 |
| 5 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 39.92 | | +0.670 |
| 6 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 39.95 | | +0.700 |
| 7 | Svetlana Bojarkina (Neo) | RUS | 40.17 | PB | +0.920 |
| 8 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 40.20 | NR | +0.950 |
| 9 | Hua.72 Jin (Neo) | CHN | 40.23 | SB | +0.980 |
| 10 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 40.26 | | +1.010 |
| 11 | Chunyuan Yang (Neo) | CHN | 40.37 | | +1.120 |
| 12 | Angela Hauck (Senior) | GER | 40.38 | | +1.130 |
| 13 | Qiaobo Ye (Senior) | CHN | 40.42 | | +1.170 |
| 14 | Tomomi Okazaki (Neo) | JPN | 40.55 | | +1.300 |
| 15 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 40.59 | | +1.340 |
| 16 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 40.71 | SB | +1.460 |
| 17 | Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 40.72 | | +1.470 |
| 18 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 40.94 | | +1.690 |
| 19 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 41.01 | | +1.760 |
| 20 | Svetlana Fedotkina (Senior) | RUS | 41.05 | PB | +1.800 |
| Kristen Talbot (Neo) | USA | 41.05 | | +1.800 |
| 22 | Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova (Neo) | RUS | 41.06 | SB | +1.810 |
| 23 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 41.13 | | +1.880 |
| Peggy Clasen (Senior) | USA | 41.13 | SB | +1.880 |
| 25 | Mayumi Yamamoto (Neo) | JPN | 41.20 | | +1.950 |
| 26 | Linda Johnson (Neo) | CAN | 41.42 | | +2.170 |
| 27 | Emese Antal (Neo) | AUT | 41.59 | SB | +2.340 |
| 28 | Mee-Yeong Kang (C2) | KOR | 41.96 | TRJ | +2.710 |
| 29 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 42.15 | | +2.900 |
| 30 | Krisztina Egyed (B2) | HUN | 42.29 | NRJ | +3.040 |
| 31 | Bae-Yeong Jeong (A1) | KOR | 42.63 | | +3.380 |
| 32 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A1) | KOR | 43.05 | | +3.800 |
| 33 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 59.75 | | +20.500 |
| DQ | Michelle Kline (Senior) | USA | DQ | | - |