| 1 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 38.69 | WR | - | 40 |
| 2 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 38.94 | NR | +0.250 | 35 |
| 3 | Svetlana Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 39.66 | NR | +0.970 | 30 |
| 4 | Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 39.73 | | +1.040 | 25 |
| 5 | Tomomi Okazaki (Neo) | JPN | 39.76 | | +1.070 | 20 |
| 6 | Franziska Schenk (Neo) | GER | 39.82 | SB | +1.130 | 18 |
| Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 39.82 | | +1.130 | 18 |
| 8 | Catriona LeMay (Senior) | CAN | 39.95 | SB | +1.260 | 14 |
| Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 39.95 | | +1.260 | 14 |
| 10 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 40.06 | | +1.370 | 11 |
| 11 | Shiho Kusunose (Senior) | JPN | 40.12 | | +1.430 | 10 |
| 12 | Chunyuan Yang (Neo) | CHN | 40.16 | SB | +1.470 | 9 |
| Chris Witty (Neo) | USA | 40.16 | SB | +1.470 | 9 |
| 14 | Hua.72 Jin (Neo) | CHN | 40.21 | SB | +1.520 | 7 |
| 15 | Michelle Morton (Neo) | CAN | 40.25 | | +1.560 | 6 |
| 16 | Rieko Kaji (Neo) | JPN | 40.37 | | +1.680 | 5 |
| 17 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 40.45 | | +1.760 | 4 |
| 18 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 40.50 | SB | +1.810 | 3 |
| 19 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 40.51 | | +1.820 | 2 |
| 20 | Eriko Sanmiya-Mitake (Neo) | JPN | 40.60 | | +1.910 | 1 |
| Sandra Zwolle (Senior) | NED | 40.60 | | +1.910 | 1 |
| 22 | Emese Antal (Senior) | AUT | 40.86 | SB | +2.170 | 0 |
| 23 | Christina Zummack (Senior) | GER | 40.87 | SB | +2.180 | 0 |
| 24 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Senior) | CAN | 41.01 | SB | +2.320 | 0 |
| 25 | Mihaela Dascălu (Senior) | ROU | 41.05 | SB | +2.360 | 0 |
| 26 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 41.45 | | +2.760 | 0 |
| 27 | Hee-Joo Cheon (A2) | KOR | 41.48 | | +2.790 | 0 |
| 28 | Sylvie Cantin (Senior) | CAN | 41.53 | | +2.840 | 0 |
| 29 | Chantal Bailey (M30) | USA | 42.59 | | +3.900 | 0 |