| 1 | Gunda Niemann (Senior) | GER | 4:25.21 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Heike Warnicke (Senior) | GER | 4:30.09 | | +4.880 | 22 |
| 3 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 4:34.90 | | +9.690 | 20 |
| 4 | Svetlana Bazhanova (Neo) | RUS | 4:35.37 | | +10.160 | 18 |
| 5 | Carla Zijlstra (Senior) | NED | 4:37.89 | | +12.680 | 16 |
| 6 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra (Senior) | ITA | 4:38.81 | | +13.600 | 15 |
| 7 | Jasmin Krohn (Senior) | SWE | 4:39.58 | | +14.370 | 14 |
| 8 | Ewa Justyna Wasilewska-Borkowska (Senior) | POL | 4:39.64 | | +14.430 | 13 |
| 9 | Natalja Polozkova-Kozlova (Neo) | RUS | 4:39.88 | | +14.670 | 12 |
| 10 | Claudia Pechstein (Neo) | GER | 4:40.60 | | +15.390 | 11 |
| 11 | Mitsue Uehara (Neo) | JPN | 4:41.93 | | +16.720 | 10 |
| 12 | Lia van Schie (Neo) | NED | 4:42.60 | | +17.390 | 9 |
| 13 | Ingrid van der Voort (Neo) | NED | 4:42.64 | | +17.430 | 8 |
| 14 | Anette Tønsberg (Neo) | NOR | 4:42.78 | | +17.570 | 7 |
| 15 | Emese Antal (Neo) | AUT | 4:43.39 | | +18.180 | 6 |
| 16 | Anja Mischke (Senior) | GER | 4:44.22 | | +19.010 | 5 |
| 17 | Irina Abdullina-Vasiljajeva (Senior) | RUS | 4:44.49 | | +19.280 | 4 |
| 18 | Hege Langli (Neo) | NOR | 4:45.88 | | +20.670 | 3 |
| 19 | Angela Zuckerman (Senior) | USA | 4:45.99 | | +20.780 | 2 |
| 20 | Ingrid Liepa (Senior) | CAN | 4:47.06 | | +21.850 | 1 |
| 21 | Michelle Kline (Senior) | USA | 4:47.53 | | +22.320 | 0 |
| 22 | Nadezjda Jermolina-Vasiljeva (Senior) | RUS | 4:47.87 | | +22.660 | 0 |
| 23 | Karina Marceau (Neo) | CAN | 4:57.99 | | +32.780 | 0 |
| 24 | Valentina Kutsjerjavaja (Neo) | UKR | 4:59.23 | | +34.020 | 0 |
| 25 | Susanna Kantanen (Neo) | FIN | 4:59.49 | SB | +34.280 | 0 |
| 26 | Natalja Gavrjusj (Neo) | UKR | 5:03.11 | | +37.900 | 0 |
| DNF | Sofia Larsson (B2) | SWE | DNF | | - | 0 |