| 1 | Qiaobo Ye (Senior) | CHN | 40.35 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 40.88 | | +0.530 | 22 |
| 3 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 41.29 | | +0.940 | 20 |
| 4 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 41.36 | | +1.010 | 18 |
| 5 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 41.44 | | +1.090 | 16 |
| 6 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 41.56 | | +1.210 | 15 |
| 7 | Peggy Clasen (Senior) | USA | 41.59 | | +1.240 | 14 |
| 8 | Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 41.63 | | +1.280 | 13 |
| 9 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 41.66 | | +1.310 | 12 |
| 10 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 41.79 | SB | +1.440 | 11 |
| 11 | Tomomi Okazaki (Neo) | JPN | 41.99 | | +1.640 | 10 |
| 12 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 42.27 | | +1.920 | 9 |
| 13 | Herma Emmens-Meijer (Senior) | NED | 42.36 | | +2.010 | 8 |
| Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 42.36 | | +2.010 | 8 |
| 15 | Svetlana Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 42.44 | | +2.090 | 6 |
| 16 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 42.51 | | +2.160 | 5 |
| 17 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 42.56 | | +2.210 | 4 |
| Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 42.56 | | +2.210 | 4 |
| 19 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 42.79 | | +2.440 | 2 |
| 20 | Chieko Yoda (Senior) | JPN | 42.83 | | +2.480 | 1 |
| 21 | Franziska Schenk (A2) | GER | 42.86 | | +2.510 | 0 |
| 22 | Renske Vellinga (A1) | NED | 42.98 | | +2.630 | 0 |
| 23 | Jacqueline Börner (Senior) | GER | 43.09 | | +2.740 | 0 |
| 24 | Linda Johnson-Blair (Neo) | CAN | 43.31 | | +2.960 | 0 |
| 25 | Nami Nemoto (A1) | JPN | 43.42 | | +3.070 | 0 |
| 26 | Tama Sundstrom (Senior) | USA | 43.46 | | +3.110 | 0 |
| 27 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 43.71 | | +3.360 | 0 |
| 28 | Lesja Belozub (Neo) | UKR | 44.99 | | +4.640 | 0 |
| 29 | Jelena Tjushnjakova (M30) | RUS | 45.43 | SB | +5.080 | 0 |