| 1 | Qiaobo Ye (Senior) | CHN | 40.23 | (1) | TR | 1:24.76 | (12) | | 40.46 | (1) | | 1:25.71 | (6) | | 165.925 | | - |
| 2 | Bonnie Blair (Senior) | USA | 40.88 | (3) | | 1:23.93 | (5) | | 40.94 | (2) | | 1:25.38 | (4) | | 166.475 | | +0.550 |
| 3 | Oksana Ravilova (Senior) | RUS | 42.11 | (20) | | 1:22.59 | (1) | SB | 41.44 | (7) | SB | 1:25.02 | (3) | | 167.355 | NR | +1.430 |
| 4 | Kyuoko Shimazaki (Neo) | JPN | 40.68 | (2) | SB | 1:24.41 | (10) | | 41.02 | (3) | | 1:27.10 | (17) | | 167.455 | SB | +1.530 |
| 5 | Sabine Völker (Neo) | GER | 41.60 | (8) | | 1:23.13 | (2) | | 41.46 | (8) | | 1:26.08 | (10) | | 167.665 | SB | +1.740 |
| 6 | Emese Hunyady (Senior) | AUT | 42.03 | (19) | | 1:23.23 | (3) | SB | 41.91 | (15) | | 1:24.45 | (1) | | 167.780 | SB | +1.855 |
| 7 | Shiho Kusunose (Neo) | JPN | 41.70 | (10) | | 1:23.99 | (6) | | 41.86 | (13) | | 1:24.78 | (2) | | 167.945 | | +2.020 |
| 8 | Seon-Hee Yoo (Senior) | KOR | 41.37 | (5) | | 1:25.68 | (16) | | 41.27 | (5) | | 1:25.63 | (5) | | 168.295 | SB | +2.370 |
| 9 | Christine Aaftink (Senior) | NED | 41.18 | (4) | | 1:23.29 | (4) | | 41.41 | (6) | | 1:28.65 | (26) | | 168.560 | | +2.635 |
| 10 | Edel Therese Høiseth (Senior) | NOR | 41.75 | (12) | | 1:24.26 | (8) | | 41.58 | (9) | | 1:26.74 | (15) | | 168.830 | | +2.905 |
| 11 | Chieko Yoda (Senior) | JPN | 41.37 | (5) | | 1:24.50 | (11) | | 41.71 | (11) | | 1:27.10 | (17) | | 168.880 | PB | +2.955 |
| 12 | Peggy Clasen (Senior) | USA | 41.57 | (7) | | 1:25.37 | (14) | | 41.59 | (10) | | 1:26.74 | (15) | | 169.215 | SB | +3.290 |
| 13 | Seiko Hashimoto (Senior) | JPN | 41.81 | (14) | | 1:24.94 | (13) | | 42.19 | (17) | | 1:25.85 | (7) | | 169.395 | | +3.470 |
| 14 | Monique Garbrecht (Senior) | GER | 41.91 | (17) | | 1:24.08 | (7) | SB | 42.41 | (20) | | 1:26.52 | (12) | | 169.620 | | +3.695 |
| 15 | Anke Baier (Neo) | GER | 41.66 | (9) | | 1:24.28 | (9) | | 41.87 | (14) | | 1:28.16 | (23) | | 169.750 | | +3.825 |
| 16 | Susan Auch (Senior) | CAN | 41.43 | (6) | | 1:26.08 | (19) | | 41.20 | (4) | | 1:28.22 | (24) | | 169.780 | | +3.855 |
| 17 | Mihaela Dascălu (Neo) | ROU | 42.41 | (24) | | 1:25.48 | (15) | | 42.27 | (18) | | 1:25.71 | (6) | | 170.275 | SB | +4.350 |
| 18 | Ruihong Xue (Senior) | CHN | 41.84 | (16) | | 1:27.53 | (27) | | 41.72 | (12) | | 1:26.66 | (13) | | 170.655 | SB | +4.730 |
| 19 | Herma Meijer (Senior) | NED | 41.76 | (13) | SB | 1:26.67 | (22) | SB | 42.11 | (16) | | 1:27.42 | (19) | | 170.915 | PB | +4.990 |
| 20 | Catriona LeMay (Neo) | CAN | 41.73 | (11) | | 1:27.24 | (26) | | 42.40 | (19) | | 1:26.67 | (14) | | 171.085 | | +5.160 |
| 21 | Natalja Andrianova (Senior) | RUS | 42.24 | (22) | SB | 1:26.18 | (20) | | 43.00 | (24) | | 1:26.03 | (9) | SB | 171.345 | SB | +5.420 |
| 22 | Ewa Wasilewska (Senior) | POL | 43.09 | (28) | | 1:25.89 | (17) | SB | 42.68 | (22) | SB | 1:25.93 | (8) | | 171.680 | PB | +5.755 |
| 23 | Else Ragni Yttredal (Senior) | NOR | 42.36 | (23) | | 1:25.94 | (18) | | 43.20 | (28) | | 1:27.83 | (22) | | 172.445 | SB | +6.520 |
| 24 | Emese Antal (Neo) | AUT | 42.87 | (25) | | 1:26.40 | (21) | | 43.05 | (25) | | 1:27.00 | (16) | | 172.620 | SB | +6.695 |
| 25 | Cerasela Simona Hordobeţiu (Senior) | ROU | 42.93 | (27) | | 1:27.17 | (25) | | 42.79 | (23) | | 1:27.15 | (18) | | 172.880 | SB | +6.955 |
| 26 | Svetlana Zjurova (Neo) | RUS | 41.98 | (18) | SB | 1:29.26 | (29) | | 42.55 | (21) | | 1:28.26 | (25) | SB | 173.290 | SB | +7.365 |
| 27 | Marianne Timmer (A1) | NED | 42.89 | (26) | SB | 1:27.16 | (24) | SB | 43.17 | (27) | | 1:27.71 | (21) | | 173.495 | SB | +7.570 |
| 28 | Chris Witty (A1) | USA | 43.38 | (29) | | 1:27.79 | (28) | | 43.09 | (26) | | 1:27.68 | (20) | | 174.205 | SB | +8.280 |
| 29 | Ljudmila Kostjukevitsj (Senior) | BLR | 43.54 | (30) | | 1:29.70 | (30) | SB | 43.20 | (28) | SB | 1:29.89 | (27) | | 176.535 | NR | +10.610 |
| 30 | Léontine van Meggelen (A1) | NED | 42.12 | (21) | | 1:37.67 | (31) | | 43.21 | (29) | | 1:26.39 | (11) | | 177.360 | SB | +11.435 |
| 31 | Franziska Schenk (A2) | GER | 41.82 | (15) | | 1:26.99 | (23) | | 1:31.49 | (30) | | - | | | 176.805 | | - |