| 1 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | |
4:05,19 | |
| 2 | Patricia Djaté-Taillard | FRA | |
4:06,16 | NR |
| 3 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | |
4:06,25 | NR |
| 4 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:06,33 | NR | |
| 5 | Sylvia Kühnemund | GER | 4:06,56 | ||
| 6 | Catalina Gheorghiu | ROM | 4:07,04 | ||
| 7 | Malin Ewerlöf | SWE | 4:09,72 | ||
| 8 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:09,76 | AR | |
| 9 | Suzi Hamilton | USA | 4:10,82 | ||
| 10 | Mayte Zúñiga | ESP | 4:11,56 | ||
| 11 | Margarita Marusova | RUS | 4:14,43 | ||
| Mary Slaney (*) | USA | DQ |
* ... Ergebnis von Mary Slaney , USA (2. in 4:05,22) nachträglich wegen Dopings gestrichen