| 1 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | |
4:02,42 | |
| 2 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | |
4:03,04 | |
| 3 | Carla Sacramento | POR | |
4:03,79 | NR |
| 4 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:04,74 | ||
| 5 | Lyudmila Borisova | RUS | 4:04,78 | ||
| 6 | Anna Brzezinska | POL | 4:05,65 | ||
| 7 | Ruth Wysocki | USA | 4:07,08 | ||
| 8 | Maite Zúñiga | ESP | 4:07,27 | ||
| 9 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:07,83 | ||
| 10 | Yvonne Mai-Graham | JAM | 4:08,01 | ||
| 11 | Margarita Marusova | RUS | 4:11,64 | ||
| 12 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:20,83 |