| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda Ilyina |  URS | |||
| 1 | Ornella Ferrara |  ITA | ||
| 2 | Alison Rose |  GBR | ||
| 3 | Ritva Lemettinen-Melender |  FIN | 2:28:00 | 2:28:00 | 
| 4 | Dorthe S. Rasmussen |  DEN | 2:29:34 | |
| 5 | Trudi Thomson |  GBR | ||
| 6 | Kerryn McCann |  AUS | ||
| 7 | Larisa Zyuz'ko |  RUS | ||
| 8 | Birgit Jerschabek |  GER | ||
| 9 | Nadia Prasad |  FRA | ||
| 10 | Susan Mahony |  AUS | ||
| 11 | Malgorzata Sobanska |  POL | ||
| 12 | Carole Rouillard |  CAN | ||
| 13 | Yukari Komatsu |  JPN | ||
| 14 | Cathy Shum |  IRL | ||
| 15 | Maria Guadalupe Loma |  MEX | ||
| 16 | Nurten Tasdemir |  TUR | ||
| 17 | Angelina Kanana |  KEN | 2:27:24 | 2:27:24 | 
| 18 | Sonja Oberem |  GER | ||
| 19 | Sachiyo Seiyama |  JPN | ||
| 20 | Anita HÃ¥kenstad Evertsen |  NOR | ||
| 21 | Jane Salumäe |  EST | 2:29:45 | 2:29:45 | 
| 22 | Janet MAYAL |  BRA | ||
| 23 | Winnie Ng |  HKG | 2:58:41 | |
| 24 | Miki Igarashi |  JPN | ||
| 25 | Fatuma Roba |  ETH | 2:35:25 | |
| 26 | Mónica Pont |  ESP | ||
| 27 | Kirsi Mattila |  FIN | ||
| 28 | Aurica Buia |  ROU | ||
| 29 | Maria Manuela Machado |  POR | 2:27:42 | 2:27:53 | 
| 30 | Gilda Mendez |  PAN | 3:04:58 | 3:04:58 | 
| 31 | Isabel Tum |  GUA | ||
| 32 | Ingmarie Nilsson |  SWE | ||
| 33 | Linda Somers Smith |  USA | ||
| 34 | Nelly Glauser |  SUI | ||
| 35 | Lidia Simon |  ROU | 2:31:46 | 2:31:46 | 
| 36 | Kim Jones |  USA | 2:26:40 | |
| 37 | RocÃo RÃos |  ESP | 2:28:58 | |
| 38 | Nyla Carroll |  NZL | ||
| 39 | Nadezhda Wijenberg |  RUS | ||
| 40 | Marina Belyayeva |  RUS | ||
| 41 | Judit Földing-Nagy |  HUN | 2:41:06 | |
| 42 | Anuta Catuna |  ROU | 2:29:39 | 2:31:10 | 
| 43 | MarÃa Luisa Muñoz |  ESP | ||
| 44 | Elaine Van Blunk |  USA |