| Final A | Time | pos. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Germany | 3:01.25 | C | Daniela Anschuetz Thoms | Anni Friesinger | Claudia Pechstein | | 2. Canada | 3:02.91 | F | Kristina Groves | Clara Hughes | Christine Nesbitt |
| Final B | Time | pos. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 3. Russia | Overtaking | F | Yekaterina Abramova | Yekaterina Lobysheva | Svetlana Vysokova | | 4. Japan | Overtaken | C | Eriko Ishino | Hiromi Otsu | Maki Tabata |
| Final C | Time | pos. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 5. United States | 3:04.59 | C | Margaret Crawley | Maria Lamb | Catherine Raney | | 6. Netherlands | 3:05.62 | F | Gretha Smith | Paulien van Deutekom | Ireen Wust |
| Final D | Time | pos. | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 7. Norway | 3:06.20 | C | Annette Bjelkevik | Hedvig Bjelkevik | Maren Haugli | | 8. China | 3:06.91 | F | Jia Ji | Fei Wang | Xiaolei Zhang |
| Semifinals | Time | Race | 1. | 2. | 3. | | Canada | 3:02.13 | 1 F | Kristina Groves | Clara Hughes | Cindy Klassen | | Japan | 3:05.95 | 1 C | Eriko Ishino | Nami Nemoto | Maki Tabata | | Germany | 3:02.72 | 2 C | Daniela Anschuetz Thoms | Anni Friesinger | Claudia Pechstein | | Russia | 3:07.42 | 2 F | Varvara Barysheva | Galina Likhachova | Svetlana Vysokova |
| Quarterfinals | Time | Race | 1. | 2. | 3. | | Canada | 3:01.24 | 1 F | Kristina Groves | Cindy Klassen | Christine Nesbitt | | United States | 3:04.59 | 1 C | Maria Lamb | Catherine Raney | Jennifer Rodriguez | | Japan | Overtaking | 2 C | Eriko Ishino | Hiromi Otsu | Maki Tabata | | Norway | Overtaken | 2 F | Annette Bjelkevik | Hedvig Bjelkevik | Maren Haugli | | Germany | 3:01.52 | 3 C | Daniela Anschuetz Thoms | Anni Friesinger | Claudia Pechstein | | Netherlands | 3:03.65 | 3 F | Renate Groenewold | Paulien van Deutekom | Wust Ireen | | Russia | 3:05.93 | 4 F | Yekaterina Abramova | Galina Likhachova | Yekaterina Lobysheva | | China | 3:08.29 | 4 F | Jia Ji | Fei Wang | Xiaolei Zhang |
| Preliminaries | Time | Race | 1. | 2. | 3. | | 1. Russia | 3:03.19 | 3 F | Yekaterina Abramova | Varvara Barysheva | Svetlana Vysokova | | 2. Norway | 3:06.34 | 1 C | Annette Bjelkevik | Hedvig Bjelkevik | Maren Haugli | | 3. Canada | 3:06.45 | 4 C | Kristina Groves | Clara Hughes | Shannon Rempel | | 4. Netherlands | 3:06.67 | 2 F | Renate Groenewold | Moniek Kleinsman | Gretha Smit | | 5. Germany | 3:07.07 | 4 F | Daniela Anschuetz Thoms | Lucille Opitz | Sabine Voelker | | 6. United States | 3:07.83 | 1 F | Margaret Crowley | Maria Lamb | Amy Sannes | | 7. Japan | 3:08.34 | 2 C | Nami Nemoto | Hiromi Otsu | Maki Tabata | | 8. China | 3:18.24 | 3 C | Jia Ji | Fei Wang | Xiaolei Zhang |
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