| Date | 27 July 1996 — 9:35 |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Annelies Bredael |  BEL | 7:25.83 | 1:46.44 (2) | 3:38.39 (1) | 5:32.65 (1) | 1:51.95 (1) | 1:54.26 (1) | 1:53.18 (4) | |||
| 2 | 2 | Rumyana Neykova |  BUL | 7:27.77 | 1:48.47 (3) | 3:41.41 (3) | 5:35.88 (3) | 1:52.94 (2) | 1:54.47 (2) | 1:51.89 (2) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Elisabeta Lipă |  ROU | 7:28.79 | 1:45.91 (1) | 3:39.05 (2) | 5:35.37 (2) | 1:53.14 (3) | 1:56.32 (5) | 1:53.42 (5) | |||
| 4 | 5 | Céline Garcia |  FRA | 7:33.30 | 1:49.15 (4) | 3:44.29 (5) | 5:40.32 (5) | 1:55.14 (5) | 1:56.03 (4) | 1:52.98 (3) | |||
| 5 | 1 | Liu Xiaochun |  CHN | 7:33.67 | 1:49.58 (5) | 3:42.89 (4) | 5:39.27 (4) | 1:53.31 (4) | 1:56.38 (6) | 1:54.40 (6) | |||
| 6 | 6 | Laila Finska-Bezerra |  FIN | 7:34.85 | 1:51.91 (6) | 3:47.51 (6) | 5:42.98 (6) | 1:55.60 (6) | 1:55.47 (3) | 1:51.87 (1) |
