| Rank,Lane,Name,Nationality,Time,Notes | |
| -,4,Inge de Bruijn,Netherlands,56.61,WR | |
| -,2,Martina Moravcová,Slovakia,57.97,NR | |
| -,6,Dara Torres,United States,58.20,- | |
| 4,5,Petria Thomas,Australia,58.49,- | |
| 5,3,Jenny Thompson,United States,58.73,- | |
| 6,7,Junko Onishi,Japan,59.13,- | |
| 7,1,Susie O'Neill,Australia,59.27,- | |
| 8,8,Diana Mocanu,Romania,59.43,- | |