| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derartu Tulu |
ETH
|
32:06.19 Q |
| 2 | Tegla Loroupe |
KEN
|
32:06.41 Q |
| 3 | Fernanda Ribeiro |
POR
|
32:06.43 Q |
| 4 | Olivera Jevtic |
SCG
|
32:06.54 Q |
| 5 | Harumi Hiroyama-Suzuki |
JPN
|
32:07.68 Q |
| 6 | Ji Li |
CHN
|
32:28.96 Q |
| 7 | Sonia O'Sullivan |
IRL
|
32:29.93 Q |
| 8 | Jelena Prokopcuka |
LAT
|
32:32.87 Q |
| 9 | Lyudmila Biktasheva |
RUS
|
32:52.00 q |
| 10 | Asmae Leghzaoui |
MAR
|
32:56.63 q |
| 11 | Restituta Joseph |
TAN
|
33:12.18 |
| 12 | Anikó Kálovics |
HUN
|
33:20.40 |
| 13 | Petra Wassiluk |
GER
|
33:23.03 |
| 14 | Teresa Recio |
ESP
|
33:36.44 |
| 15 | Clair Fearnley |
AUS
|
33:47.23 |
| 16 | Jennifer Rhines |
USA
|
34:08.28 |
| 17 | Natalie Harvey |
AUS
|
34:12.90 |
| 18 | Nora Leticia Rocha |
MEX
|
34:37.84 |
| 19 | Tina Connelly |
CAN
|
34:46.04 |
| 20 | Leila Baghdad |
ALG
|
35:31.53 |
| HrisostomÃa Iakóvou |
GRE
|
DNS | |
| Marleen Renders |
BEL
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Barsosio |
KEN
|
32:34.07 Q |
| 2 | Alice Jemeli Timbilili |
KEN
|
32:34.15 Q |
| 3 | Berhane Adere |
ETH
|
32:34.62 Q |
| 4 | Gete Wami |
ETH
|
32:34.63 Q |
| 5 | Chiemi Takahashi |
JPN
|
32:34.70 Q |
| 6 | Paula Radcliffe |
GBR
|
32:34.73 Q |
| 7 | Elana Meyer |
RSA
|
32:35.32 Q |
| 8 | Yuko Kawakami |
JPN
|
32:36.60 Q |
| 9 | Lidiya Grigoryeva |
RUS
|
32:44.43 q |
| 10 | Libbie Johnson-Hickman |
USA
|
32:59.28 q |
| 11 | Breeda Dennehy-Willis |
IRL
|
33:17.45 |
| 12 | Ana Dias |
POR
|
33:21.69 |
| 13 | Silvia Sommaggio |
ITA
|
33:24.13 |
| 14 | Fatima Yvelain |
FRA
|
33:44.48 |
| 15 | MarÃa Abel |
ESP
|
34:05.44 |
| 16 | Galina Bogomolova |
RUS
|
34:06.21 |
| 17 | Kylie Risk |
AUS
|
34:30.91 |
| 18 | Deena Kastor |
USA
|
34:40.86 |
| 19 | Bouchra Chaabi |
MAR
|
34:49.35 |
| 20 | Man Yee Chan-Ropper |
HKG
|
35:21.20 |
| Gunhild Halle-Haugen |
NOR
|
DNF | |
| Carol Montgomery |
CAN
|
DNS |