| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonia O'Sullivan |
IRL
|
15:07.91 Q SB |
| 2 | Joanne Pavey |
GBR
|
15:08.82 Q PB |
| 3 | Gete Wami |
ETH
|
15:08.92 Q |
| 4 | Lydia Cheromei |
KEN
|
15:09.32 Q |
| 5 | Daniela Yordanova |
BUL
|
15:10.08 q NR |
| 6 | Benita Willis |
AUS
|
15:21.37 PB |
| 7 | Elva Dryer |
USA
|
15:23.99 |
| 8 | Rosemary Ryan |
IRL
|
15:33.05 |
| 9 | Nora Leticia Rocha |
MEX
|
15:38.72 |
| 10 | Michiko Shimizu |
JPN
|
15:48.20 |
| 11 | Dulce MarÃa RodrÃguez |
MEX
|
15:54.17 |
| 13 | Helena Javornik |
SLO
|
16:09.60 |
| 14 | Elisa Cobanea |
ARG
|
16:16.58 |
| 15 | Nebiat Habtemariam |
ERI
|
16:30.41 NR |
| 16 | Maysa Matrood |
IRQ
|
17:17.58 |
| Restituta Joseph |
TAN
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose Cheruiyot |
KEN
|
15:13.18 Q |
| 2 | Ayelech Worku |
ETH
|
15:13.26 Q |
| 3 | Olga Yegorova |
RUS
|
15:14.34 Q |
| 4 | Irina Mikitenko |
GER
|
15:14.76 Q |
| 5 | Susanne Pumper |
AUT
|
15:16.66 |
| 6 | Roberta Brunet |
ITA
|
15:27.32 |
| 7 | Amy Rudolph |
USA
|
15:28.91 |
| 8 | Sonja Stolic |
SCG
|
15:38.96 |
| 9 | Megumi Oshima |
JPN
|
15:39.83 |
| 10 | Marta DomÃnguez |
ESP
|
15:45.07 |
| 11 | HrisostomÃa Iakóvou |
GRE
|
15:46.48 |
| 12 | Samukeliso Moyo |
ZIM
|
15:47.76 |
| 13 | Zhor El Kamch |
MAR
|
16:02.50 |
| 14 | Anne Cross |
AUS
|
16:07.18 |
| 15 | Andrea Whitcombe |
GBR
|
16:15.82 |
| 16 | Man Yee Chan-Ropper |
HKG
|
16:20.43 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriela Szabo |
ROU
|
15:08.36 Q |
| 2 | Werknesh Kidane |
ETH
|
15:08.62 Q |
| 3 | Tatyana Tomashova |
RUS
|
15:08.92 Q |
| 4 | Jelena Prokopcuka |
LAT
|
15:09.45 Q |
| 5 | Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT |
KEN
|
15:11.11 q PB |
| 6 | Olivera Jevtic |
SCG
|
15:11.25 q NR |
| 7 | Yoshiko Ichikawa |
JPN
|
15:23.41 SB |
| 8 | Beatriz Santiago |
ESP
|
15:31.94 |
| 9 | Kate Anderson-Richardson |
AUS
|
15:45.34 |
| 10 | Inga Juodeškiené |
LTU
|
15:46.37 |
| 11 | Anne Marie Letko-Lauck |
USA
|
15:47.78 |
| 12 | Ebru Kavaklioglu |
TUR
|
15:49.15 |
| 13 | Breeda Dennehy-Willis |
IRL
|
15:49.58 |
| 14 | Diane Nukuri |
BDI
|
16:38.30 PB |
| 15 | Catherine Chikwakwa |
MAW
|
16:39.82 PB |
| 16 | Priscilla Mamba |
SWZ
|
17:30.04 PB |
| 17 | Baatarkhuu Battsetseg |
MGL
|
18:22.98 SB |