| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba |
ETH
|
15:00.66 Q |
| 2 | Sentayehu Ejigu |
ETH
|
15:01.31 Q |
| 3 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya |
RUS
|
15:01.77 Q |
| 4 | Liliya Shobukhova |
RUS
|
15:01.86 Q |
| 5 | Edith Masai |
KEN
|
15:01.92 Q |
| 6 | Irina Mikitenko |
GER
|
15:02.16 q |
| 7 | Yingjie Sun |
CHN
|
15:03.00 q SB |
| 8 | Émilie Mondor |
CAN
|
15:20.15 |
| 9 | Marla Runyan |
USA
|
15:24.88 |
| 10 | Nuray Tezeta Sürekli |
TUR
|
15:26.64 |
| 11 | Kimberley Smith |
NZL
|
15:31.80 |
| 12 | Docus Inzikuru |
UGA
|
15:38.59 |
| 13 | Shayne Wille-Culpepper |
USA
|
15:40.02 |
| 14 | Ebru Kavaklioglu |
TUR
|
15:52.39 |
| 15 | Maria McCambridge |
IRL
|
15:57.42 |
| 16 | Souad Aït Salem |
ALG
|
16:02.10 |
| 17 | Dulce MarÃa RodrÃguez |
MEX
|
16:08.07 |
| 18 | Zeinab Bakour |
SYR
|
17:18.66 |
| 19 | Francine Niyonizigiye |
BDI
|
17:21.27 |
| Elizabeth Zaragoza |
ESA
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meseret DEFAR |
ETH
|
14:52.39 Q |
| 2 | Elvan Abeylegesse |
TUR
|
14:54.80 Q |
| 3 | Joanne Pavey |
GBR
|
14:55.45 Q |
| 4 | Isabella Bosibori Ochichi |
KEN
|
14:55.69 Q |
| 5 | Huina Xing |
CHN
|
14:56.01 Q PB |
| 6 | Margaret Maury |
FRA
|
14:56.79 q PB |
| 7 | Sonia O'Sullivan |
IRL
|
14:59.61 q |
| 8 | Gulnara Galkina |
RUS
|
15:05.78 q |
| 9 | Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi |
KEN
|
15:14.57 |
| 10 | Kirsi Valasti |
FIN
|
15:33.78 |
| 11 | Shalane Flanagan |
USA
|
15:34.63 |
| 12 | MarÃa Protópappa |
GRE
|
15:35.07 |
| 13 | Volha Krautsova |
BLR
|
15:44.01 |
| 14 | Restituta Joseph |
TAN
|
15:45.11 |
| 15 | Catherine Chikwakwa |
MAW
|
15:46.17 |
| 16 | Courtney Babcock |
CAN
|
15:47.35 |
| 17 | Krisztina Papp |
HUN
|
15:58.44 |
| 18 | Inês Monteiro |
POR
|
16:03.75 |
| 19 | Supriyati Sutono |
INA
|
16:34.14 SB |
| 20 | Nebiat Habtemariam |
ERI
|
16:49.01 |
| 21 | Inés Melchor |
PER
|
17:08.07 |