| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huina Xing |  CHN | 30:24.36 PB | 
| 2 | Ejegayehu Dibaba |  ETH | 30:24.98 PB | 
| 3 | Derartu Tulu |  ETH | 30:26.42 SB | 
| 4 | Werknesh Kidane |  ETH | 30:28.30 | 
| 5 | Lornah Kiplagat |  NED | 30:31.92 | 
| 6 | Yingjie Sun |  CHN | 30:54.37 SB | 
| 7 | Jelena Prokopcuka |  LAT | 31:04.10 NR | 
| 8 | Lidiya Grigoryeva |  RUS | 31:04.62 | 
| 9 | Lucy Wangui Kabuu |  KEN | 31:05.90 PB | 
| 10 | Helena Javornik |  SLO | 31:06.63 NR | 
| 11 | Mihaela Maria Prundus |  ROU | 31:11.24 NR | 
| 12 | Kathy Butler |  GBR | 31:41.13 | 
| 13 | Megumi Oshima |  JPN | 31:42.18 | 
| 14 | Marie Davenport-Mcmahon |  IRL | 31:50.49 | 
| 15 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt |  GER | 32:00.85 | 
| 16 | Alice Jemeli Timbilili |  KEN | 32:12.57 | 
| 17 | Sally Barsosio |  KEN | 32:14.00 | 
| 18 | Harumi Hiroyama-Suzuki |  JPN | 32:15.12 | 
| 19 | Elva Dryer |  USA | 32:18.16 | 
| 20 | Anikó Kálovics |  HUN | 32:21.47 | 
| 21 | Kate O'Neill |  USA | 32:24.04 | 
| 22 | Galina Bogomolova |  RUS | 32:25.10 | 
| 23 | Adriana Fernández |  MEX | 32:29.57 | 
| 24 | Benita Willis |  AUS | 32:32.01 | 
| 25 | Haley McGregor |  AUS | 33:35.27 | 
| 26 | Kayoko Fukushi |  JPN | 33:48.66 | 
| 27 | Natalia Cerches |  MDA | 34:04.97 | 
| Souad Aït Salem |  ALG | DNF | |
| Nataliya Berkut |  UKR | DNF | |
| Paula Radcliffe |  GBR | DNF | |
| Fernanda Ribeiro |  POR | DNF |