| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Natalya Evdokimova |
RUS |
4:05.55 Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Kelly Holmes |
GBR |
4:05.58 Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Daniela Yordanova |
BUL |
4:05.87 Q SB |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Maria Martins |
FRA |
4:05.95 Q |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Hasna Benhassi |
MAR |
4:05.98 Q |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Tatyana Tomashova |
RUS |
4:06.06 Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Nataliya Tobias |
UKR |
4:06.06 Q |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lidia Chojecka |
POL |
4:06.13 q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Nuria Fernández |
ESP |
4:06.29 Q |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Iris Fuentes-Pila |
ESP |
4:06.32 q |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Anna Jakubczak Pawelec |
POL |
4:06.37 Q |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Nahida Touhami |
ALG |
4:06.41 q |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Elvan Abeylegesse |
TUR |
4:06.42 Q |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Carrie Tollefson |
USA |
4:06.46 q |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Maria Cioncan |
ROU |
4:06.68 Q |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Nantia Efentaki |
GRE |
4:06.73 q |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Carmen Douma-Hussar |
CAN |
4:06.90 Q |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Wioletta Frankiewicz |
POL |
4:06.91 Q |
| 24 | 4 | 3 | Nancy Jebet Langat |
KEN |
4:06.94 Q |
| 25 | 5 | 3 | Kutre Dulecha |
ETH |
4:06.95 Q |
| 26 | 6 | 3 | Olga Yegorova |
RUS |
4:07.14 q |
| 27 | 7 | 3 | Natalia RodrÃguez |
ESP |
4:07.19 q |
| 28 | 7 | 1 | Hayley Parry-Tullett |
GBR |
4:07.27 q |
| 29 | 8 | 1 | Carla Sacramento |
POR |
4:07.73 q |
| 30 | 8 | 3 | Hind Déhiba Chahyd |
FRA |
4:07.96 |
| 31 | 9 | 1 | Courtney Babcock |
CAN |
4:08.18 |
| 32 | 9 | 3 | Nelya Neporadna |
UKR |
4:08.60 |
| 33 | 10 | 3 | Trine Pilskog |
NOR |
4:08.61 |
| 34 | 10 | 1 | Latifa Essarokh |
FRA |
4:09.08 |
| 35 | 11 | 3 | Sarah Jamieson |
AUS |
4:09.25 |
| 36 | 12 | 3 | Judit Varga |
HUN |
4:09.36 |
| 37 | 10 | 2 | Malindi ELMORE |
CAN |
4:09.81 |
| 38 | 11 | 1 | Elena Antoci |
ROU |
4:11.48 |
| 39 | 12 | 1 | Mestawot Tadesse |
ETH |
4:11.78 |
| 40 | 13 | 3 | Joanne Pavey |
GBR |
4:12.50 |
| 41 | 14 | 3 | Tatiana Borisova |
KGZ |
4:13.36 |
| 42 | 11 | 2 | Jasminka Guber |
BIH |
4:17.75 PB |
| 43 | 12 | 2 | Meskerem Legesse |
ETH |
4:18.03 |
| 44 | 13 | 2 | Alina Cucerzan |
ROU |
4:18.07 |
| 45 | 14 | 2 | Elena Guerra |
URU |
4:35.31 |
| 46 | 15 | 2 | Kanchhi Maya Koju |
NEP |
4:38.17 PB |
| 47 | 13 | 1 | Silvia Felipo |
AND |
4:44.40 SB |
| 48 | 14 | 1 | Sloan Siegrist |
GUM |
4:44.53 |
| 49 | 15 | 3 | Sumaira Zahoor |
PAK |
4:49.33 |
| 2 | Iryna Lishchynska |
UKR |
DNF | ||
| 3 | Rosa Saul |
ANG |
DNS | ||
| 1 | Nouria Mérah-Benida |
ALG |
DNS | ||
| 1 | Bouchra Benthami |
MAR |
DNS |