| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Meseret DEFAR |
ETH |
14:52.39 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Elvan Abeylegesse |
TUR |
14:54.80 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Joanne Pavey |
GBR |
14:55.45 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Isabella Bosibori Ochichi |
KEN |
14:55.69 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Huina Xing |
CHN |
14:56.01 Q PB |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Margaret Maury |
FRA |
14:56.79 q PB |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Sonia O'Sullivan |
IRL |
14:59.61 q |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba |
ETH |
15:00.66 Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Sentayehu Ejigu |
ETH |
15:01.31 Q |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya |
RUS |
15:01.77 Q |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Liliya Shobukhova |
RUS |
15:01.86 Q |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Edith Masai |
KEN |
15:01.92 Q |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Irina Mikitenko |
GER |
15:02.16 q |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Yingjie Sun |
CHN |
15:03.00 q SB |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Gulnara Galkina |
RUS |
15:05.78 q |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi |
KEN |
15:14.57 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Émilie Mondor |
CAN |
15:20.15 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Marla Runyan |
USA |
15:24.88 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Nuray Tezeta Sürekli |
TUR |
15:26.64 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Kimberley Smith |
NZL |
15:31.80 |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Kirsi Valasti |
FIN |
15:33.78 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Shalane Flanagan |
USA |
15:34.63 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | MarÃa Protópappa |
GRE |
15:35.07 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Docus Inzikuru |
UGA |
15:38.59 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Shayne Wille-Culpepper |
USA |
15:40.02 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Volha Krautsova |
BLR |
15:44.01 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Restituta Joseph |
TAN |
15:45.11 |
| 29 | 15 | 2 | Catherine Chikwakwa |
MAW |
15:46.17 |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Courtney Babcock |
CAN |
15:47.35 |
| 31 | 14 | 1 | Ebru Kavaklioglu |
TUR |
15:52.39 |
| 32 | 15 | 1 | Maria McCambridge |
IRL |
15:57.42 |
| 33 | 17 | 2 | Krisztina Papp |
HUN |
15:58.44 |
| 34 | 16 | 1 | Souad Aït Salem |
ALG |
16:02.10 |
| 35 | 18 | 2 | Inês Monteiro |
POR |
16:03.75 |
| 36 | 17 | 1 | Dulce MarÃa RodrÃguez |
MEX |
16:08.07 |
| 37 | 19 | 2 | Supriyati Sutono |
INA |
16:34.14 SB |
| 38 | 20 | 2 | Nebiat Habtemariam |
ERI |
16:49.01 |
| 39 | 21 | 2 | Inés Melchor |
PER |
17:08.07 |
| 40 | 18 | 1 | Zeinab Bakour |
SYR |
17:18.66 |
| 41 | 19 | 1 | Francine Niyonizigiye |
BDI |
17:21.27 |
| 1 | Elizabeth Zaragoza |
ESA |
DNF |