| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba |
ETH
|
15:09.89 Q |
| 2 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet |
KEN
|
15:10.37 Q |
| 3 | Alemitu Bekele |
TUR
|
15:10.92 Q |
| 4 | Meselech Melkamu |
ETH
|
15:11.21 Q |
| 5 | Gulnara Galkina |
RUS
|
15:11.46 Q |
| 6 | Jennifer Rhines |
USA
|
15:15.12 Q |
| 7 | Yuriko Kobayashi |
JPN
|
15:15.87 |
| 8 | Simret Sultan |
ERI
|
15:16.25 NR |
| 9 | Volha Krautsova |
BLR
|
15:21.85 SB |
| 10 | Silvia Weissteiner |
ITA
|
15:23.45 |
| 11 | Yingying Zhang |
CHN
|
15:23.81 SB |
| 12 | Zakia Mrisho |
TAN
|
15:24.28 |
| 13 | Dolores Checa |
ESP
|
15:31.22 |
| 14 | Jessica AUGUSTO |
POR
|
16:05.71 |
| 15 | Lucia Chandamale |
MAW
|
16:44.09 |
| 16 | Celma Bonfim da Graça |
STP
|
17:25.99 NR |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meseret DEFAR |
ETH
|
14:56.32 Q |
| 2 | Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT |
KEN
|
14:57.27 Q SB |
| 3 | Liliya Shobukhova |
RUS
|
14:57.77 Q |
| 4 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono |
KEN
|
14:58.07 Q |
| 5 | Shalane Flanagan |
USA
|
14:59.69 Q SB |
| 6 | Kara Goucher |
USA
|
15:00.98 q |
| 7 | Megan Wright |
CAN
|
15:11.23 q PB |
| 8 | Fei Xue |
CHN
|
15:13.25 q SB |
| 9 | Kayoko Fukushi |
JPN
|
15:20.46 |
| 10 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli |
MAR
|
15:21.47 |
| 11 | Yukiko Akaba |
JPN
|
15:38.30 |
| 12 | Krisztina Papp |
HUN
|
16:08.86 |
| 13 | Francine Niyonizigiye |
BDI
|
17:08.44 |
| Elvan Abeylegesse |
TUR
|
DQ | |
| Yelena Zadorozhnaya |
RUS
|
DNF | |
| Joanne Pavey |
GBR
|
DNS |