| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Yekaterina Volkova |
RUS |
DQ | ||
| 10 | 3 | Katarzyna Kowalska |
POL |
9:47.02 | |
| 2 | 3 | Marta DomÃnguez |
ESP |
9:22.11 Q | |
| 11 | 3 | Barbara Parker |
GBR |
9:51.93 | |
| 4 | 3 | Elena Romagnolo |
ITA |
9:27.48 NR | |
| 13 | 3 | Inna Poluškina |
LAT |
10:18.60 | |
| 7 | 3 | Rasa Troup |
LTU |
9:30.21 NR | |
| 5 | 3 | Anna Pierce |
USA |
9:28.52 | |
| 12 | 3 | Zhenzhu Li |
CHN |
10:04.05 | |
| 3 | 3 | Zemzem Ahmed |
ETH |
9:25.63 PB | |
| 6 | 3 | Antje Möldner-Schmidt |
GER |
9:29.86 NR | |
| 9 | 3 | Sara MOREIRA |
POR |
9:34.39 | |
| 3 | Dobrinka Shalamanova |
BUL |
DNF | ||
| 1 | 3 | Eunice Jepkorir Kertich |
KEN |
9:21.31 Q | |
| 3 | Korene Hinds |
JAM |
DNF | ||
| 3 | Zenaide Vieira |
BRA |
DNF | ||
| 8 | 3 | Donna MacFarlane |
AUS |
9:32.05 | |
| 5 | 2 | Jessica AUGUSTO |
POR |
9:30.23 | |
| 6 | 1 | Helen Clitheroe |
GBR |
9:29.14 NR | |
| 16 | 2 | Yanni Zhao |
CHN |
10:36.77 | |
| 1 | 1 | Gulnara Galkina |
RUS |
9:15.17 Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Ancuţa BOBOCEL |
ROU |
9:35.31 | |
| 8 | 1 | Lindsey Anderson |
USA |
9:36.81 | |
| 16 | 1 | Minori Hayakari |
JPN |
9:49.70 | |
| 14 | 2 | Asli Çakir Alptekin |
TUR |
10:05.76 | |
| 15 | 1 | Clarisse Cruz |
POR |
9:49.45 | |
| 4 | 2 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila |
ESP |
9:29.40 Q PB | |
| 1 | 2 | Tatyana Arkhipova |
RUS |
9:28.85 Q | |
| 9 | 1 | Mekdes Bekele |
ETH |
9:41.43 | |
| 11 | 1 | Valentyna Zhudina |
UKR |
9:43.95 | |
| 13 | 2 | Oxana Juravel |
MDA |
10:04.38 | |
| 10 | 1 | Fionnuala MCCORMACK |
IRL |
9:43.57 SB | |
| 15 | 2 | IrÃni KokkinarÃou |
GRE |
10:22.39 | |
| 8 | 2 | Sofia ASSEFA |
ETH |
9:47.02 | |
| 4 | 1 | Cristina Casandra |
ROU |
9:22.38 Q NR | |
| 7 | 2 | Sophie DUARTE |
FRA |
9:38.08 | |
| 3 | 1 | Wioletta Frankiewicz |
POL |
9:21.88 Q SB | |
| 14 | 1 | Türkan Erismis Özata |
TUR |
9:48.54 | |
| 3 | 2 | Jenny SIMPSON |
USA |
9:29.20 Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Roisin McGettigan |
IRL |
9:28.92 Q SB | |
| 13 | 1 | Victoria Mitchell |
AUS |
9:47.88 | |
| 11 | 2 | Hanane Ouhaddou |
MAR |
9:56.41 | |
| 2 | 1 | Ruth Bisibori Nyangau |
KEN |
9:19.75 Q | |
| 12 | 1 | Rosa Morató |
ESP |
9:45.33 | |
| 9 | 2 | Durka Mana |
SUD |
9:53.09 | |
| 10 | 2 | Veerle DeJaeghere |
BEL |
9:54.65 | |
| 17 | 1 | Widad Mendil |
ALG |
9:52.35 | |
| 2 | Mardrea Hyman |
JAM |
DNF | ||
| 7 | 1 | Yanmei Zhu |
CHN |
9:29.63 PB | |
| 5 | 1 | Habiba Ghribi |
TUN |
9:25.50 q NR | |
| 12 | 2 | Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru |
KEN |
10:01.69 |