| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova |
URS
|
32:00.24 | 32:00.24 |
| 2 | Conceição Ferreira |
POR
|
31:59.13 | 31:59.13 |
| 3 | Huandi Zhong |
CHN
|
31:58.82 | 31:58.82 |
| 4 | Izumi Maki |
JPN
|
31:57.23 | 31:57.23 |
| 5 | Carole Rouillard |
CAN
|
31:56.74 | 31:56.74 |
| 6 | Lynn Jennings |
USA
|
31:39.93 | 31:56.52 |
| 7 | Luchia Yishak |
ETH
|
31:56.42 | 31:56.42 |
| 8 | Annette Sergent-Palluy |
FRA
|
31:51.68 | 31:55.97 |
| 9 | Jill Hunter |
GBR
|
31:07.88 | 31:07.88 |
| 10 | Liz McColgan-Nuttall |
GBR
|
30:57.07 | 30:57.07 |
| 11 | Kathrin Wessel |
GER
|
31:03.62 | 31:03.62 |
| 12 | Xiuting Wang |
CHN
|
31:27.00 | 31:53.13 |
| 13 | Iulia Olteanu |
ROU
|
31:52.58 | 31:52.58 |
| 14 | Ingrid Kristiansen |
NOR
|
30:13.74 | 31:50.36 |
| 15 | Derartu Tulu |
ETH
|
31:45.95 | 31:45.95 |
| 16 | Yongmei Wang |
CHN
|
32:00.27 | 32:00.27 |
| 17 | Uta Pippig |
GER
|
32:00.76 | 32:00.76 |
| 18 | Miki Igarashi |
JPN
|
32:01.04 | 32:01.04 |
| 19 | Albertina Dias |
POR
|
32:03.76 | 32:03.76 |
| 20 | Delilah Asiago |
KEN
|
31:40.56 | 31:40.56 |
| 21 | Rosanna Munerotto |
ITA
|
32:05.75 | 32:05.75 |
| 22 | Päivi Tikkanen |
FIN
|
32:06.67 | 32:06.67 |
| 23 | Yelena Romanova |
URS
|
32:06.73 | 32:06.73 |
| 24 | Jane Wanjiku Ngotho |
KEN
|
32:09.38 | 32:09.38 |
| 25 | Anne Marie Letko-Lauck |
USA
|
32:26.65 | 32:26.65 |