| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Barsosio |
KEN
|
32:27.99 Q |
| 2 | Lynn Jennings |
USA
|
32:28.30 Q |
| 3 | Junxia Wang |
CHN
|
32:28.35 Q |
| 4 | Albertina Dias |
POR
|
32:28.39 Q |
| 5 | Conceição Ferreira |
POR
|
32:28.42 Q |
| 6 | Naomi Yoshida |
JPN
|
32:28.66 Q |
| 7 | Carmen de Oliveira |
BRA
|
32:29.48 Q |
| 8 | Uta Pippig |
GER
|
32:31.90 Q |
| 9 | Iulia Olteanu |
ROU
|
32:32.51 Q |
| 10 | Olga Appell |
MEX
|
32:34.43 Q |
| 11 | Rosario Murcia |
FRA
|
32:56.24 q |
| 12 | Elaine Van Blunk |
USA
|
33:06.44 q |
| 13 | Julia Sakara |
ZIM
|
33:20.16 |
| 14 | Junko Kataoka |
JPN
|
33:21.31 |
| 15 | Viktoriya Nenasheva |
RUS
|
33:23.19 |
| 16 | Lisa Harvey |
CAN
|
33:24.66 |
| 17 | Vikki McPherson |
GBR
|
33:49.51 |
| 18 | Jayanthi Palaniappan |
MAS
|
33:56.72 |
| 19 | Barbara Moore |
NZL
|
34:38.27 |
| 20 | Aura Morales |
GUA
|
36:06.02 |
| Martha Ernstsdóttir |
ISL
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Marie Letko-Lauck |
USA
|
32:26.22 Q |
| 2 | Huandi Zhong |
CHN
|
32:26.40 Q |
| 3 | Maria Guida |
ITA
|
32:26.60 Q |
| 4 | Tegla Loroupe |
KEN
|
32:26.67 Q |
| 5 | Izumi Maki |
JPN
|
32:26.89 Q |
| 6 | Elana Meyer |
RSA
|
32:28.02 Q |
| 7 | Fernanda Ribeiro |
POR
|
32:29.21 Q |
| 8 | Päivi Tikkanen |
FIN
|
32:51.72 Q |
| 9 | Kathrin Wessel |
GER
|
32:52.06 Q |
| 10 | Suzana Ciric |
SCG
|
32:58.38 Q |
| 11 | Catherina McKiernan |
IRL
|
33:00.38 q |
| 12 | Gitte Karlshøj |
DEN
|
33:05.13 q |
| 13 | MarÃa Isabel Juárez |
MEX
|
33:17.94 q |
| 14 | Berhane Adere |
ETH
|
33:20.62 |
| 15 | Martha Tenorio |
ECU
|
33:50.68 |
| 16 | Lesley Morton |
NZL
|
33:54.39 |
| 17 | Marilu Salazar |
PER
|
34:58.62 |
| 18 | Gulsara Dadabaeva |
TJK
|
39:30.28 |
| 19 | Tevdenshigmed Enh-Od |
MGL
|
40:32.86 |
| Ningning Ma |
CHN
|
DNS | |
| Tamara Koba |
UKR
|
DNS |