| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derartu Tulu |
ETH
|
32:16.71 Q |
| 2 | Yvonne Murray |
GBR
|
32:16.76 Q |
| 3 | Gete Wami |
ETH
|
32:17.41 Q |
| 4 | Tegla Loroupe |
KEN
|
32:17.92 Q |
| 5 | Elana Meyer |
RSA
|
32:17.97 Q |
| 6 | Junko Kataoka |
JPN
|
32:18.62 Q |
| 7 | Anne Marie Letko-Lauck |
USA
|
32:19.57 Q |
| 8 | Lieve Slegers |
BEL
|
32:21.29 Q |
| 9 | Jill Hunter |
GBR
|
32:22.93 q |
| 10 | Conceição Ferreira |
POR
|
32:34.62 q |
| 11 | Kathrin Wessel |
GER
|
32:46.51 q |
| 12 | Zhaoxia Dong |
CHN
|
33:18.58 |
| 13 | Laurie Henes |
USA
|
33:22.92 |
| 14 | Martha Tenorio |
ECU
|
34:23.76 |
| 15 | Nora Leticia Rocha |
MEX
|
34:23.78 |
| 16 | Carol Galea |
MLT
|
35:30.84 |
| Klara Kashapova |
RUS
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernanda Ribeiro |
POR
|
32:33.87 Q |
| 2 | Liz McColgan-Nuttall |
GBR
|
32:33.89 Q |
| 3 | Lynn Jennings |
USA
|
32:33.89 Q |
| 4 | Maria Guida |
ITA
|
32:34.28 Q |
| 5 | Albertina Dias |
POR
|
32:34.44 Q |
| 6 | Annemari KIEKARA |
FIN
|
32:35.05 Q |
| 7 | Hiromi Suzuki |
JPN
|
32:39.92 Q |
| 8 | Marleen Renders |
BEL
|
32:45.50 Q |
| 9 | Alla Zhilyaeva |
RUS
|
32:51.55 q |
| 10 | Yasuko Kimura |
JPN
|
32:54.82 |
| 11 | Berhane Adere |
ETH
|
33:14.76 |
| 12 | Carmen Fuentes |
ESP
|
33:16.86 |
| 13 | Serap Aktas |
TUR
|
34:19.25 |
| 14 | Carol Montgomery |
CAN
|
34:23.16 |
| 15 | Martha Ernstsdóttir |
ISL
|
34:29.55 |
| 16 | Virginie Gloum |
CAF
|
40:07.49 |
| Catherina McKiernan |
IRL
|
DNS |