| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurie Henes | 
                             
                            USA
                         | 
                            ||
| 2 | Conceição Ferreira | 
                             
                            POR
                         | 
                            31:16.42 | |
| 3 | Gete Wami | 
                             
                            ETH
                         | 
                            32:34.68 | |
| 4 | Anne Marie Letko-Lauck | 
                             
                            USA
                         | 
                            31:37.26 | |
| 5 | Nora Leticia Rocha | 
                             
                            MEX
                         | 
                            ||
| 6 | Tegla Loroupe | 
                             
                            KEN
                         | 
                            31:21.20 | |
| 7 | Elana Meyer | 
                             
                            RSA
                         | 
                            30:52.51 | 31:23.96 | 
| 8 | Jill Hunter | 
                             
                            GBR
                         | 
                            31:07.88 | |
| 9 | Zhaoxia Dong | 
                             
                            CHN
                         | 
                            ||
| 10 | Martha Tenorio | 
                             
                            ECU
                         | 
                            32:42.25 | |
| 11 | Yvonne Murray | 
                             
                            GBR
                         | 
                            ||
| 12 | Derartu Tulu | 
                             
                            ETH
                         | 
                            31:06.02 | |
| 13 | Junko Kataoka | 
                             
                            JPN
                         | 
                            31:31.12 | 31:31.12 | 
| 14 | Kathrin Wessel | 
                             
                            GER
                         | 
                            31:03.62 | |
| 15 | Carol Galea | 
                             
                            MLT
                         | 
                            ||
| 16 | Lieve Slegers | 
                             
                            BEL
                         | 
                            32:31.55 | |
| 17 | Klara Kashapova | 
                             
                            RUS
                         | 
                            
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serap Aktas | 
                             
                            TUR
                         | 
                            32:59.76 | |
| 2 | Martha Ernstsdóttir | 
                             
                            ISL
                         | 
                            32:47.40 | |
| 3 | Hiromi Suzuki | 
                             
                            JPN
                         | 
                            31:43.41 | 31:43.41 | 
| 4 | Annemari KIEKARA | 
                             
                            FIN
                         | 
                            32:55.24 | |
| 5 | Liz McColgan-Nuttall | 
                             
                            GBR
                         | 
                            30:57.07 | |
| 6 | Berhane Adere | 
                             
                            ETH
                         | 
                            32:02.94 | 32:02.94 | 
| 7 | Yasuko Kimura | 
                             
                            JPN
                         | 
                            31:47.76 | 31:47.76 | 
| 8 | Fernanda Ribeiro | 
                             
                            POR
                         | 
                            31:04.25 | |
| 9 | Virginie Gloum | 
                             
                            CAF
                         | 
                            ||
| 10 | Marleen Renders | 
                             
                            BEL
                         | 
                            32:11.49 | |
| 11 | Catherina McKiernan | 
                             
                            IRL
                         | 
                            31:08.41 | 31:08.41 | 
| 12 | Alla Zhilyaeva | 
                             
                            RUS
                         | 
                            ||
| 13 | Albertina Dias | 
                             
                            POR
                         | 
                            31:33.03 | |
| 14 | Lynn Jennings | 
                             
                            USA
                         | 
                            31:19.89 | |
| 15 | Carol Montgomery | 
                             
                            CAN
                         | 
                            ||
| 16 | Maria Guida | 
                             
                            ITA
                         | 
                            32:15.34 | |
| 17 | Carmen Fuentes | 
                             
                            ESP
                         |