| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larisa Khmelnitskaya |  BLR | ||
| 2 | HristÃna Kokótou |  GRE | ||
| 3 | Olga Panfyorova |  RUS | ||
| 4 | Celia Marcén |  ESP | ||
| 5 | Kathrin Boyde |  GER | ||
| 6 | Ildikó Ilyés |  HUN | ||
| 7 | Svetlana Tolstaya |  KAZ | ||
| 8 | Anita Liepina |  LAT | ||
| 9 | Geovana Irusta |  BOL | 46:01.06 | 46:01.06 | 
| 10 | Aida Isayeva |  AZE | ||
| 11 | Susana Feitor |  POR | 45:17.7 | |
| 12 | Anna Rita Sidoti |  ITA | 47:57.9 | |
| 13 | MarÃa Graciela Mendoza |  MEX | ||
| 14 | Yan Wang |  CHN | ||
| 15 | Annastasia Karen Raj |  MAS | ||
| 16 | Hanne Liland |  NOR | ||
| 17 | Valérie Nadaud-Leveque |  FRA | ||
| 18 | Olga Kardopoltseva |  BLR | ||
| 19 | Yelena Nikolayeva |  RUS | 43:36.41 | |
| 20 | Ivonne Varas |  MEX | ||
| 21 | Mária Rosza-Urbanik |  HUN | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Saville |  AUS | ||
| 2 | Tina Poitras |  CAN | ||
| 3 | Yan Gu |  CHN | 42:51.0 | |
| 4 | Miriam Ramón |  ECU | 48:13.74 | |
| 5 | Nathalie Marchand-Fortain |  FRA | ||
| 6 | Beate Gummelt |  GER | 42:11.5 | |
| 7 | Valentina Tsybulskaya |  BLR | ||
| 8 | Erica Alfridi |  ITA | 43:28.5 | 43:28.5 | 
| 9 | Yuka Mitsumori |  JPN | ||
| 10 | Maya Sazonova |  KAZ | ||
| 11 | Tong Lean Cheng |  MAS | ||
| 12 | Francisca MartÃnez |  MEX | ||
| 13 | Irina Stankina |  RUS | ||
| 14 | Valentyna Savchuk |  UKR | ||
| 15 | Victoria Herazo |  USA | ||
| 16 | Hongyu Liu |  CHN | 42:38.24 | |
| 17 | Nora Leksir |  FRA | ||
| 18 | Anikó Szebenszky |  HUN | ||
| 19 | Elisabetta Perrone |  ITA | 43:27.6 | |
| 20 | Olimpiada Ivanova |  RUS | 42:30.31 |