| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Anita Liepina |
LAT |
44:07.88 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Mária Rosza-Urbanik |
HUN |
44:13.76 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Olga Kardopoltseva |
BLR |
44:16.00 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Yelena Nikolayeva |
RUS |
44:16.08 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Larisa Khmelnitskaya |
BLR |
44:18.49 Q |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Yan Wang |
CHN |
44:18.50 Q |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Anna Rita Sidoti |
ITA |
44:19.33 Q |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | Olga Panfyorova |
RUS |
44:22.63 Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Erica Alfridi |
ITA |
44:32.04 Q |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Elisabetta Perrone |
ITA |
44:32.06 Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Irina Stankina |
RUS |
44:32.17 Q |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Anikó Szebenszky |
HUN |
44:32.22 Q |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Valentina Tsybulskaya |
BLR |
44:32.24 Q |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Svetlana Tolstaya |
KAZ |
44:32.34 q |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Hongyu Liu |
CHN |
44:32.47 Q |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Maya Sazonova |
KAZ |
44:33.48 Q |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Beate Gummelt |
GER |
44:37.78 q |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Yuka Mitsumori |
JPN |
44:43.99 q |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | MarÃa Graciela Mendoza |
MEX |
44:51.81 NR |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Susana Feitor |
POR |
45:00.77 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Celia Marcén |
ESP |
45:09.85 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Ildikó Ilyés |
HUN |
45:18.02 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Tina Poitras |
CAN |
45:18.76 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Jane Saville |
AUS |
46:12.76 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Nathalie Marchand-Fortain |
FRA |
46:28.58 |
| 26 | 14 | 1 | Ivonne Varas |
MEX |
47:03.18 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Nora Leksir |
FRA |
47:15.15 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Valentyna Savchuk |
UKR |
47:47.57 |
| 29 | 15 | 1 | Hanne Liland |
NOR |
47:51.23 |
| 30 | 16 | 1 | Valérie Nadaud-Leveque |
FRA |
47:52.90 |
| 31 | 17 | 1 | Kathrin Boyde |
GER |
48:01.28 |
| 32 | 15 | 2 | Francisca MartÃnez |
MEX |
48:29.81 |
| 33 | 16 | 2 | Miriam Ramón |
ECU |
48:39.75 |
| 34 | 18 | 1 | HristÃna Kokótou |
GRE |
48:52.36 |
| 35 | 19 | 1 | Aida Isayeva |
AZE |
50:44.62 |
| 2 | Olimpiada Ivanova |
RUS |
DQ | ||
| 2 | Yan Gu |
CHN |
DQ | ||
| 2 | Tong Lean Cheng |
MAS |
DQ | ||
| 2 | Victoria Herazo |
USA |
DQ | ||
| 1 | Geovana Irusta |
BOL |
DQ | ||
| 1 | Annastasia Karen Raj |
MAS |
DQ |