| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 804 | Gabriela Szabo |  ROU | 15:32.50 Q | 
| 2 | 428 | Irina Mikitenko |  GER | 15:32.55 Q | 
| 3 | 854 | Mariya Konovalova |  RUS | 15:33.98 Q | 
| 4 | 261 | Marta Domínguez |  ESP | 15:34.24 Q SB | 
| 5 | 593 | Megumi Oshima |  JPN | 15:34.51 Q | 
| 6 | 670 | Adriana Fernández |  MEX | 15:37.79 | 
| 7 | 307 | Werknesh Kidane |  ETH | 15:38.12 | 
| 8 | 328 | Annemari KIEKARA |  FIN | 15:41.23 | 
| 9 | 33 | Natalie Harvey |  AUS | 15:41.55 | 
| 10 | 510 | Sunita Rani |  IND | 15:41.81 NR | 
| 11 | 760 | Marina Bastos |  POR | 15:48.51 | 
| 12 | 276 | Amaia Piedra |  ESP | 15:50.93 | 
| 13 | 1076 | Samukeliso Moyo |  ZIM | 15:50.97 | 
| 14 | 836 | Klara Kashapova |  RUS | 15:52.06 | 
| 15 | 459 | Hrisostomía Iakóvou |  GRE | 15:59.76 | 
| 16 | 658 | Zhor El Kamch |  MAR | 16:06.20 | 
| 17 | 349 | Fatima Yvelain |  FRA | 16:09.85 | 
| 18 | 1040 | Amy Rudolph |  USA | 16:24.31 | 
| 19 | 249 | Nebiat Habtemariam |  ERI | 18:02.28 NR | 
| 731 | Jolanta Alendi |  PLE | DNF | |
| 126 | Kathy Butler |  CAN | DNF | |
| 659 | Asmae Leghzaoui |  MAR | DNS | 
| Split | Mark | Athlete | COUNTRY | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | 3:09.02 |  Marina BASTOS |  POR | 
| 2000 m | 6:20.15 |  Gabriela SZABO |  ROU | 
| 3000 m | 9:30.38 |  Zhor EL KAMCH |  MAR | 
| 4000 m | 12:40.17 |  Adriana FERNÁNDEZ |  MEX | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 963 | Ebru Kavaklioglu |  TUR | 15:17.90 Q NR | 
| 2 | 660 | Zahra Ouaziz |  MAR | 15:20.04 Q | 
| 3 | 312 | Ayelech Worku |  ETH | 15:20.17 Q | 
| 4 | 590 | Michiko Shimizu |  JPN | 15:24.85 Q | 
| 5 | 289 | Julia Vaquero |  ESP | 15:24.86 Q | 
| 6 | 52 | Susanne Pumper |  AUT | 15:25.48 q NR | 
| 7 | 1013 | Cheri Kenah |  USA | 15:25.54 q | 
| 8 | 354 | Yamna Oubouhou |  FRA | 15:25.85 q | 
| 9 | 310 | Getenesh Urge |  ETH | 15:27.59 q PB | 
| 10 | 497 | Katalin Szentgyörgyi |  HUN | 15:27.61 q | 
| 11 | 909 | Helena Javornik |  SLO | 15:28.41 | 
| 12 | 600 | Ann Wamuchi |  KEN | 15:29.01 | 
| 13 | 168 | Chunmei Wang |  CHN | 15:45.80 | 
| 14 | 576 | Yoshiko Fujinaga |  JPN | 15:51.52 | 
| 15 | 876 | Olga Yegorova |  RUS | 15:53.63 | 
| 16 | 674 | Nora Leticia Rocha |  MEX | 16:10.48 | 
| 17 | 1011 | Elva Dryer |  USA | 16:15.70 | 
| 18 | 22 | Kate Anderson-Richardson |  AUS | 16:34.68 | 
| 19 | 685 | Giselle Camilleri |  MLT | 17:18.31 | 
| 20 | 679 | Sukhbaatar Erdenetuya |  MGL | 18:47.34 | 
| 21 | 396 | Esperanza Obono Ela |  GEQ | 19:20.44 | 
| 666 | Agnes Chikwakwa |  MAW | DNS | 
| Split | Mark | Athlete | COUNTRY | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | 3:07.16 |  Yoshiko FUJINAGA |  JPN | 
| 2000 m | 6:15.23 |  Katalin SZENTGYÖRGYI |  HUN | 
| 3000 m | 9:24.34 |  Yamna OUBOUHOU |  FRA | 
| 4000 m | 12:26.39 |  Zahra OUAZIZ |  MAR |