| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 963 | Ebru Kavaklioglu |
TUR |
15:17.90 Q NR |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 660 | Zahra Ouaziz |
MAR |
15:20.04 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 312 | Ayelech Worku |
ETH |
15:20.17 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 590 | Michiko Shimizu |
JPN |
15:24.85 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 289 | Julia Vaquero |
ESP |
15:24.86 Q |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 52 | Susanne Pumper |
AUT |
15:25.48 q NR |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 1013 | Cheri Kenah |
USA |
15:25.54 q |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 354 | Yamna Oubouhou |
FRA |
15:25.85 q |
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 310 | Getenesh Urge |
ETH |
15:27.59 q PB |
| 10 | 10 | 2 | 497 | Katalin Szentgyörgyi |
HUN |
15:27.61 q |
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 909 | Helena Javornik |
SLO |
15:28.41 |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | 600 | Ann Wamuchi |
KEN |
15:29.01 |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 804 | Gabriela Szabo |
ROU |
15:32.50 Q |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | 428 | Irina Mikitenko |
GER |
15:32.55 Q |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 854 | Mariya Konovalova |
RUS |
15:33.98 Q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 261 | Marta DomÃnguez |
ESP |
15:34.24 Q SB |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | 593 | Megumi Oshima |
JPN |
15:34.51 Q |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | 670 | Adriana Fernández |
MEX |
15:37.79 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | 307 | Werknesh Kidane |
ETH |
15:38.12 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | 328 | Annmari Kiekara |
FIN |
15:41.23 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | 33 | Natalie Harvey |
AUS |
15:41.55 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | 510 | Sunita Rani |
IND |
15:41.81 NR |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | 168 | Chunmei Wang |
CHN |
15:45.80 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | 760 | Marina Bastos |
POR |
15:48.51 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | 276 | Amaia Piedra |
ESP |
15:50.93 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | 1076 | Samukeliso Moyo |
ZIM |
15:50.97 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | 576 | Yoshiko Fujinaga |
JPN |
15:51.52 |
| 28 | 14 | 1 | 836 | Klara Kashapova |
RUS |
15:52.06 |
| 29 | 15 | 2 | 876 | Olga Yegorova |
RUS |
15:53.63 |
| 30 | 15 | 1 | 459 | HrisostomÃa Iakóvou |
GRE |
15:59.76 |
| 31 | 16 | 1 | 658 | Zhor El Kamch |
MAR |
16:06.20 |
| 32 | 17 | 1 | 349 | Fatima Yvelain |
FRA |
16:09.85 |
| 33 | 16 | 2 | 674 | Nora Leticia Rocha |
MEX |
16:10.48 |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | 1011 | Elva Dryer |
USA |
16:15.70 |
| 35 | 18 | 1 | 1040 | Amy Rudolph |
USA |
16:24.31 |
| 36 | 18 | 2 | 22 | Kate Anderson-Richardson |
AUS |
16:34.68 |
| 37 | 19 | 2 | 685 | Giselle Camilleri |
MLT |
17:18.31 |
| 38 | 19 | 1 | 249 | Nebiat Habtemariam |
ERI |
18:02.28 NR |
| 39 | 20 | 2 | 679 | Sukhbaatar Erdenetuya |
MGL |
18:47.34 |
| 40 | 21 | 2 | 396 | Esperanza Obono Ela |
GEQ |
19:20.44 |
| 1 | 126 | Kathy Butler |
CAN |
DNF | ||
| 1 | 731 | Jolanta Alendi |
PLE |
DNF | ||
| 2 | 666 | Catherine Chikwakwa |
MAW |
DNS | ||
| 1 | 659 | Asmae Leghzaoui |
MAR |
DNS |