| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 656 | Edith Masai |
KEN |
14:45.35 Q PB |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 320 | Tirunesh Dibaba |
ETH |
14:45.96 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 178 | Yingjie Sun |
CHN |
14:46.73 Q SB |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 294 | Marta DomÃnguez |
ESP |
14:48.33 Q PB |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 709 | Zahra Ouaziz |
MAR |
14:52.66 Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 1077 | Elvan Abeylegesse |
TUR |
14:54.95 Q PB |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 546 | Sonia O'Sullivan |
IRL |
14:55.50 Q SB |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 316 | Berhane Adere |
ETH |
14:56.01 Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 659 | Isabella Bosibori Ochichi |
KEN |
14:56.63 Q |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 958 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya |
RUS |
14:56.70 Q |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 884 | Gabriela Szabo |
ROU |
14:56.70 q |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | 949 | Gulnara Galkina |
RUS |
14:58.88 q PB |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | 152 | Émilie Mondor |
CAN |
14:59.68 q NR |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | 706 | Zhor El Kamch |
MAR |
15:00.61 q |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | 147 | Courtney Babcock |
CAN |
15:01.48 q PB |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | 661 | Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi |
KEN |
15:04.00 PB |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | 451 | Irina Mikitenko |
GER |
15:06.97 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | 1048 | Restituta Joseph |
TAN |
15:10.54 SB |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | 318 | Meseret DEFAR |
ETH |
15:11.72 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | 954 | Olga Yegorova |
RUS |
15:12.41 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | 1130 | Lauren Fleshman |
USA |
15:12.71 PB |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | 179 | Huina Xing |
CHN |
15:13.50 |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | 617 | Kayoko Fukushi |
JPN |
15:16.53 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | 13 | Souad Aït Salem |
ALG |
15:34.64 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | 715 | Catherine Chikwakwa |
MAW |
15:40.10 NR |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | 480 | HrisostomÃa Iakóvou |
GRE |
15:44.90 |
| 27 | 14 | 2 | 53 | Susanne Pumper |
AUT |
15:53.52 |
| 28 | 15 | 2 | 1081 | Docus Inzikuru |
UGA |
16:00.99 |
| 29 | 14 | 1 | 279 | Simret Sultan |
ERI |
16:09.48 PB |
| 30 | 15 | 1 | 820 | Inés Melchor |
PER |
17:17.90 |
| 31 | 16 | 2 | 518 | Lilian Claber Argereta |
HON |
20:17.90 PB |
| 2 | 78 | Anesie Kwizera |
BDI |
DNS | ||
| 1 | 764 | Lornah Kiplagat |
NED |
DNS |