| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 948 | Amy Cragg |
USA |
15:29.49 q | |
| 1 | 2 | 344 | Genzebe DIBABA |
ETH |
15:33.06 Q | |
| 1 | 1 | 343 | Meseret DEFAR |
ETH |
15:19.46 Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 583 | Linet Chepkwemoi MASAI |
KEN |
15:33.99 Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 590 | Viktoriia Poliudina |
KGZ |
16:32.68 SB | |
| 1 | 813 | Sabina Fischer |
SUI |
DNS | ||
| 11 | 1 | 137 | Pauline Niyongere |
BDI |
17:23.56 SB | |
| 2 | 756 | Elizaveta Grechishnikova |
RUS |
DQ | ||
| 10 | 1 | 871 | Alia SAEED MOHAMMED |
UAE |
16:10.37 | |
| 5 | 2 | 573 | Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT |
KEN |
15:34.80 Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 838 | Zakia Mrisho |
TAN |
15:35.37 q SB | |
| 5 | 1 | 790 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya |
RUS |
15:23.90 Q | |
| 8 | 1 | 383 | Helen Clitheroe |
GBR |
15:37.73 q | |
| 8 | 2 | 950 | Molly HUDDLE |
USA |
15:42.00 | |
| 4 | 1 | 345 | Sentayehu Ejigu |
ETH |
15:20.13 Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 544 | Megumi Kinukawa |
JPN |
15:38.23 | |
| 3 | 1 | 576 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet |
KEN |
15:20.08 Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 937 | Lauren Fleshman |
USA |
15:34.04 Q | |
| 9 | 1 | 553 | Kayo Sugihara |
JPN |
15:41.78 SB | |
| 2 | 2 | 181 | Tejitu DABA |
BRN |
15:33.67 Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 570 | Mercy CHERONO |
KEN |
15:20.01 Q | |
| 2 | 857 | Alemitu Bekele |
TUR |
DQ | ||
| 7 | 1 | 548 | Hitomi NIIYA |
JPN |
15:31.09 q |