| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 330 | Genzebe DIBABA |
ETH |
4:06.78 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 570 | Hellen OBIRI |
KEN |
4:06.98 Q |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 113 | Zoe Buckman |
AUS |
4:06.99 Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 945 | Jenny SIMPSON |
USA |
4:07.16 Q |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 811 | Abeba Aregawi |
SWE |
4:07.66 Q |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 601 | Siham HILALI |
MAR |
4:07.82 Q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 598 | Rababe ARAFI |
MAR |
4:07.84 Q |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 567 | Nancy Jebet Langat |
KEN |
4:07.98 Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 376 | Hannah England |
GBR |
4:08.05 Q |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 659 | Renata PLIÅš |
POL |
4:08.20 Q |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 894 | Mary Cain |
USA |
4:08.21 Q |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 316 | Natalia RodrÃguez |
ESP |
4:08.44 Q |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 216 | Nicole Sifuentes |
CAN |
4:08.54 Q |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | 780 | Sonja Roman |
SLO |
4:08.58 q |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 217 | Kate VAN BUSKIRK |
CAN |
4:08.65 q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 566 | Faith KIPYEGON |
KEN |
4:08.66 Q |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | 100 | Luiza GEGA |
ALB |
4:08.76 q |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | 620 | Maureen KOSTER |
NED |
4:08.99 q |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | 891 | Sarah Brown |
USA |
4:09.00 q |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | 603 | Btissam Lakhouad |
MAR |
4:09.15 q |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | 187 | Mimi BELETE |
BRN |
4:09.27 Q |
| 22 | 9 | 3 | 437 | Diana Sujew |
GER |
4:09.40 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | 686 | Ioana Doaga |
ROU |
4:09.78 |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | 215 | Sheila Reid |
CAN |
4:10.90 |
| 25 | 7 | 2 | 495 | Margherita Magnani |
ITA |
4:11.15 |
| 26 | 9 | 1 | 328 | Gelete BURKA |
ETH |
4:11.26 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | 345 | Senbere TEFERI |
ETH |
4:11.41 |
| 28 | 9 | 2 | 931 | Cory Ann MCGEE |
USA |
4:12.33 |
| 29 | 10 | 2 | 843 | Betlhem Desalegn |
UAE |
4:12.97 |
| 30 | 10 | 1 | 403 | Laura WEIGHTMAN |
GBR |
4:14.38 |
| 31 | 11 | 1 | 264 | Rosibel GarcÃa |
COL |
4:15.38 NR |
| 32 | 11 | 3 | 841 | Tugba Karakaya Koyuncu |
TUR |
4:15.56 |
| 33 | 11 | 2 | 596 | Eliane Saholinirina |
MAD |
4:18.04 SB |
| 34 | 12 | 1 | 786 | Amela Terzic |
SRB |
4:27.89 |
| 2 | 763 | Ekaterina Sharmina |
RUS |
DQ | ||
| 1 | 744 | Svetlana Karamasheva |
RUS |
DQ | ||
| 3 | 733 | Yelena KOROBKINA |
RUS |
DQ |