| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2006 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 208 | AnalÃa Rosa |  POR | 9:04.84 | 9:04.84 | 
| 2 | 86 | Sentayehu Ejigu |  ETH | 8:42.63o | 8:57.79 | 
| 3 | 244 | Liliya Shobukhova |  RUS | 8:27.86 | 8:27.86 | 
| 4 | 138 | Roisin McGettigan |  IRL | 9:03.11 | 9:03.11 | 
| 5 | 283 | Tetyana Holovchenko |  UKR | 8:49.80 | 8:59.90 | 
| 6 | 176 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli |  MAR | 8:41.67 | 8:41.67 | 
| 7 | 137 | Maria McCambridge |  IRL | 8:50.40o | 8:57.65 | 
| 8 | 247 | Olesya Syreva |  RUS | 8:29.00 | 8:29.00 | 
| 9 | 85 | Meseret DEFAR |  ETH | 8:30.05 | 8:30.72 | 
| 10 | 285 | Tetyana Krivobok-Mezentseva |  UKR | 8:53.9 | 8:53.9 | 
| 11 | 324 | Carrie Tollefson |  USA | 8:52.67o | 9:01.80 | 
| 12 | 194 | Lidia Chojecka |  POL | 8:31.69o | 8:56.69 | 
| 13 | 301 | Sara HALL |  USA | 9:00.71o | 9:01.95 |