| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faith Chemutai |  KEN | 16:11.56 Q PB | 
| 2 | Liqing Song |  CHN | 16:11.77 Q | 
| 3 | Werknesh Kidane |  ETH | 16:14.16 Q | 
| 4 | Siphulwazi Sibindi |  ZIM | 16:21.99 Q NR | 
| 5 | Sunita Rani |  IND | 16:23.30 q | 
| 6 | Jessica Carlberg |  SWE | 16:24.83 q | 
| 7 | Tuula Laitinen |  FIN | 16:30.38 | 
| 8 | Yelena Tolstygina |  BLR | 16:41.88 | 
| 9 | Alena Samokhvalova |  RUS | 16:45.72 | 
| 10 | Rosaria Console |  ITA | 16:51.21 | 
| Nadia Ejjafini |  MAR | DQ | |
| Takalane Nthoulane |  RSA | DNF | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lili Yin |  CHN | 16:04.47 Q | 
| 2 | Helena Volná |  CZE | 16:09.10 Q NR | 
| 3 | Catherine Lallemand |  BEL | 16:09.24 Q PB | 
| 4 | Merima Hashim |  ETH | 16:09.61 Q | 
| 5 | Charlotte Audier |  FRA | 16:11.64 Q NR | 
| 6 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono |  KEN | 16:14.70 q | 
| 7 | Louise Kelly |  GBR | 16:15.36 q PB | 
| 8 | Yuka Hata |  JPN | 16:18.54 q PB | 
| 9 | Sharlyn Maughan |  USA | 16:55.68 | 
| 10 | Nicole Chapple |  AUS | 16:57.02 | 
| 11 | Otgonbayar Luvsanlundeg |  MGL | 19:24.41 | 
| Mirjana Glisovic |  SCG | DNF | |
| Azwindini Lukhwareni |  RSA | DNF |