| 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 |