| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2004 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 192 | Rehima Kedir |  ETH | 16:24.5 | 16:24.5 | 
| 2 | 471 | Phyu War Thet |  MYA | 16:10.57 | |
| 3 | 457 | Catherine Chikwakwa |  MAW | 15:37.55 | 15:37.55 | 
| 4 | 395 | Chiaki Iwamoto |  JPN | 15:27.90 | 15:27.90 | 
| 5 | 69 | Volha Minina |  BLR | 16:20.90 | |
| 6 | 118 | Weiwei Sun |  CHN | 15:58.61 | 15:58.61 | 
| 7 | 628 | Hind Musa |  SUD | 16:00.06 | 16:01.25 | 
| 8 | 546 | Paula-Claudia Todoran |  ROU | 16:04.52 | |
| 9 | 579 | Viktoriya Kharitonova |  RUS | 16:25.19 | 16:25.19 | 
| 10 | 403 | Yuko Nohara |  JPN | 15:44.14 | 15:44.14 | 
| 11 | 418 | Viola Jemutai Kiplagat |  KEN | 15:47.0 | 15:47.0 | 
| 12 | 715 | Caitlin Chock |  USA | 16:10.60 | 16:10.60 | 
| 13 | 669 | Safa Aissaoui |  TUN | 16:20.48 | |
| 14 | 345 | Adelina de Soccio |  ITA | 17:04.20 | 17:04.20 | 
| 15 | 193 | Meselech Melkamu |  ETH | 15:00.02 | 15:00.02 | 
| 16 | 414 | Edith CHELIMO |  KEN | 15:48.4 | 15:48.4 |