| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2008 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 283 | Panagiota TSINOPOULOU |  GRE | 50:17.44 | 50:17.44 | 
| 2 | 151 | Júlia TAKÁCS |  ESP | 45:37.8 | 45:37.8 | 
| 3 | 98 | Yanfei Li |  CHN | 46:46.52 | 46:46.52 | 
| 4 | 314 | Laura Reynolds |  IRL | ||
| 5 | 18 | Jess Rothwell |  AUS | 46:15.17 | 46:15.17 | 
| 6 | 156 | Bekashign Aynalem |  ETH | 48:50.0 | 48:50.0 | 
| 7 | 410 | Erandi Uribe |  MEX | ||
| 8 | 194 | Laurène Delon |  FRA | ||
| 9 | 146 | Raquel GONZÁLEZ |  ESP | 50:10.80 | |
| 10 | 329 | Eleonora Anna GIORGI |  ITA | 49:48.40 | 49:48.40 | 
| 11 | 364 | Kumiko OKADA |  JPN | 47:01.75 | 47:01.75 | 
| 12 | 140 | Gabriela Cornejo |  ECU | 51:36.3 | |
| 13 | 157 | Tigist Bedlu |  ETH | 47:50.00 | 47:50.00 | 
| 14 | 393 | Liga Brokere |  LAT | 49:52.2 | 49:52.2 | 
| 15 | 334 | Antonella PALMISANO |  ITA | 49:30.9 | 49:30.9 | 
| 16 | 485 | Ana Claudia Conceição |  POR | 48:54.99 | 48:54.99 | 
| 17 | 390 | Seasbyeol Weon |  KOR | 45:00.23 | 45:00.23 | 
| 18 | 112 | Maria del Pilar Rayo |  COL | ||
| 19 | 395 | Anita Kažemaka |  LAT | 48:27.0 | 48:27.0 | 
| 20 | 288 | Berta Kriván |  HUN | ||
| 21 | 408 | Adriana Ochoa Cardona |  MEX | ||
| 22 | 522 | Elmira Alembekova |  RUS | ||
| 23 | 539 | Tatyana Mineyeva |  RUS | ||
| 24 | 47 | Nadzeya DARAZHUK |  BLR | ||
| 25 | 58 | Claudia Cornejo |  BOL | 50:06.24 | 50:06.24 | 
| 26 | 111 | Anlly Pineda |  COL | 48:47.12 | |
| 27 | 15 | Melissa Hayes |  AUS | 48:04.62 | 48:04.62 | 
| 28 | 511 | Adriana Turnea |  ROU | ||
| 29 | 373 | Sholpan Kozhakhmetova |  KAZ | ||
| 30 | 105 | Miao Yu |  CHN | 46:17.44 | 46:17.44 | 
| 31 | 372 | Aiman RATOVA |  KAZ | 50:15.10 | 50:15.10 | 
| 32 | 487 | Catarina Godinho |  POR | 48:42.38 | 48:42.38 | 
| 33 | 657 | Anna Chernenko |  UKR | 47:43.64 | 47:43.64 | 
| 34 | 496 | Anamaria Greceanu |  ROU | 46:45.67 |