| Final 19:00h | time | | 1. Derartu Tulu | ETH | 30:17.49 | | 2. Gete Wami | ETH | 30:22.48 | | 3. Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 30:22.88 | | 4. Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 30:26.97 | | 5. Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 30:37.26 | | 6. Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 30:53.37 | | 7. Ji Li | CHN | 31:06.94 | | 8. Elana Meyer | RSA | 31:14.70 | | 9. Lydia Grigoryeva | RUS | 31:21.27 | | 10.Yuko Kawakami | JPN | 31:27.44 | | 11.Olivera Jevtic | YUG | 31:29.65 | | 12.Berhane Adere | ETH | 31:40.52 | | 13.Lyudmila Biktasheva | RUS | 31:47.10 | | 14.Alice Timbilili | KEN | 31:50.22 | | 15.Chiemi Takahashi | JPN | 31:52.59 | | 16.Libbie Johnson-Hickman | USA | 31:56.94 | | 17.Sally Barsosio | KEN | 31:57.41 | | 18.Asmae Leghzaoui | MAR | 31:59.21 | | 19.Jelena Celnova-Prokopeuka | LAT | 32:17.72 | | 20.Harumi Hiroyama | JPN | 32:24.17 |
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| Qualifiying A Standard: 32:30.00 | | Qualifiying B Standard: 33:20,00 |
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| Heat 1 12.40h | time | | 1. Derartu Tulu | ETH | 32:06.19 | | 2. Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 32:06.41 | | 3. Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 32:06.43 | | 4. Olivera Jevtic | YUG | 32:06.54 | | 5. Harumi Hiroyama | JPN | 32:07.68 | | 6. Ji Li | CHN | 32:28.96 | | 7. Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 32:29.93 | | 8. Jelena Celnova-Prokopeuka | LAT | 32:32.87 | | 9. Lyudmila Biktasheva | RUS | 32:52.00 | | 10.Asmae Leghzaoui | MAR | 32:56.63 | | 11.Restituta Joseph | TAN | 33:12.18 | | 12.Aniko Kalovics | HUN | 33:20.40 | | 13.Petra Wassiluk | GER | 33:23.03 | | 14.MariaTeresa Recio | ESP | 33:36.44 | | 15.Clair Fearnley | AUS | 33:47.23 | | 16.Jennifer Rhines | USA | 34:08.28 | | 17.Natalie Harvey | AUS | 34:12.90 | | 18.NoraLeticia Rocha | MEX | 34:37.84 | | 19.Tina Connelly | CAN | 34:46.04 | | 20.Leila Baghdad | ALG | 35:31.53 | | -. Marleen Renders | BEL | DNS | | -. Hrisostomia Iakovou | GRE | DNS |
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| Heat 2 13.20h | time | | 1. Sally Barsosio | KEN | 32:34.07 | | 2. Alice Timbilili | KEN | 32:34.15 | | 3. Berhane Adere | ETH | 32:34.62 | | 4. Gete Wami | ETH | 32:34.63 | | 5. Chiemi Takahashi | JPN | 32:34.70 | | 6. Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 32:34.73 | | 7. Elana Meyer | RSA | 32:35.32 | | 8. Yuko Kawakami | JPN | 32:36.60 | | 9. Lydia Grigoryeva | RUS | 32:44.43 | | 10.Libbie Johnson-Hickman | USA | 32:59.28 | | 11.Breeda Dennehy-Willis | IRL | 33:17.45 | | 12.Ana Dias | POR | 33:21.69 | | 13.Silvia Sommaggio | ITA | 33:24.13 | | 14.Fatima Maama-Yvelain | FRA | 33:44.48 | | 15.Maria Abel | ESP | 34:05.44 | | 16.Galina Bogomolova | RUS | 34:06.21 | | 17.Kylie Risk | AUS | 34:30.91 | | 18.Deena Drossin | USA | 34:40.86 |
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