| Final 19.30h | time | | 1. Gabriela Szabo |  ROM | 4:00.57 | | 2. Violeta Szekely | ROM | 4:01.70 | | 3. Natalya Gorelova |  RUS | 4:02.40 | | 4. Carla Sacramento |  POR | 4:03.96 | | 5. Lidia Chojecka |  POL | 4:06.70 | | 6. Natalia Rodriguez |  ESP | 4:07.10 | | 7. Alesya Turova |  BLR | 4:07.25 | | 8. Sureyya Ayhan |  TUR | 4:08.17 | | 9. Yuliya Kosenkova | RUS | 4:08.84 | | 10.Mardrea Hyman |  JAM | 4:12.48 | | 11.Leah Pells |  CAN | 4:15.34 | | 12.Nuria Fernandez | ESP | 4:17.86 |
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| Heat 1 17.05h | time | | 1. Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 4:07.40 | | 2. Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:07.47 | | 3. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:08.37 | | 4. Leah Pells | CAN | 4:08.49 | | 5. Natalia Rodriguez | ESP | 4:08.49 | | 6. Mardrea Hyman | JAM | 4:08.58 | | 7. Sabina Fischer |  SUI | 4:09.66 | | 8. Lixin Lan |  CHN | 4:11.09 | | 9. Hayley Tullett |  GBR | 4:13.95 | | 10.Abebech Negussie |  ETH | 4:29.57 | | -. Suzy Favor-Hamilton |  USA | DNF | | -. Nouria Merah-Benida |  ALG | DNS |
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| Heat 2 17.15h | time | | 1. Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 4:07.40 | | 2. Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:07.47 | | 3. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:08.37 | | 4. Leah Pells | CAN | 4:08.49 | | 5. Natalia Rodriguez | ESP | 4:08.49 | | 6. Mardrea Hyman | JAM | 4:08.58 | | 7. Sabina Fischer | SUI | 4:09.66 | | 8. Lixin Lan | CHN | 4:11.09 | | 9. Hayley Tullett | GBR | 4:13.95 | | 10.Abebech Negussie | ETH | 4:29.57 | | -. Suzy Favor-Hamilton | USA | DNF | | -. Nouria Merah-Benida | ALG | DNS |
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| Heat 1 17.40h | time | | 1. Sureyya Ayhan | TUR | 4:07.97 | | 2. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:08.79 | | 3. Mardrea Hyman | JAM | 4:08.84 | | 4. Suzy Favor-Hamilton | USA | 4:08.89 | | 5. Yuliya Kosenkova | RUS | 4:09.17 | | 6. Natalia Rodriguez | ESP | 4:09.86 | | 7. Veerle Dejaeghere |  BEL | 4:13.07 | | 8. Nouria Merah-Benida | ALG | 4:15.06 | | 9. Irina Krakoviak |  LTU | 4:16.24 | | 10.Elena Buhaianu-Iagar | ROM | 4:24.72 | | 11.Lamberte Nyabamikazi |  BDI | 4:31.11 | | 12.Elisa Vagnini |  SMR | 4:40.01 | | -. Iryna Lishchynska |  UKR | DNF |
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| Heat 2 17.55h | time | | 1. Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 4:10.77 | | 2. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:10.82 | | 3. Leah Pells | CAN | 4:11.17 | | 4. Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:11.34 | | 5. Kathleen Friedrich |  GER | 4:11.35 | | 6. Daniela Yordanova |  BUL | 4:12.29 | | 7. Lixin Lan | CHN | 4:12.92 | | 8. Abebech Negussie | ETH | 4:13.02 | | 9. Helen Pattinson | GBR | 4:13.06 | | 10.Rene Kalmer |  RSA | 4:17.97 | | 11.Evelyn Guerra |  PAN | 4:44.69 | | -. Regina Jacobs | USA | DNF | | -. Rosa Saul |  ANG | DNS |
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| Heat 3 18.04h | time | | 1. Violeta Szekely | ROM | 4:13.19 | | 2. Hayley Tullett | GBR | 4:13.60 | | 3. Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 4:13.61 | | 4. Sarah Schwald | USA | 4:13.69 | | 5. Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:13.72 | | 6. Nuria Fernandez | ESP | 4:13.90 | | 7. Sabina Fischer | SUI | 4:14.34 | | 8. Jingnan Li | CHN | 4:15.30 | | 9. Georgie Clarke |  AUS | 4:15.31 | | 10.Heidi Jensen |  DEN | 4:17.35 | | 11.Hanane Baala |  FRA | 4:29.47 | | 12.Sonia Lopes |  CPV | 5:13.80 | | 13.Fatouma Ali |  NIG | 5:31.57 |
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