| Final 18.35h | Team | Time | | 1. Tirunesh Dibaba |  ETH | 14:51.72 | | 2. Marta Dominguez |  ESP | 14:52.26 | | 3. Edith Masai |  KEN | 14:52.30 | | 4. Yelena Zadorozhnaya |  RUS | 14:52.36 | | 5. Elvan Abeylegesse |  TUR | 14:53.56 | | 6. Isabella Ochichi | KEN | 14:54.08 | | 7. Gulnara Samitova | RUS | 14:54.38 | | 8. Courtney Babcock |  CAN | 14:54.98 | | 9. Yingjie Sun |  CHN | 14:57.01 | | 10.Berhane Adere | ETH | 14:58.07 | | 11.Gabriela Szabo |  ROM | 14:59.36 | | 12.Emilie Mondor | CAN | 15:02.36 | | 13.Zahra Ouaziz |  MAR | 15:16.73 | | 14.Zhor ElKamch | MAR | 15:29.72 | | 15.Sonia O'Sullivan |  IRL | 15:36.62 |
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| Heat 1 19.05h | Time | Team | | 1. Edith Masai | KEN | 14:45.35 | | 2. Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 14:45.96 | | 3. Yingjie Sun | CHN | 14:46.73 | | 4. Marta Dominguez | ESP | 14:48.33 | | 5. Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 14:52.66 | | 6. Gulnara Samitova | RUS | 14:58.88 | | 7. Emilie Mondor | CAN | 14:59.68 | | 8. Jane Wanjiku | KEN | 15:04.00 | | 9. Meseret Defar | ETH | 15:11.72 | | 10.Olga Yegorova | RUS | 15:12.41 | | 11.Kayoko Fukushi |  JPN | 15:16.53 | | 12.Salem Souad Ait |  ALG | 15:34.64 | | 13.Catherine Chikwakwa |  MAW | 15:40.10 | | 14.Simret Sultan |  ERI | 16:09.48 | | 15.Ines Melchor |  PER | 17:17.90 | | -. Lornah Kiplagat |  NED | DNS |
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| Heat 2 19.27h | Time | Team | | 1. Elvan Abeylegesse | TUR | 14:54.95 | | 2. Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 14:55.50 | | 3. Berhane Adere | ETH | 14:56.01 | | 4. Isabella Ochichi | KEN | 14:56.63 | | 5. Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 14:56.70 | | 6. Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 14:56.70 | | 7. Zhor ElKamch | MAR | 15:00.61 | | 8. Courtney Babcock | CAN | 15:01.48 | | 9. Irina Mikitenko |  GER | 15:06.97 | | 10. Restituta Joseph |  TAN | 15:10.54 | | 11. Lauren Fleshman |  USA | 15:12.71 | | 12. Huina Xing | CHN | 15:13.50 | | 13. Hrisostomia Iakovou |  GRE | 15:44.90 | | 14. Susanne Pumper |  AUT | 15:53.52 | | 15. Docus Inzikuru |  UGA | 16:00.99 | | 16. Lilian Claber Argereta |  HON | 20:17.90 | | -. Anesie Kwizera |  BDI | DNS |
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