| Final 21:15h | time | | 1. Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 30:24.02 | | 2. Berhane Adere | ETH | 30:25.41 | | 3. Ejegayehu Dibaba | ETH | 30:26.00 | | 4. Huina Xing | CHN | 30:27.18 | | 5. Edith Masai | KEN | 30:30.26 | | 6. Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 30:32.47 | | 7. Yingjie Sun | CHN | 30:33.53 | | 8. Galina Bogomolova | RUS | 30:33.75 | | 9. Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 30:42.75 | | 10.Irene Kwambai Kipchumba | KEN | 30:55.80 | | 11.Kayoko Fukushi | JPN | 31:03.75 | | 12.Jelena Prokopcuka | LAT | 31:04.55 | | 13.Alla Zhilyayeva | RUS | 31:17.97 | | 14.Katie Mcgregor | USA | 31:21.20 | | 15.Kimberley Smith | NZL | 31:24.29 |
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| Final cont. | time | | 16.Jennifer Rhines | USA | 31:26.66 | | 17.Sabrina Mockenhaupt | GER | 31:28.21 | | 18.Hitomi Miyai | JPN | 31:43.74 | | 19.Benita Johnson | AUS | 31:55.15 | | 20.Alena Samokhvalova | RUS | 31:57.85 | | 21.Hiromi Ominami | JPN | 32:02.38 | | 22.Blake Russell | USA | 32:07.00 | | 23.Mihaela Botezan | ROM | 32:28.29 | | 24.Dulce Maria Rodriguez | MEX | 33:04.73 | | -. Marie Davenport | IRL | DNF | | -. Kathy Butler | GBR | DNF | | -. Alice Timbilili | KEN | DNS |
| Standard A | 31:40.00 | | Standard B | 32:00.00 |
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| Athlete | Team | N | 2005 | Best | | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 1 | 30:15.67 | 30:15.67 | | Ejegayehu Dibaba | ETH | 16 | 30:18.39 | 30:18.39 | | Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 6 | 30:19.39 | 30:07.15 | | Edith Masai | KEN | 21 | 30:51.99 | 30:51.99 | | Irene Kwambai Kipchumba | KEN | 5 | 30:55.67 | 30:55.67 | | Galina Bogomolova | RUS | 17 | 31:04.61 | 30:26.20 | | Alena Samokhvalova | RUS | 19 | 31:12.57 | 31:12.57 | | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | GER | 12 | 31:21.28 | 31:21.28 | | Dulce Maria Rodriguez | MEX | 3 | 31:25.33 | 31:25.33 | | Katie Mcgregor | USA | 15 | 31:25.94 | 31:25.94 | | Kayoko Fukushi | JPN | 4 | 31:30.82 | 30:51.81 | | Hiromi Ominami | JPN | 2 | 31:35.18 | 31:35.18 | | Blake Russell | USA | 20 | 31:35.25 | 31:35.25 | | Alla Zhilyayeva | RUS | 7 | 31:14.27 | 30:23.07 | | Kimberley Smith | NZL | 8 | 31:21.00 | 31:21.00 | | Jennifer Rhines | USA | 24 | 31:37.20 | 31:37.20 | | Hitomi Miyai | JPN | 11 | 31:37.24 | 31:37.24 |
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| Athlete | Team | N | 2005 | Best | | Alice Timbilili | KEN | 13 | 31:45.40 | 31:23.99 | | Kathy Butler | GBR | 25 | 31:46.53 | 31:36.90 |
| Athlete | Team | N | 2005 | Best | | Yingjie Sun | CHN | 26 | 32:43.20 | 30:07.20 | | Huina Xing | CHN | 18 | - | 30:24.36 | | Jelena Prokopcuka | LAT | 10 | - | 31:04.10 | | Marie Davenport | IRL | 9 | - | 31:28.78 | | Mihaela Botezan | ROM | 14 | - | 31:11.24 | | Berhane Adere | ETH | 22 | - | 30:04.18 | | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 23 | - | 30:01.09 | | Benita Johnson | AUS | 27 | - | 30:37.68 |
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