| 1 | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | |
8:36,42 | |
| 2 | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | |
8:38,43 | AR |
| 3 | Regina Jacobs | USA | |
8:39,14 | AR |
| 4 | Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem | FRA | 8:41,63 | NR | |
| 5 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROM | 8:47,80 | ||
| 6 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 8:49,34 | ||
| 7 | Cristina Petite | ESP | 8:52,85 | ||
| 8 | Wang Chunmei | CHN | 8:53,44 | AR | |
| 9 | Helena Javornik | SLO | 9:00,92 | ||
| 10 | Akiko Kawashima | JPN | 9:01,39 | NR | |
| Danielle Rodica Nagel | FRA | DNF | |||
| Andrea Šuldesová | CZE | DNF |