| 1 | Meseret Defar | ETH | |
8:51,17 |
| 2 | Vivian Cheruiyot | KEN | |
8:51,85 |
| 3 | Sentayehu Ejigu | ETH | |
8:52,08 |
| 4 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 8:52,16 | |
| 5 | Alemitu Bekele | TUR | 8:53,78 | |
| 6 | Sara Moreira | POR | 8:55,34 | |
| 7 | Layes Abdullayeva | AZE | 8:57,59 | |
| 8 | Jessica Augusto | POR | 9:01,71 | |
| 9 | René Kalmer | RSA | 9:04,11 | |
| 10 | Desireé Davila | USA | 9:07,24 | |
| 11 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 9:07,80 | |
| 12 | Adrienne Herzog | NED | 9:12,99 |