| 1 | Hellen Onsando Obiri | KEN | |
8:37,16 |
| 2 | Meseret Defar | ETH | |
8:38,26 |
| 3 | Gelete Burka | ETH | |
8:40,18 |
| 4 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 8:40,50 | |
| 5 | Shitaye Eshete | BRN | 8:51,88 | |
| 6 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 8:56,86 | |
| 7 | Helen Clitheroe | GBR | 8:59,04 | |
| 8 | Sara Hall | USA | 8:59,95 | |
| 9 | Nataliya Tobias | UKR | 9:00,78 | |
| 10 | Svitlana Shmidt | UKR | 9:03,99 | |
| 11 | Jackie Areson | USA | 9:12,50 | |
| 12 | Alia Saeed Mohammed | UAE | 9:15,74 |