| 1 | AFR | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 8:33,78 |
| 2 | POL | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 8:39,69 |
| 3 | USA | Kara Goucher | USA | 8:41,42 |
| 4 | OCE | Eloise Wellings | AUS | 8:41,78 |
| 5 | ASI | Kayoko Fukushi | JPN | 8:44,58 |
| 6 | EUR | Krisztina Papp | HUN | 8:51,15 |
| 7 | RUS | Yuliya Fomenko | RUS | 8:59,67 |
| 8 | GRE | María Protópappa | GRE | 9:00,15 |
| 9 | AME | Megan Metcalfe | CAN | 9:04,90 |