| 1 | AFR | Meseret Defar | ETH | 14:39,11 |
| 2 | RUS | Liliya Shobukhova | RUS | 15:05,33 |
| 3 | ASI | Kayoko Fukushi | JPN | 15:06,69 |
| 4 | OCE | Kimberley Smith | NZL | 15:12,15 |
| 5 | USA | Lauren Fleshman | USA | 15:17,65 |
| 6 | EUR | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | GER | 15:34,61 |
| 7 | GRE | María Protópappa | GRE | 15:49,50 |
| 8 | POL | Katarzyna Kowalska | POL | 16:18,35 |
| 9 | AME | Lucélia Peres | BRA | 16:23,72 |