| 1 | Catherine Ndereba | KEN | |
2:30:37 |
| 2 | Chunxiu Zhou | CHN | |
2:30:45 |
| 3 | Reiko Tosa | JPN | |
2:30:55 |
| 4 | Xiaolin Zhu | CHN | 2:31:21 | |
| 5 | Lidia Simon | ROM | 2:31:26 | |
| 6 | Kiyoko Shimahara | JPN | 2:31:40 | |
| 7 | Rita Jeptoo Sitienei | KEN | 2:32:03 | |
| 8 | Edith Masai | KEN | 2:32:22 | |
| 9 | Mara Yamauchi | GBR | 2:32:55 | |
| 10 | Lyubov Morgunova | RUS | 2:33:41 | |
| 11 | Shujing Zhang | CHN | 2:33:46 | |
| 12 | Gulnara Vygovskaya | RUS | 2:33:57 | |
| 13 | Nina Rillstone | NZL | 2:33:58 | |
| 14 | Mari Ozaki | JPN | 2:35:04 | |
| 15 | Madaí Pérez | MEX | 2:35:17 | |
| 16 | Souad Aït Salem | ALG | 2:35:29 | |
| 17 | Anna Incerti | ITA | 2:36:36 | |
| 18 | Yumiko Hara | JPN | 2:36:40 | |
| 19 | Tracey Morris | GBR | 2:36:40 | |
| 20 | Melanie Kraus | GER | 2:37:20 | |
| 21 | Weiwei Sun | CHN | 2:37:53 | |
| 22 | Magarsa Assale Tafa | ETH | 2:38:01 | |
| 23 | Yasuko Hashimoto | JPN | 2:38:36 | |
| 24 | Rose Cheruiyot | KEN | 2:38:56 | |
| 25 | Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai | KEN | 2:39:14 | |
| 26 | Deborah Toniolo | ITA | 2:39:46 | |
| 27 | Anna Rahm | SWE | 2:41:15 | |
| 28 | Alina Gherasim | ROM | 2:41:40 | |
| 29 | Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu | NOR | 2:41:57 | |
| 30 | Helena Javornik | SLO | 2:42:03 | |
| 31 | Ann Alyanak | USA | 2:42:23 | |
| 32 | Nailiya Yulamanova | RUS | 2:42:56 | |
| 33 | Zivilé Balciünaité | LTU | 2:43:28 | |
| 34 | Tabitha Tsatsa | ZIM | 2:44:20 | |
| 35 | Zoila Gómez | USA | 2:44:49 | |
| 36 | Analía Rosa | POR | 2:45:38 | |
| 37 | Yanan Wei | CHN | 2:45:50 | |
| 38 | Dana Coons | USA | 2:46:12 | |
| 39 | Annemette Aagaard | DEN | 2:46:22 | |
| 40 | Bahar Dogan | TUR | 2:46:25 | |
| 41 | Nili Abramski | ISR | 2:46:27 | |
| 42 | Mary Akor | USA | 2:47:06 | |
| 43 | Susanne Hahn | GER | 2:47:29 | |
| 44 | Kyung-Hee Lim | KOR | 2:49:30 | |
| 45 | Eun-Hee Chae | KOR | 2:50:26 | |
| 46 | Eléni Dónta | GRE | 2:50:59 | |
| 47 | Zekiros Adanech | ETH | 2:54:00 | |
| 48 | Lucilla Andreucci | ITA | 2:56:19 | |
| 49 | Samia Akbar | USA | 2:56:27 | |
| 50 | Yeoryía Abatzídou | GRE | 2:59:22 | |
| 51 | Patricia Gauquelin | PYF | 3:03:08 | |
| 52 | Luvsanlkhundeg Otgonbayar | MGL | 3:04:59 | |
| 53 | Kerstin Mennenga-Metzler | LIE | 3:11:45 | |
| 54 | Tanith Maxwell | RSA | 3:14:56 | |
| 55 | Poppy Mlambo | RSA | 3:23:55 | |
| 56 | Robe Tola | ETH | 3:26:45 | |
| 57 | Melissa Henderson | BIZ | 3:52:35 | |
| Luciah Kimani | BIH | DNF | ||
| Domingas Embana Togna | GBS | DNF | ||
| Lioudmila Kortchaguina | CAN | DNF | ||
| Angélica Sánchez | MEX | DNF | ||
| Dire Tune Arissi | ETH | DNF | ||
| Luminita Talpos | ROM | DNF | ||
| Galina Bogomolova | RUS | DNF | ||
| Nuta Olaru | ROM | DNF | ||
| Giovanna Volpato | ITA | DNF | ||
| Shitaye Gemechu | ETH | DNS |