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| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Meseret Defar | ETH | 14:45.65 |
| 2 | Isabella Ochichi | KEN | 14:48.19 |
| 3 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 14:51.83 |
| 4 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 14:55.52 |
| 5 | Jo Pavey | GBR | 14:57.87 |
| 6 | Gulnara Samitova | RUS | 15:02.30 |
| 7 | Irina Mikitenko | GER | 15:03.36 |
| 8 | Sun Yingjie | CHN | 15:07.23 |
| 9 | Xing Huina | CHN | 15:07.41 |
| 10 | Sentayehu Ejigu | ETH | 15:09.55 |
| 11 | Margaret Maury | FRA | 15:09.77 |
| 12 | Elvan Abeylegesse | TUR | 15:12.64 |
| 13 | Liliya Shobukhova | RUS | 15:15.64 |
| 14 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 16:20.90 |
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| Edith Masai | KEN | ||