Heat 1 | time | | 1. Yelena Kopytova | United Team | 8:47.21 | | 2. Margareta Keszeg | Romania | 8:47.24 | | 3. PattiSue Plumer | United States | 8:47.58 | | 4. Lisa York | Great Britain | 8:47.71 | | 5. Robyn Meagher | Canada | 8:49.72 | | 6. Gitte Karlshøj | Denmark | 8:54.05 | | 7. Estela Estévez | Spain | 8:55.70 | | 8. Jane Ngotho | Kenya | 9:00.96 | | 9. Zola Pieterse | South Africa | 9:07.10 | | 10.Ana Isabel Elias | Angola | 9:58.82 | | -. Sandra Cortez | Bolivia | DNS | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Marie Pierre Duros | France | 8:42.32 | | 2. Tatyana Dorovskikh | United Team | 8:42.45 | | 3. Angela Chalmers | Canada | 8:42.85 | | 4. Alison Wyeth | Great Britain | 8:43.93 | | 5. Roberta Brunet | Italy | 8:44.21 | | 6. Shelly Steely | United States | 8:44.22 | | 7. Esther Kiplagat | Kenya | 8:44.97 | | 8. Catherina McKiernan | Ireland | 8:57.91 | | 9. Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 9:07.69 | | 10.Inmaculle Naberaho | Rwanda | 10:02.62 | | 11.Rosemary Turare | Papua New Guinea | 11:15.18 | |
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