| Final 21:50 | time | | 1. Huina Xing | CHN | 30:24.36 | | 2. Ejegayehu Dibaba | ETH | 30:24.98 | | 3. Derartu Tulu | ETH | 30:26.42 | | 4. Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 30:28.30 | | 5. Lornah Kiplagat | NED | 30:31.92 | | 6. Yingjie Sun | CHN | 30:54.37 | | 7. Jelena Prokopcuka | LAT | 31:04.10 | | 8. Lydiya Grigoryeva | RUS | 31:04.62 | | 9. Lucy Wangui | KEN | 31:05.90 | | 10.Helena Javornik | SLO | 31:06.63 | | 11.Mihaela Botezan | ROM | 31:11.24 | | 12.Kathy Butler | GBR | 31:41.13 | | 13.Megumi Tanaka | JPN | 31:42.18 | | 14.Marie Davenport | IRL | 31:50.49 | | 15.Sabrina Mockenhaupt | GER | 32:00.85 | | 16.Alice Timbilili | KEN | 32:12.57 | | 17.Sally Barsosio | KEN | 32:14.00 | | 18.Harumi Hiroyama | JPN | 32:15.12 | | 19.Elva Dryer | USA | 32:18.16 | | 20.Anikó Kálovics | HUN | 32:21.47 | | 21.Kate O'neill | USA | 32:24.04 | | 22.Galina Bogomolova | RUS | 32:25.10 | | 23.Adriana Fernández | MEX | 32:29.57 | | 24.Benita Johnson | AUS | 32:32.01 | | 25.Haley Mcgregor | AUS | 33:35.27 | | 26.Kayoko Fukushi | JPN | 33:48.66 | | 27.Natalia Cherches | MDA | 34:04.97 | | -. Nataliya Berkut | UKR | DNF | | -. Souad Aďt Salem | ALG | DNF | | -. Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | DNF | | -. Paula Radcliffe | GBR | DNF |
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| Middle Time | Athlete | time | | 1000m | Natalya Berkut | UKR | 3:16.02 | | 2000m | Jelena Prokopcuka | LAT | 6:21.82 | | 3000m | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 9:27.40 | | 4000m | Derartu Tulu | ETH | 12:32.69 | | 5000m | Ejegayehu Dibaba | ETH | 15:34.56 | | 6000m | Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 18:37.39 | | 7000m | Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 21:34.26 | | 8000m | Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 24:34.70 | | 9000m | Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 27:34.79 |
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