| Final 19:55 | time | | 1. Sally Barsosio | KEN | 31:32.92 | | 2. Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 31:39.15 | | 3. Masako Chiba | JPN | 31:41.93 | | 4. Berhane Adere | ETH | 31:48.95 | | 5. Xiujuan Ren | CHN | 31:50.63 | | 6. Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 32:00.93 | | 7. Siju Yang | CHN | 32:01.61 | | 8. Colleen De Reuck | RSA | 32:03.81 | | 9. Silvia Sommaggio | ITA | 32:16.92 | | 10.Chiemi Takahashi | JPN | 32:23.61 | | 11.Nora Leticia Rocha | MEX | 32:34.58 | | 12.Julia Vaquero | ESP | 32:36.91 | | 13.Annette Peters | USA | 32:43.38 | | 14.Chantal Dallenbach | FRA | 32:51.20 | | 15.Annemari Sandell | FIN | 33:00.11 | | 16.Hiromi Masuda | JPN | 33:03.14 | | 17.Elana Meyer | RSA | 33:05.82 | | -. Marleen Renders | BEL | DNF | | -. Dahmani Zahia | FRA | DNF | | -. Wami Gete | ETH | DNF |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 2 | 32 | 02.08 |
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| Heat 1 20:50 | time | | 1. Nora Leticia Rocha | MEX | 33:07.09 | | 2. Annemari Sandell | FIN | 33:07.50 | | 3. Xiujuan Ren | CHN | 33:08.12 | | 4. Silvia Sommaggio | ITA | 33:08.19 | | 5. Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 33:08.20 | | 6. Chiemi Takahashi | JPN | 33:08.26 | | 7. Zahia Dahmani | FRA | 33:08.68 | | 8. Elana Meyer | RSA | 33:09.70 | | 9. Khrysostomia Iakovou | GRE | 33:14.86 | | 10.Olivera Jevtic | YUG | 33:18.42 | | 11.Derartu Tulu | ETH | 33:25.99 | | 12.Gwyn Coogan | USA | 34:06.34 | | 13.Yvonne Danson | SIN | 37:19.51 | | 14.Ela Esperanza Obono | GEQ | 45:13.69 | | -. Marina Bastos | POR | DNF | | -. Nyla Carroll | NZL | DNF |
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| Heat 2 21:35 | time | | 1. Berhane Adere | ETH | 32:05.29 | | 2. Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 32:05.65 | | 3. Sally Barsosio | KEN | 32:05.68 | | 4. Gete Wami | ETH | 32:05.73 | | 5. Masako Chiba | JPN | 32:05.76 | | 6. Siju Yang | CHN | 32:06.12 | | 7. Colleen De Reuck | RSA | 32:09.56 | | 8. Hiromi Masuda | JPN | 32:11.63 | | 9. Julia Vaquero | ESP | 32:12.25 | | 10.Annette Peters | USA | 32:14.08 | | 11.Chantal Dallenbach | FRA | 32:49.40 | | 12.Marleen Renders | BEL | 33:02.37 | | 13.Helena Sampaio | POR | 33:14.85 | | 14.Adriana Fernandez | MEX | 33:40.09 | | 15.Kylie Risk | AUS | 33:56.48 | | 16.Maysa Matrood | IRQ | 35:44.93 |
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