| Final 20.10h | time | | 1. Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:59.53 | | 2. Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:00.35 | | 3. Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:00.96 | | 4. Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROM | 4:00.98 | | 5. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.29 | | 6. Elena Buhaianu | ROM | 4:04.27 | | 7. Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:04.40 | | 8. AnaAmelia Menendez | ESP | 4:04.72 | | 9. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:05.55 | | 10.Marla Runyan | USA | 4:06.45 | | 11.Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:07.28 | | 12.Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4:17.86 |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 2 | 29 | 27.08 |
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| Heat 1 20.35h | time | | 1. Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROM | 4:05.00 | | 2. AnaAmelia Menendez | ESP | 4:05.21 | | 3. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:05.21 | | 4. Marla Runyan | USA | 4:05.27 | | 5. Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:05.71 | | 6. Hayley Parry-Tullett | GBR | 4:05.72 | | 7. Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 4:06.01 | | 8. Malin Ewerlof | SWE | 4:07.67 | | 9. Nouria Merah-Benida | ALG | 4:08.90 | | 10.Nuria Fernandez | ESP | 4:09.39 | | 11.Leah Pells | CAN | 4:10.76 | | 12.Judit Varga | HUN | 4:16.66 | | 13.Stephanie Best | USA | 4:19.87 | | -. Yelena-Ebru Kopytova-Kavaklioglu | TUR | DNS | | -. Sukhbaatar Erdenetuya | MGL | DNS |
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| Heat 2 20.44h | time | | 1. Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:04.75 | | 2. Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 4:04.83 | | 3. Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4:04.88 | | 4. Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:04.93 | | 5. Elena Buhaianu | ROM | 4:04.97 | | 6. Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:04.98 | | 7. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:05.16 | | 8. Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:05.72 | | 9. Maite Zuniga | ESP | 4:06.75 | | 10.Robyn Meagher | CAN | 4:06.88 | | 11.Helen Pattinson | GBR | 4:12.17 | | 12.Elaine Fitzgerald | IRL | 4:12.77 | | 13.Frederique Quentin | FRA | 4:14.76 | | 14.Julia Sakara | ZIM | 4:19.65 |
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