| Final 17:40 | Team | Time | | 1. Meseret Defar | ETH | 9:11.22 | | 2. Berhane Adere | ETH | 9:11.43 | | 3. Shayne Culpepper | USA | 9:12.15 | | 4. Marta Dominguez | ESP | 9:12.85 | | 5. Joanne Pavey | GBR | 9:13.09 | | 6. Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 9:13.70 | | 7. Sabrina Mockenhaupt | GER | 9:13.70 | | 8. Maryna Dubrova | UKR | 9:14.34 | | 9. Maria McCambridge | IRL | 9:14.72 | | 10.Veerle Dejaeghere | BEL | 9:15.21 | | 11.Galina Bogomolova | RUS | 9:17.15 | | -. Hayley Tullett | GBR | DNS |
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| Heat 1 12:00 | Team | Time | | 1. Berhane Adere | ETH | 8:49.76 | | 2. Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 8:50.73 | | 3. Maryna Dubrova | UKR | 8:51.04 | | 4. Marta Dominguez | ESP | 8:51.05 | | 5. Hayley Tullett | GBR | 8:51.27 | | 6. Sabrina Mockenhaupt | GER | 8:52.03 | | 7. Veerle Dejaeghere | BEL | 8:55.97 | | 8. Shayne Culpepper | USA | 8:57.48 | | 9. Docus Inzikuru | UGA | 9:21.48 |
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| Heat 2 12:15 | Team | Time | | 1. Meseret Defar | ETH | 8:57.39 | | 2. Joanne Pavey | GBR | 8:58.05 | | 3. Maria McCambridge | IRL | 8:59.11 | | 4. Galina Bogomolova | RUS | 8:59.65 | | 5. Wioletta Janowska | POL | 9:02.58 | | 6. Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 9:05.19 | | 7. Maria Martins | FRA | 9:06.40 | | 8. Carrie Tollefson | USA | 9:08.64 | | 9. Fatiha Baouf | BEL | 9:16.16 |
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