| Final 17:00 | Team | time | | 1. Meseret Defar | ETH | 8:38.79 | | 2. Meselech Melkamu | ETH | 8:41.50 | | 3. Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | MAR | 8:41.66 | | 4. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 8:41.82 | | 5. Olga Komyagina | RUS | 8:44.57 | | 6. Kimberley Smith | NZL | 8:48.48 | | 7. Silvia Weissteiner | ITA | 8:49.11 | | 8. Jessica Augusto | POR | 8:49.78 | | 9. Helen Clitheroe | GBR | 8:52.77 | | 10.Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 8:52.92 | | 11.Yelena Sidorchenkova | RUS | 9:01.81 | | 12.Megan Metcalfe | CAN | 9:07.16 |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 2 | 23 | 07.03 |
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| Heat 1 10:15 | Team | time | | 1. Meseret Defar | ETH | 8:51.02 | | 2. Kimberley Smith | NZL | 8:52.81 | | 3. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 8:56.14 | | 4. Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 8:56.56 | | 5. Yelena Sidorchenkova | RUS | 8:57.62 | | 6. Elena Antoci | ROU | 8:58.01 | | 7. Hanane Ouhaddou | MAR | 9:03.41 | | 8. Jennifer Rhines | USA | 9:03.66 | | 9. Fei Xue | CHN | 9:03.67 | | 10.Alemitu Bekele | TUR | 9:04.94 | | 11.Isabel Checa | ESP | 9:06.21 |
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| Heat 2 10:35 | Team | time | | 1. Meselech Melkamu | ETH | 8:46.32 | | 2. Olga Komyagina | RUS | 8:46.64 | | 3. Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | MAR | 8:48.22 | | 4. Megan Metcalfe | CAN | 8:48.56 | | 5. Jessica Augusto | POR | 8:48.81 | | 6. Silvia Weissteiner | ITA | 8:50.30 | | 7. Helen Clitheroe | GBR | 8:52.48 | | 8. Julie Culley | USA | 9:04.45 | | 9. Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru | KEN | 9:12.68 | | 10.Daniela Donisa | ROU | 9:19.26 | | 11.Maria Pia Nehme | LIB | 10:31.95 | | -. Zakia Mrisho Mohamed | TAN | DNS |
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