| Final 15:50 | Team | time | | bib | | 1. Hellen Onsando Obiri | KEN | 8:37.16 | | 660 | | 2. Meseret Defar | ETH | 8:38.26 | | 585 | | 3. Gelete Burka | ETH | 8:40.18 | | 584 | | 4. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 8:40.50 | PB | 659 | | 5. Shitaye Eshete | BRN | 8:51.88 | | 539 | | 6. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 8:56.86 | | 700 | | 7. Helen Clitheroe | GBR | 8:59.04 | | 595 | | 8. Sara Hall | USA | 8:59.95 | | 804 | | 9. Nataliya Tobias | UKR | 9:00.78 | | 788 | | 10.Svitlana Shmidt | UKR | 9:03.99 | | 787 | | 11.Jackie Areson | USA | 9:12.50 | SB | 796 | | 12.Alia Saeed Mohammed | UAE | 9:15.74 | | 775 |
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| Intermediates | | 1000m Helen Clitheroe (GBR) 3:01.60 | | 2000m Meseret Defar (ETH) 5:56.31 |
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| Heat 1 --:-- | Team | time | | bib | | 1. Meseret Defar | ETH | 9:11.76 | | 585 | | 2. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 9:11.91 | | 659 | | 3. Svitlana Shmidt | UKR | 9:12.39 | | 787 | | 4. Jackie Areson | USA | 9:12.62 | SB | 796 | | 5. Betlhem Desalegn | UAE | 9:12.63 | | 774 | | 6. Tejitu Daba | BRN | 9:15.96 | | 538 | | 7. Silvia Weissteiner | ITA | 9:16.59 | | 642 | | 8. Dudu Karakaya | TUR | 9:16.85 | | 769 | | 9. Yuliya Vasilyeva | RUS | 9:17.60 | | 744 | | 10.Claudette Mukasakindi | RWA | 9:26.89 | NR | 745 | | 11.Paula González | ESP | 9:31.09 | | 577 |
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| Intermediates | | 1000m Silvia Weissteiner (ITA) 3:07.08 | | 2000m Paula González (ESP) 6:18.57 |
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| Heat 2 11:05 | Team | time | | bib | | 1. Gelete Burka | ETH | 9:01.32 | | 584 | | 2. Hellen Onsando Obiri | KEN | 9:01.36 | | 660 | | 3. Nataliya Tobias | UKR | 9:01.76 | | 788 | | 4. Shitaye Eshete | BRN | 9:02.13 | | 539 | | 5. Helen Clitheroe | GBR | 9:02.27 | | 595 | | 6. Sara Hall | USA | 9:02.49 | | 804 | | 7. Alia Saeed Mohammed | UAE | 9:02.56 | | 775 | | 8. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 9:02.93 | | 700 | | 9. Kristina Khaleeva | RUS | 9:07.13 | | 731 | | 10.Layes Abdullayeva | AZE | 9:08.41 | SB | 509 |
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| Intermediates | | 1000m Alia Saeed Mohammed (UAE) 3:08.04 | | 2000m Shitaye Eshete (BRN) 6:08.50 |
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