Final 18:51 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | 1. Janet Evans | United States | 8:24.05 | CR | 4 | 19 | 924 | 2. Grit Muller | Germany | 8:30.20 | +6.15s | 6 | 18 | 891 | 3. Jana Henke | Germany | 8:30.31 | +6.26s | 3 | 17 | 890 | 4. Irene Dalby | Norway | 8:32.55 | +8.50s | 7 | 19 | 879 | 5. Donna Procter | Australia | 8:36.38 | +12.33s | 2 | 21 | 859 | 6. Manuela Melchiorri | Italy | 8:38.16 | +14.11s | 1 | 20 | 850 | 7. Julie McDonald | Australia | 8:40.72 | +16.67s | 5 | 20 | 838 | 8. Philippa Langrell | New Zealand | 8:42.82 | +18.77s | 8 | 18 | 828 |
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Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 1. Janet Evans | United States | 8:33.19 | | 4 | 19 | - | 1. | 2. Irene Dalby | Norway | 8:40.54 | +7.35s | 5 | 19 | - | 6. | 3. Sandra Cam | Belgium | 8:45.14 | +11.95s | 2 | 18 | - | 9. | 4. Francesca Ferrari | Italy | 8:45.46 | +12.27s | 6 | _ | - | 11. | 5. Julie Kole | United States | 8:53.12 | +19.93s | 3 | _ | - | 12. | 6. Malin Nilsson | Sweden | 9:10.37 | +37.18s | 7 | 17 | - | 18. | -. Maya Nasution | Indonesia | DNS | | 1 | _ | - | -. |
Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 1. Julie McDonald | Australia | 8:33.46 | +0.27s | 4 | 20 | - | 2. | 2. Donna Procter | Australia | 8:37.55 | +4.36s | 6 | 21 | - | 5. | 3. Philippa Langrell | New Zealand | 8:44.67 | +11.48s | 3 | 18 | - | 8. | 4. Beatrice Coada | Romania | 8:45.16 | +11.97s | 2 | 15 | - | 10. | 5. Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 8:57.37 | +24.18s | 5 | 20 | - | 14. | 6. Laura Sanchez | Mexico | 9:09.96 | +36.77s | 7 | 18 | - | 16. |
Heat 1 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 1. Jana Henke | Germany | 8:36.91 | +3.72s | 5 | 17 | - | 3. | 2. Grit Muller | Germany | 8:36.94 | +3.75s | 4 | 18 | - | 4. | 3. Manuela Melchiorri | Italy | 8:43.32 | +10.13s | 3 | 20 | - | 7. | 4. Karen Mellor | Great Britain | 8:57.36 | +24.17s | 6 | 21 | - | 13. | 5. Linda Robinson | New Zealand | 9:05.86 | +32.67s | 2 | _ | - | 15. | 6. Nesim Ozgun | Turkey | 9:10.20 | +37.01s | 7 | _ | - | 17. |
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