| 1 | Annarita Sidoti | ITA | |
11:54,32 | |
| 2 | Beate Gummelt | GER | |
11:56,01 | |
| 3 | Yelena Arshinzeva | RUS | |
11:57,48 | |
| 4 | Yelena Nikolayeva | RUS | 11:57,49 | ||
| 5 | Leonarda Yuknyevich | BLR | 12:04,46 | NR | |
| 6 | Sari Essayah | FIN | 12:12,80 | ||
| 7 | Olga Iyonenko | UKR | 12:20,44 | ||
| 8 | Kathrin Boyde | GER | 12:21,63 | ||
| 9 | Norica Cimpean | ROM | 12:24,04 | ||
| 10 | Kamila Holpuchova | CZE | 12:30,87 | ||
| 11 | Rossella Giordano | ITA | 12:35,98 | ||
| Elisabetta Perrone | ITA | DQ |