| 1 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | |
8:37,48 |
| 2 | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | |
8:39,65 |
| 3 | Yelena Sadoroshnaya | RUS | |
8:40,15 |
| 4 | Marta Dominguez | ESP | 8:40,98 | |
| 5 | Dong Yanmei | CHN | 8:41,34 | |
| 6 | Benita Willis | AUS | 8:42,75 | |
| 7 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 8:44,37 | |
| 8 | Hayley Tullett | GBR | 8:45,36 | |
| 9 | Werknesh Kidane | ETH | 8:46,56 | |
| 10 | Asmae Leghzaoui | MAR | 8:47,60 | |
| 11 | Kathy Butler | GBR | 9:04,81 | |
| 12 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 9:05,33 |