| 1 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | |
3:59,53 |
| 2 | Regina Jacobs | USA | |
4:00,35 |
| 3 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | |
4:00,96 |
| 4 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROM | 4:00,98 | |
| 5 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01,29 | |
| 6 | Elena Buhaianu | ROM | 4:04,27 | |
| 7 | Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:04,40 | |
| 8 | Ana Amelia Menéndez | ESP | 4:04,72 | |
| 9 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:05,55 | |
| 10 | Marla Runyan | USA | 4:06,45 | |
| 11 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:07,28 | |
| 12 | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4:17,86 |