| 1 | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | |
14:41,82 | |
| 2 | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | |
14:43,15 | |
| 3 | Ayelech Worku | ETH | |
14:44,22 | |
| 4 | Irina Mikitenko | GER | 14:50,17 | NR | |
| 5 | Yelena-Ebru Kopytova-Kavaklioglu | TUR | 14:51,69 | NR | |
| 6 | Julia Vaquero | ESP | 14:56,00 | ||
| 7 | Mariya Pantyukhova | RUS | 14:58,60 | ||
| 8 | Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem | FRA | 15:03,47 | NR | |
| 9 | Marta Domínguez | ESP | 15:16,93 | ||
| 10 | Megumi Tanaka | JPN | 15:17,92 | ||
| 11 | Cheri Goddard-Kenah | USA | 15:20,12 | ||
| 12 | Susanne Pumper | AUT | 15:24,38 | NR | |
| 13 | Getenesh Urge | ETH | 15:29,60 | ||
| 14 | Katalin Szentgyörgyi | HUN | 15:37,00 | ||
| 15 | Michiko Shimizu | JPN | 15:46,28 |