IAAF:

POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
1	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	31:04.99

2	Derartu Tulu	ETH	31:08.10

3	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	31:17.66

4	Maria Guida	ITA	31:27.82

5	Elana Meyer	RSA	31:31.96

6	Liz McColgan	GBR	31:40.14

7	Alla Zhilyaeva	RUS	31:52.15

8	Hiromi Suzuki	JPN	31:54.01

9	Annemari Sandell-Hyrvärinen	FIN	31:54.29

10	Kathrin Wessel	GER	31:55.04

11	Lieve Slegers	BEL	32:10.59

12	Lynn Jennings	USA	32:12.82

13	Conceição Ferreira	POR	32:14.69

14	Anne Marie Letko-Lauck	USA	32:22.54

15	Jill Hunter	GBR	32:24.93

16	Junko Kataoka	JPN	32:45.43

17	Marleen Renders	BEL	32:47.46

18	Gete Wami	ETH	32:56.94

	Albertina Dias	POR	DNF

	Yvonne Murray	GBR	DNF

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