IAAF:

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	DETAIL
1	70	Meseret Defar	ETH	8:38.79

2	71	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	8:41.50

3	137	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	MAR	8:41.66

4	127	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	8:41.82	NR

5	189	Olga Komyagina	RUS	8:44.57	SB

6	153	Kimberley Smith	NZL	8:48.48	SB

7	115	Silvia Weissteiner	ITA	8:49.11	SB

8	163	Jessica Augusto	POR	8:49.78

9	83	Helen Clitheroe	GBR	8:52.77

10	85	Lisa Dobriskey	GBR	8:52.92

11	206	Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova	RUS	9:01.81

12	28	Megan Wright	CAN	9:07.16