Results
| Women's 5,000 metres | |||
| Pl | Name | Nation | Time |
| Final | |||
| 1 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 14 minutes 57.97 seconds |
| 2 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | Kenya | 14:58.33 |
| 3 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 14:58.41 |
| 4 | Sentayehu Ejigu | Ethiopia | 15:03.38 |
| 5 | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 15:03.72 |
| 6 | Iness Chepkesis Chenonge | Kenya | 15:06.06 |
| 7 | Silvia Weissteiner | Italy | 15:09.74 |
| 8 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 15:11.12 |
| 9 | Jennifer Rhines | United States | 15:11.63 |
| 10 | Sara Moreira | Portugal | 15:12.22 |
| Heat 1 (Qualification) Top 5 in each heat (Q) plus next 5 fastest times (q) qualified |
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| 1 | Sentayehu Ejigu | Ethiopia | 15:17.64 seconds (Q) |
| 2 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | Kenya | 15:17.77 (Q) |
| 3 | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 15:18.39 (Q) |
| 4 | Krisztina Papp | Hungary | 15:19.90 (Q) |
| 5 | Sara Moreira | Portugal | 15:19.93 (Q) |
| 6 | Yurika Nakamura | Japan | 15:21.01 (q) |
| 7 | Julie Culley | United States | 15:32.33 |
| 8 | Natalya Popkova | Russia | 15:32.62 |
| 9 | Ines Melchor | Peru | 16:00.83 |
| 10 | Marriam Thole | Malawi | 17:12.21 |
| Elvan Abeylegesse | Turkey | DNS | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 15:16.46 (Q) |
| 2 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:16.59 (Q) |
| 3 | Iness Chepkesis Chenonge | Kenya | 15:18.40 (Q) |
| 4 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 15:19.66 (Q) |
| 5 | Alemitu Bekele | Turkey | 15:19.88 (Q) |
| 6 | Jennifer Rhines | United States | 15:20.20 (q) |
| 7 | Silvia Weissteiner | Italy | 15:20.88 (q) |
| 8 | Yuriko Kobayashi | Japan | 15:23.96 (q) |
| 9 | Zakia Mrisho Mohamed | Tanzania | 15:25.09 (q) |
| 10 | Elizaveta Grechishnikova | Russia | 115:53.41 |
| 11 | Judith Pla | Spain | 15:54.32 |
| 12 | Pauline Niyongere | Burundi | 16:33.77 |
