| Final 19:00h | time |  | 1. Derartu Tulu |  ETH | 30:17.49 |  | 2. Gete Wami |  ETH | 30:22.48 |  | 3. Fernanda Ribeiro |  POR | 30:22.88 |  | 4. Paula Radcliffe |  GBR | 30:26.97 |  | 5. Tegla Loroupe |  KEN | 30:37.26 |  | 6. Sonia O'Sullivan |  IRL | 30:53.37 |  | 7. Ji Li |  CHN | 31:06.94 |  | 8. Elana Meyer |  RSA | 31:14.70 |  | 9. Lydia Grigoryeva |  RUS | 31:21.27 |  | 10.Yuko Kawakami |  JPN | 31:27.44 |  | 11.Olivera Jevtic |  YUG | 31:29.65 |  | 12.Berhane Adere |  ETH | 31:40.52 |  | 13.Lyudmila Biktasheva |  RUS | 31:47.10 |  | 14.Alice Timbilili |  KEN | 31:50.22 |  | 15.Chiemi Takahashi |  JPN | 31:52.59 |  | 16.Libbie Johnson-Hickman |  USA | 31:56.94 |  | 17.Sally Barsosio |  KEN | 31:57.41 |  | 18.Asmae Leghzaoui |  MAR | 31:59.21 |  | 19.Jelena Celnova-Prokopeuka |  LAT | 32:17.72 |  | 20.Harumi Hiroyama |  JPN | 32:24.17 |   
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| Qualifiying A Standard: 32:30.00 |  | Qualifiying B Standard: 33:20,00 |   
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| Heat 1 12.40h | time |  | 1. Derartu Tulu |  ETH | 32:06.19 |  | 2. Tegla Loroupe |  KEN | 32:06.41 |  | 3. Fernanda Ribeiro |  POR | 32:06.43 |  | 4. Olivera Jevtic |  YUG | 32:06.54 |  | 5. Harumi Hiroyama |  JPN | 32:07.68 |  | 6. Ji Li |  CHN | 32:28.96 |  | 7. Sonia O'Sullivan |  IRL | 32:29.93 |  | 8. Jelena Celnova-Prokopeuka |  LAT | 32:32.87 |  | 9. Lyudmila Biktasheva |  RUS | 32:52.00 |  | 10.Asmae Leghzaoui |  MAR | 32:56.63 |  | 11.Restituta Joseph |  TAN | 33:12.18 |  | 12.Aniko Kalovics |  HUN | 33:20.40 |  | 13.Petra Wassiluk |  GER | 33:23.03 |  | 14.MariaTeresa Recio |  ESP | 33:36.44 |  | 15.Clair Fearnley |  AUS | 33:47.23 |  | 16.Jennifer Rhines |  USA | 34:08.28 |  | 17.Natalie Harvey |  AUS | 34:12.90 |  | 18.NoraLeticia Rocha |  MEX | 34:37.84 |  | 19.Tina Connelly |  CAN | 34:46.04 |  | 20.Leila Baghdad |  ALG | 35:31.53 |  | -. Marleen Renders |  BEL | DNS |  | -. Hrisostomia Iakovou |  GRE | DNS |   
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| Heat 2 13.20h | time |  | 1. Sally Barsosio |  KEN | 32:34.07 |  | 2. Alice Timbilili |  KEN | 32:34.15 |  | 3. Berhane Adere |  ETH | 32:34.62 |  | 4. Gete Wami |  ETH | 32:34.63 |  | 5. Chiemi Takahashi |  JPN | 32:34.70 |  | 6. Paula Radcliffe |  GBR | 32:34.73 |  | 7. Elana Meyer |  RSA | 32:35.32 |  | 8. Yuko Kawakami |  JPN | 32:36.60 |  | 9. Lydia Grigoryeva |  RUS | 32:44.43 |  | 10.Libbie Johnson-Hickman |  USA | 32:59.28 |  | 11.Breeda Dennehy-Willis |  IRL | 33:17.45 |  | 12.Ana Dias |  POR | 33:21.69 |  | 13.Silvia Sommaggio |  ITA | 33:24.13 |  | 14.Fatima Maama-Yvelain |  FRA | 33:44.48 |  | 15.Maria Abel |  ESP | 34:05.44 |  | 16.Galina Bogomolova |  RUS | 34:06.21 |  | 17.Kylie Risk |  AUS | 34:30.91 |  | 18.Deena Drossin |  USA | 34:40.86 |   
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