| Final | Team | time | SO | Fin. | Q. |  | 1. Gulnara Galkina-Samitova |  RUS | 8:58.81 | 1 | Fin. | 1. |  | 2. Eunice Jepkorir |  KEN | 9:07.41 | 5 | Fin. | 3. |  | 3. Tatiana Petrova |  RUS | 9:12.33 | 8 | Fin. | 12. |  | 4. Cristina Casandra |  ROU | 9:16.85 | 2 | Fin. | 6. |  | 5. Ruth Bosibori Nyangau |  KEN | 9:17.35 | 11 | Fin. | 3. |  | 6. Zemzem Ahmed |  ETI | 9:17.85 | 3 | Fin. | 9. |  | 7. Wioletta Frankiewicz |  POL | 9:21.76 | 12 | Fin. | 4. |  | 8. Jennifer Barringer |  USA | 9:22.26 | 9 | Fin. | 15. |  | 9.Anna Willard |  USA | 9:25.63 | 14 | Fin. | 11. |  | 10.Elena Romagnolo |  ITA | 9:30.04 | 7 | Fin. | 10. |  | 11.Zulema Fuentes-Pila |  ESP | 9:35.16 | 6 | Fin. | 16. |  | 12.Habiba Ghribi |  TUN | 9:36.43 | 10 | Fin. | 8. |  | 13.Roisin McGettigan |  IRE | 9:55.89 | 13 | Fin. | 13. |  | -. Marta Dominguez |  ESP |   | 4 | Fin. | 5. |  | -. Ekaterina Volkova |  RUS | 9:07.64 | 15 | Fin. | 7. |   
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| Heat 1 15.08 20:25 | Team | time | SO | H1 | Rk. |  | 1. Gulnara Galkina-Samitova |  RUS | 9:15.17 | 2 | H1 | 1. |  | 2. Ruth Bosibori Nyangau |  KEN | 9:19.75 | 13 | H1 | 2. |  | 3. Wioletta Frankiewicz |  POL | 9:21.88 | 10 | H1 | 4. |  | 4. Cristina Casandra |  ROU | 9:22.38 | 9 | H1 | 6. |  | 5. Habiba Ghribi |  TUN | 9:25.50 | 17 | H1 | 8. |  | 6. Helen Clitheroe |  GBR | 9:29.14 | 1 | H1 | 14. |  | 7. Yanmei Zhu |  CHN | 9:29.63 | 16 | H1 | 17. |  | 8. Lindsey Anderson |  USA | 9:36.81 | 3 | H1 | 24. |  | 9. Mekdes Bekele |  ETI | 9:41.43 | 6 | H1 | 26. |  | 10.Fionnuala Britton |  IRE | 9:43.57 | 8 | H1 | 27. |  | 11.Valentyna Horpynych |  UKR | 9:43.95 | 7 | H1 | 28. |  | 12.Rosa Morato |  ESP | 9:45.33 | 14 | H1 | 29. |  | 13.Victoria Mitchell |  AUS | 9:47.88 | 12 | H1 | 32. |  | 14.Turkan Erismis |  TUR | 9:48.54 | 11 | H1 | 33. |  | 15.Clarisse Cruz |  POR | 9:49.45 | 5 | H1 | 34. |  | 16.Minori Hayakari |  JPN | 9:49.70 | 4 | H1 | 35. |  | 17.Widad Mendil |  ALG | 9:52.35 | 15 | H1 | 37. |   
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| Heat 2 15.08 20:37 | Team | time | SO | H2 | Rk. |  | 1. Tatiana Petrova |  RUS | 9:28.85 | 6 | H2 | 12. |  | 2. Roisin McGettigan |  IRE | 9:28.92 | 12 | H2 | 13. |  | 3. Jennifer Barringer |  USA | 9:29.20 | 11 | H2 | 15. |  | 4. Zulema Fuentes-Pila |  ESP | 9:29.40 | 5 | H2 | 16. |  | 5. Jessica Augusto |  POR | 9:30.23 | 1 | H2 | 20. |  | 6. Ancuta Bobocel |  ROU | 9:35.31 | 3 | H2 | 23. |  | 7. Sophie Duarte |  FRA | 9:38.08 | 10 | H2 | 25. |  | 8. Sofia Assefa |  ETI | 9:47.02 | 9 | H2 | 30. |  | 9. Muna Durka |  SUD | 9:53.09 | 14 | H2 | 38. |  | 10.Veerle Dejaeghere |  BEL | 9:54.65 | 15 | H2 | 39. |  | 11.Hanane Ouhaddou |  MOR | 9:56.41 | 13 | H2 | 40. |  | 12.Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru |  KEN | 10:01.69 | 17 | H2 | 41. |  | 13.Oxana Juravel |  MDA | 10:04.38 | 7 | H2 | 43. |  | 14.Asli Cakir |  TUR | 10:05.76 | 4 | H2 | 44. |  | 15.Irini Kokkinariou |  GRE | 10:22.39 | 8 | H2 | 46. |  | 16.Yanni Zhao |  CHN | 10:36.77 | 2 | H2 | 47. |  | -. Mardrea Hyman |  JAM | DNF | 16 | H2 |   |   
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| Heat 3 15.08 20:49 | Team | time | SO | H3 | Rk. |  | 1. Eunice Jepkorir |  KEN | 9:21.31 | 8 | H3 | 3. |  | 2. Marta Dominguez |  ESP | 9:22.11 | 12 | H3 | 5. |  | 3. Ekaterina Volkova |  RUS | 9:23.06 | 3 | H3 | 7. |  | 4. Zemzem Ahmed |  ETH | 9:25.63 | 10 | H3 | 9. |  | 5. Elena Romagnolo |  ITA | 9:27.48 | 15 | H3 | 10. |  | 6. Anna Willard |  USA | 9:28.52 | 7 | H3 | 11. |  | 7. Antje Moldner |  GER | 9:29.86 | 16 | H3 | 18. |  | 8. Rasa Troup |  LTU | 9:30.21 | 13 | H3 | 19. |  | 9. Donna Macfarlane |  AUS | 9:32.05 | 17 | H3 | 21. |  | 10.Sara Moreira |  POR | 9:34.39 | 5 | H3 | 22. |  | 11.Katarzyna Kowalska |  POL | 9:47.02 | 9 | H3 | 31. |  | 12.Barbara Parker |  GBR | 9:51.93 | 6 | H3 | 36. |  | 13.Zhenzhu LI |  CHN | 10:04.05 | 4 | H3 | 42. |  | 14.Inna Poluskina |  LAT | 10:18.60 | 1 | H3 | 45. |  | -. Korine Hinds |  JAM | DNF | 11 | H3 |   |  | -. Zenaide Vieira |  BRA | DNF | 14 | H3 |   |  | -. Dobrinka Shalamanova |  BUL | DNF | 2 | H3 |   |   
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