| Final 20.20h | time | | 1. Nouria Merah-Benida |  ALG | 4:05.10 | | 2. Violeta Beclea-Szekely |  ROU | 4:05.15 | | 3. Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:05.27 | | 4. Kutre Dulecha |  ETH | 4:05.33 | | 5. Lidia Chojecka |  POL | 4:06.42 | | 6. Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:06.49 | | 7. Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 4:08.02 | | 8. Marla Runyan |  USA | 4:08.30 | | 9. Sabine Fischer |  SUI | 4:08.84 | | 10.Carla Sacramento |  POR | 4:11.15 | | 11.Hayley Parry-Tullett | GBR | 4:22.29 | | 12.Suzy Favor-Hamilton | USA | 4:23.05 |
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| Heat 1 19.00h | time | | 1. Nouria Merah-Benida | ALG | 4:05.24 | | 2. Suzy Favor-Hamilton | USA | 4:05.25 | | 3. Hayley Parry-Tullett | GBR | 4:05.34 | | 4. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:05.35 | | 5. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:05.78 | | 6. Marla Runyan | USA | 4:06.14 | | 7. Sabine Fischer | SUI | 4:06.67 | | 8. Margaret Crowley |  AUS | 4:09.16 | | 9. Lyudmila Rogachova |  RUS | 4:09.18 | | 10.Nuria Fernandez |  ESP | 4:10.92 | | 11.Irina Krakoviak |  LTU | 4:14.57 | | 12.Elena Buhaianu-Jagar | ROU | 4:14.75 |
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| Heat 2 19.10h | time | | 1. Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROU | 4:06.60 | | 2. Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:06.78 | | 3. Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:07.03 | | 4. Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:07.38 | | 5. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:07.65 | | 6. Veerle Dejaeghere |  BEL | 4:07.87 | | 7. Seloua Ouaziz |  MAR | 4:09.11 | | 8. Sureyya Ayhan |  TUR | 4:09.42 | | 9. Helen Pattinson | GBR | 4:09.60 | | 10.Georgie Clarke | AUS | 4:10.99 | | 11.Mardrea Hyman |  JAM | 4:14.20 | | 12.Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4:30.80 |
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| Heat 1 9.35h | time | | 1. Suzy Favor-Hamilton | USA | 4:08.08 | | 2. Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:08.13 | | 3. Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:08.33 | | 4. Sureyya Ayhan | TUR | 4:08.37 | | 5. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:08.41 | | 6. Helen Pattinson | GBR | 4:08.80 | | 7. Margaret Crowley | AUS | 4:08.85 | | 8. Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4:09.28 | | 9. Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:09.81 | | 10.Mardrea Hyman | JAM | 4:10.21 | | 11.Abebech Negussie | ETH | 4:15.52 | | 12.Julia Sakara |  ZIM | 4:21.94 | | 13.Tetyana Kryvobok |  UKR | 4:22.11 | | 14.Shazia Hidayat |  PAK | 5:07.17 | | -. Leah Pells |  CAN | DNF |
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| Heat 2 9.44h | time | | 1. Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROU | 4:10.18 | | 2. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:10.34 | | 3. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:10.38 | | 4. Veerle Dejaeghere | BEL | 4:10.68 | | 5. Sabine Fischer | SUI | 4:10.78 | | 6. Seloua Ouaziz | MAR | 4:10.82 | | 7. Marla Runyan | USA | 4:10.83 | | 8. Georgie Clarke | AUS | 4:11.74 | | 9. Toni Hodgkinson |  NZL | 4:12.59 | | 10.Naomi Mugo |  KEN | 4:13.18 | | 11.Hareg Sidelil | ETH | 4:14.05 | | 12.Natalia Rodriguez | ESP | 4:22.82 | | 13.Daniela Kuleska |  MKD | 4:33.50 | | -. Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | DNF |
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| Heat 3 9.53h | time | | 1. Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:09.88 | | 2. Nouria Merah-Benida | ALG | 4:10.24 | | 3. Hayley Parry-Tullett | GBR | 4:10.58 | | 4. Elena Buhaianu-Jagar | ROU | 4:11.35 | | 5. Nuria Fernandez | ESP | 4:11.46 |
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