| Final 18:00 | time | | 1. Annarita Sidoti |  ITA | 42:55.49 | | 2. Olga Kardopoltseva |  BLR | 43:30.20 | | 3. Valentina Tsybulskaya | BLR | 43:49.24 | | 4. Hongyu Liu |  CHN | 43:56.86 | | 5. Erica Alfridi | ITA | 43:59.73 | | 6. Aniko Szebenszky |  HUN | 44:14.94 | | 7. Yan Gu | CHN | 44:24.17 | | 8. Anita Liepina |  LAT | 45:00.56 | | 9. Yelena Nikolayeva |  RUS | 45:01.90 | | 10.Elisabetta Perrone | ITA | 45:16.64 | | 11.Maria Urbanik-Rosza | HUN | 45:36.57 | | 12.Yan Wang | CHN | 46:21.69 | | 13.Svetlana Tolstaya |  KZK | 47:09.51 | | 14.Yuka Mitsumori |  JPN | 47:24.22 | | -. Larisa Ramazanova-Khmelnitskaya | BLR | DNF | | -. Beate Anders-Gummelt |  GER | DNF | | -. Irina Stankina | RUS | DQ | | -. Maya Sazonova | KZK | DQ | | -. Olga Panfyorova | RUS | DQ | | -. Olympiada Ivanova | RUS | DQ |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 2 | 41 | 04.08 |
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| Heat 1 8:00 | time | | 1. Anita Liepina | LAT | 44:07.88 | | 2. Maria Urbanik-Rosza | HUN | 44:13.76 | | 3. Olga Kardopoltseva | BLR | 44:16.00 | | 4. Yelena Nikolayeva | RUS | 44:16.08 | | 5. Larisa Ramazanova-Khmelnitskaya | BLR | 44:18.49 | | 6. Yan Wang | CHN | 44:18.50 | | 7. Annarita Sidoti | ITA | 44:19.33 | | 8. Olga Panfyorova | RUS | 44:22.63 | | 9. Svetlana Tolstaya | KZK | 44:32.34 | | 10.Maria Graciela Mendoza |  MEX | 44:51.81 | | 11.Susana Feitor |  POR | 45:00.77 | | 12.Celia Marcen |  ESP | 45:09.85 | | 13.Ildiko Ilyes | HUN | 45:18.02 | | 14.Ivonne Varas | MEX | 47:03.18 | | 15.Hanne Liland |  NOR | 47:51.23 | | 16.Valerie Nadaud |  FRA | 47:52.90 | | 17.Kathrin Born-Boyde | GER | 48:01.28 | | 18.Christina Kokotou |  GRE | 48:52.36 | | 19.Aida Isayeva |  AZE | 50:44.62 | | -. Geovana Irusta |  BOL | DQ | | -. Annastasia Karen Raj |  MAS | DQ |
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| Heat 2 9:00 | time | | 1. Olympiada Ivanova | RUS | 44:31.98 | | 2. Erica Alfridi | ITA | 44:32.04 | | 3. Elisabetta Perrone | ITA | 44:32.06 | | 4. Irina Stankina | RUS | 44:32.17 | | 5. Aniko Szebenszky | HUN | 44:32.22 | | 6. Valentina Tsybulskaya | BLR | 44:32.24 | | 7. Hongyu Liu | CHN | 44:32.47 | | 8. Maya Sazonova | KZK | 44:33.48 | | 9. Yan Gu | CHN | 44:36.17 | | 10.Beate Anders-Gummelt | GER | 44:37.78 | | 11.Yuka Mitsumori | JPN | 44:43.99 | | 12.Tina Poitras |  CAN | 45:18.76 | | 13.Jane Saville |  AUS | 46:12.76 | | 14.Nathalie Marchand-Fortain | FRA | 46:28.58 | | 15.Nora Leksir | FRA | 47:15.15 | | 16.Valentina Savchuk |  UKR | 47:47.57 | | 17.Francisca Martinez | MEX | 48:29.81 | | 18.Miriam Ramon |  ECU | 48:39.75 | | -. Victoria Herazo |  USA | DQ | | -. Tong Lean Cheng | MAS | DQ |
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