| Final | Team | time | | 1. Meseret Defar | ETH | 8:51.17 | | 2. Vivian Cheruiyot | KEN | 8:51.85 | | 3. Sentayehu Ejigu | ETH | 8:52.08 | | 4. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 8:52.16 | | 5. Alemitu Bekele | TUR | 8:53.78 | | 6. Sara Moreira | POR | 8:55.34 | | 7. Layes Abdullayeva | AZE | 8:57.59 | | 8. Jessica Augusto | POR | 9:01.71 | | 9. René Kalmer | RSA | 9:04.11 | | 10.Desireé Davila | USA | 9:07.24 | | 11.Lidia Chojecka | POL | 9:07.80 | | 12.Adrienne Herzog | NED | 9:12.99 |
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| Heat 1 14:10 | Team | time | | 1. Sentayehu Ejigu | ETH | 9:00.34 | | 2. Sara Moreira | POR | 9:01.01 | | 3. Vivian Cheruiyot | KEN | 9:01.35 | | 4. René Kalmer | RSA | 9:01.41 | | 5. Barbara Parker | GBR | 9:01.52 | | 6. Renata Plis | POL | 9:02.68 | | 7. Sara Hall | USA | 9:04.25 | | 8. Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 9:09.52 | | 9. Hazel Murphy | IRL | 9:17.60 | | 10.Viktoriia Poliudina | KGZ | 9:30.76 |
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| Heat 2 14:13 | Team | time | | 1. Meseret Defar | ETH | 8:48.23 | | 2. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | KEN | 8:48.60 | | 3. Alemitu Bekele | TUR | 8:48.73 | | 4. Layes Abdullayeva | AZE | 8:49.65 | | 5. Jessica Augusto | POR | 8:50.81 | | 6. Desireé Davila | USA | 8:51.08 | | 7. Lidia Chojecka | POL | 8:52.14 | | 8. Adrienne Herzog | NED | 8:53.24 | | 9. Ancuta Bobocel | ROU | 8:54.08 | | 10.Deirdre Byrne | IRL | 8:58.94 | | 11.Gemma Turtle | GBR | 9:17.55 |
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