| 1st | Gabriela Szabo | 🇷🇴RomaniaROU |
| 2nd | Sonia O'Sullivan | 🇮🇷IrelandIRL |
| 3rd | Gete Wami | 🇪🇹EthiopiaETH |
| 4th | Ayelech Worku | 🇪🇹EthiopiaETH |
| 5th | Irina Mikitenko | |
| 5th | Susanne Pumper | 🇦🇺AustriaAUT |
| 6th | Benita Willis-Johnson | 🇦🇺AustraliaAUS |
| 6th | Lydia Cheromei | 🇰🇪KenyaKEN |
| 6th | Roberta Brunet | 🇮🇹ItalyITA |
| 7th | Amy Rudolph | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 7th | Elva Dryer | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 7th | Werknesh Kidane | 🇪🇹EthiopiaETH |
| 7th | Yoshiko Ichikawa | 🇯🇵JapanJPN |
| 8th | Beatriz Santiago | 🇪🇸SpainESP |
| 8th | Olga Yegorova | |
| 8th | Rosemary Ryan | 🇮🇷IrelandIRL |
| 8th | Sonja Stolić | 🇸🇨Serbia and MontenegroSCG |
| 9th | Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka | 🇱🇻LatviaLAT |
| 9th | Kate Anderson-Richardson | 🇦🇺AustraliaAUS |
| 9th | Megumi Tanaka | 🇯🇵JapanJPN |
| 9th | Nora Rocha | 🇲🇪MexicoMEX |
| 10th | Daniela Yordanova | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 10th | Inga Juodeškienė | 🇱🇹LithuaniaLTU |
| 10th | Marta Domínguez | 🇪🇸SpainESP |
| 10th | Michiko Shimizu | 🇯🇵JapanJPN |
| 11th | Anne Marie Lauck | 🇺🇸United StatesUSA |
| 11th | Chrysostomia Iakovou | 🇬🇷GreeceGRE |
| 11th | Dulce María Rodríguez | 🇲🇪MexicoMEX |
| 11th | Rose Cheruiyot | 🇰🇪KenyaKEN |
| 12th | Ebru Kavaklıoğlu | |
| 12th | Jo Pavey | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 12th | Samukeliso Moyo | 🇿🇼ZimbabweZIM |
| 12th | Yamna Belkacem | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 13th | Breda Dennehy-Willis | 🇮🇷IrelandIRL |
| 13th | Helena Javornik | 🇸🇮SloveniaSLO |
| 13th | Tatyana Tomashova | |
| 13th | Zhor El-Kamch | 🇲🇦MoroccoMAR |
| 14th | Anne Cross | 🇦🇺AustraliaAUS |
| 14th | Diane Nukuri-Johnson | |
| 14th | Elisa Cobañea | 🇦🇷ArgentinaARG |
| 14th | Vivian Cheruiyot | 🇰🇪KenyaKEN |
| 15th | Andrea Whitcombe | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 15th | Catherine Chikwakwa | |
| 15th | Nebiat Habtemariam | 🇪🇷EritreaERI |
| 16th | Maggie Chan | |
| 16th | Maysa Hussain Matrood | |
| 16th | Priscilla Mamba | |
| 17th | Baatarkhüügiin Battsetseg | 🇲🇬MongoliaMGL |
| AC r2/2 | Olivera Jevtić | |
| - | Restituta Joseph | |