| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Souad Aït Salem |  ALG |
| 2 | Francine Niyonizigiye |  BDI |
| 3 | Volha Krautsova |  BLR |
| 4 | Courtney Babcock |  CAN |
| 5 | Émilie Mondor | CAN |
| 6 | Sun Yingjie |  CHN |
| 7 | Xing Huina | CHN |
| 8 | Nebiat Habtemariam |  ERI |
| 9 | Elizabeth Zaragoza |  ESA |
| 10 | Meseret Defar |  ETH |
| 11 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH |
| 12 | Sentayehu Ejigu | ETH |
| 13 | Kirsi Valasti |  FIN |
| 14 | Margaret Maury |  FRA |
| 15 | Jo Pavey |  GBR |
| 16 | Irina Mikitenko |  GER |
| 17 | Maria Protopapa |  GRE |
| 18 | Krisztina Papp |  HUN |
| 19 | Supriyati Sutono |  INA |
| 20 | Maria McCambridge |  IRL |
| 21 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL |
| 22 | Edith Masai |  KEN |
| 23 | Isabella Ochichi | KEN |
| 24 | Jane Wanjiku | KEN |
| 25 | Catherine Chikwakwa |  MAW |
| 26 | Dulce María Rodríguez |  MEX |
| 27 | Kim Smith |  NZL |
| 28 | Inés Melchor |  PER |
| 29 | Inês Monteiro |  POR |
| 30 | Gulnara Samitova |  RUS |
| 31 | Liliya Shobukhova | RUS |
| 32 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS |
| 33 | Zeinab Bakour |  SYR |
| 34 | Restituta Joseph |  TAN |
| 35 | Elvan Abeylegesse |  TUR |
| 36 | Ebru Kavaklioğlu | TUR |
| 37 | Nuray Tezeta Sürekli | TUR |
| 38 | Dorcus Inzikuru |  UGA |
| 39 | Shayne Culpepper |  USA |
| 40 | Shalane Flanagan | USA |
| 41 | Marla Runyan | USA |
