| Final 17:25 | time | | 1. Hassiba Boulmerka |  ALG | 4:02.42 | | 2. Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 4:03.04 | | 3. Carla Sacramento |  POR | 4:03.79 | | 4. Angela Chalmers |  CAN | 4:04.74 | | 5. Lyudmila Borisova |  RUS | 4:04.78 | | 6. Anna Brzezinska |  POL | 4:05.65 | | 7. Ruth Wysocki |  USA | 4:07.08 | | 8. Maite Zuniga |  ESP | 4:07.27 | | 9. Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:07.83 | | 10.Yvonne Mai-Graham |  JAM | 4:08.01 | | 11.Margarita Marusova | RUS | 4:11.64 | | 12.Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:20.83 |
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| Heat 1 20:25 | time | | 1. Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:09.13 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:09.15 | | 3. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:10.03 | | 4. Anna Brzezinska | POL | 4:10.75 | | 5. Margarita Marusova | RUS | 4:10.92 | | 6. Blandine Bitzner-Ducret |  FRA | 4:11.11 | | 7. Petya Strashilova |  BUL | 4:11.62 | | 8. Leah Pells | CAN | 4:12.07 | | 9. Sarah Thorsett | USA | 4:12.26 | | 10.Theresia Kiesl |  AUT | 4:12.31 | | 11.Maria Akraka |  SWE | 4:13.16 | | 12.Marta Dominguez | ESP | 4:18.72 |
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| Heat 2 20:33 | time | | 1. Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:08.70 | | 2. Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:08.72 | | 3. Lyudmila Borisova | RUS | 4:08.83 | | 4. Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:08.92 | | 5. Ruth Wysocki | USA | 4:09.03 | | 6. Maite Zuniga | ESP | 4:09.61 | | 7. Yvonne Mai-Graham | JAM | 4:09.92 | | 8. Suzy Hamilton | USA | 4:10.28 | | 9. Frederique Quentin | FRA | 4:11.66 | | 10.Kutre Dulecha |  ETH | 4:11.86 | | 11.Yelena Bychkovskaya |  BLR | 4:15.99 | | 12.Julia Sakara |  ZIM | 4:16.67 |
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| Heat 1 17:25 | time | | 1. Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:11.34 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:11.87 | | 3. Lyudmila Borisova | RUS | 4:12.07 | | 4. Sarah Thorsett | USA | 4:12.10 | | 5. Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:12.12 | | 6. Maite Zuniga | ESP | 4:12.30 | | 7. Petya Strashilova | BUL | 4:13.27 | | 8. Maria Akraka | SWE | 4:13.38 | | 9. Julia Sakara | ZIM | 4:15.02 | | 10.Nirmala Bharati |  NEP | 4:53.60 |
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| Heat 2 17:33 | time | | 1. Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:17.70 | | 2. Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:18.14 | | 3. Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:18.40 | | 4. Suzy Hamilton | USA | 4:18.49 | | 5. Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:18.77 | | 6. Frederique Quentin | FRA | 4:18.86 | | 7. Yelena Bychkovskaya | BLR | 4:18.97 | | 8. Svetlana Miroshnik |  UKR | 4:19.12 | | 9. Khin Khin Htwe |  MYA | 4:26.69 | | 10.Rosemary Omundsen |  PNG | 4:51.86 |
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| Heat 3 17:41 | time | | 1. Yvonne Mai-Graham | JAM | 4:13.70 | | 2. Margarita Marusova | RUS | 4:13.91 | | 3. Ruth Wysocki | USA | 4:13.93 | | 4. Anna Brzezinska | POL | 4:14.34 | | 5. Theresia Kiesl | AUT | 4:14.52 | | 6. Leah Pells | CAN | 4:14.69 | | 7. Blandine Bitzner-Ducret | FRA | 4:16.21 | | 8. Marta Dominguez | ESP | 4:18.61 | | 9. Bigna Samuel |  STV | 4:25.94 | | 10.Nompumelelo Zwane |  SWZ | 4:49.32 |
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