| Final 16:50 | time | | O | bib | | 1. Genzebe Dibaba |  ETH | 8:55.04 | | 1 | 652 | | 2. Hellen Onsando Obiri |  KEN | 8:57.72 | | 8 | 730 | | 3. Maryam Yusuf Jamal |  BRN | 8:59.16 | | 12 | 623 | | 4. Irene Jelagat | KEN | 9:02.67 | | 7 | 728 | | 5. Sifan Hassan |  NED | 9:03.22 | | 10 | 744 | | 6. Betlhem Desalegn |  UAE | 9:04.06 | | 9 | 832 | | 7. Renata Plis |  POL | 9:07.05 | | 6 | 772 | | 8. Shannon Rowbury |  USA | 9:07.82 | | 2 | 871 | | 9. Margherita Magnani |  ITA | 9:10.13 | | 5 | 708 | | 10.Gabrielle Grunewald | USA | 9:11.76 | | 4 | 856 | | 11.Hiwot Ayalew | ETH | 9:12.51 | | 11 | 650 | | 12.Alia Saeed Mohammed | UAE | 9:21.23 | | 3 | 833 |
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| Qualification Standard A: 9:02.00 | | Qualification Standard B: 8:38.00 | | Qualification Standard 5000m: 15:00.0 |
| Split times | | 1000m | Hiwot Ayalew (ETH) | 3:24.50 | | 2000m | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) | 6:16.10 |
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| | | Friday 09.03 - First 4 + Best 4 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 11:25 | time | | O | bib | | 1. Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 8:57.86 | | 5 | 652 | | 2. Sifan Hassan | NED | 8:58.50 | | 4 | 744 | | 3. Margherita Magnani | ITA | 8:58.51 | | 7 | 708 | | 4. Shannon Rowbury | USA | 8:58.85 | SB | 1 | 871 | | 5. Irene Jelagat | KEN | 8:58.97 | | 3 | 728 | | 6. Alia Saeed Mohammed | UAE | 9:00.35 | | 2 | 833 | | 7. Natalya Aristarkhova |  RUS | 9:09.37 | | 6 | 793 | | 8. Lucy Van Dalen |  NZL | 9:10.20 | | 8 | 759 |
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| Split times | | 1000m | Irene Jelagat (KEN) | 3:07.52 | | 2000m | Alia Saeed Mohammed (UAE) | 6:10.22 |
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| Heat 1 11:40 | time | | O | bib | | 1. Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 8:53.07 | | 4 | 623 | | 2. Hellen Onsando Obiri | KEN | 8:53.31 | | 3 | 730 | | 3. Betlhem Desalegn | UAE | 8:53.56 | | 6 | 832 | | 4. Hiwot Ayalew | ETH | 8:53.70 | | 5 | 650 | | 5. Renata Plis | POL | 8:57.80 | | 7 | 772 | | 6. Gabrielle Grunewald | USA | 8:58.10 | | 2 | 856 | | 7. Svitlana Shmidt |  UKR | 9:25.98 | | 1 | 845 |
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| Split times | | 1000m | Renata Plis (POL) | 3:04.63 | | 2000m | Hellen Onsando Obiri (KEN) | 6:06.87 |
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