Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
width=10% | Rank | width=30% | Team | width=10% | Points |
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| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 7 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 12 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 16 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 17 | align=left style="border:0" | (Lydia Cheromei) | align=right style="border:0" | (32) | align=left style="border:0" | (Tegla Loroupe) | align=right style="border:0" | (80) | |
| 52 |
| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 10 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 20 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 27 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 36 | align=left style="border:0" | (Aki Tasaka) | align=right style="border:0" | (37) | align=left style="border:0" | (Harumi Suzuki) | align=right style="border:0" | (61) | |
| 93 |
| align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 8 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 14 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 34 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 44 | align=left style="border:0" | (Maria Rébélo) | align=right style="border:0" | (46) | align=left style="border:0" | (Marie-Hélène Reix) | align=right style="border:0" | (59) | |
| 100 |
4 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 4 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 6 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 23 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 72 | align=left style="border:0" | (Camilla Spires) | align=right style="border:0" | (112) | align=left style="border:0" | (Lydia Mafula) | align=right style="border:0" | (133) | |
| 105 |
5 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 11 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 13 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 30 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 52 | align=left style="border:0" | (Nadezhda Tatarenkova) | align=right style="border:0" | (66) | |
| 106 |
6 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 19 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 22 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 33 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 48 | align=left style="border:0" | (Adanech Erkulo) | align=right style="border:0" | (86) | align=left style="border:0" | (Derartu Tulu) | align=right style="border:0" | (DNF) | |
| 122 |
7 | align=left | United Kingdom align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 5 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 18 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 38 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 63 | align=left style="border:0" | (Alison Wyeth) | align=right style="border:0" | (92) | align=left style="border:0" | (Andrea Whitcombe) | align=right style="border:0" | (110) | |
| 124 |
8 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 1 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 39 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 40 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 57 | align=left style="border:0" | (Manuela Dias) | align=right style="border:0" | (85) | align=left style="border:0" | (Albertina Machado) | align=right style="border:0" | (93) | |
| 137 |
9 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 9 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 26 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 41 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 81 | align=left style="border:0" | (Anuța Cătună) | align=right style="border:0" | (105) | |
| 157 |
10 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 3 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 21 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 68 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 75 | align=left style="border:0" | (Elaine van Blunk) | align=right style="border:0" | (89) | align=left style="border:0" | (Gwynn Coogan) | align=right style="border:0" | (101) | |
| 167 |
11 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 15 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 28 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 47 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 82 | align=left style="border:0" | (Carmen Brunet) | align=right style="border:0" | (83) | align=left style="border:0" | (Ana Isabel Alonso) | align=right style="border:0" | (106) | |
| 172 |
12 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 2 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 49 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 56 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 70 | align=left style="border:0" | (Breda Dennehy) | align=right style="border:0" | (87) | align=left style="border:0" | (Maureen Harrington) | align=right style="border:0" | (DNF) | |
| 177 |
13 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 29 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 55 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 69 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 73 | align=left style="border:0" | (Maria Curatolo) | align=right style="border:0" | (91) | align=left style="border:0" | (Nadia Dandolo) | align=right style="border:0" | (DNF) | |
| 226 |
14 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 42 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 64 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 74 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 79 | |
| 259 |
15 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 53 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 60 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 90 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 104 | align=left style="border:0" | (Wilma Rusman) | align=right style="border:0" | (125) | |
| 307 |
16 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 65 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 67 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 78 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 107 | |
| 317 |
17 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 31 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 77 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 84 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 138 | |
| 330 |
18 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 35 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 62 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 116 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 121 | |
| 334 |
19 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 45 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 94 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 97 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 100 | align=left style="border:0" | (Jacqueline Mota) | align=right style="border:0" | (113) | align=left style="border:0" | (Linda Thyer) | align=right style="border:0" | (129) | |
| 336 |
20 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 54 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 88 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 96 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 111 | align=left style="border:0" | (Anja Smolders) | align=right style="border:0" | (130) | align=left style="border:0" | (Ingrid Delagrange) | align=right style="border:0" | (DNF) | |
| 349 |
21 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 24 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 95 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 115 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 134 | align=left style="border:0" | (Andrea Hayoz) | align=right style="border:0" | (143) | |
| 368 |
22 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 71 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 98 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 99 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 114 | |
| 382 |
23 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 50 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 102 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 118 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 123 | align=left style="border:0" | (Réka Csizi) | align=right style="border:0" | (137) | |
| 393 |
24 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 76 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 136 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 139 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 141 | |
| 492 |
25 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 120 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 122 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 132 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 135 | |
| 509 |
26 | align=left | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 126 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 127 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 128 | align=left style="border:0" | | align=right style="border:0" | 131 | |
| 512 | |
An unofficial count yields the participation of 148 athletes from 38 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.