| 3. Violeta Szekely |  Romania | 4:15.11 | Q | | 4. Olga Kuznetsova |  Russia | 4:15.25 | Q | | 5. Kathleen Friedrich |  Germany | 4:15.43 | Q | | 7. Patricia Djaté-Taillard |  France | 4:16.32 | q | | 10.Elena Buhăianu-Iagăr | Romania | 4:17.64 | | | 11.Sara Palmas |  Italy | 4:18.28 | PB | | -. Rocío Rodríguez |  Spain | DNF | |
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| 1. Yuliya Kosenkova | Russia | 4:13.28 | Q | | 2. Sinead Delahunty |  Ireland | 4:13.94 | Q | | 6. Lyubov Kremlyova | Russia | 4:15.88 | Q | | 8. Aysen Barak |  Turkey | 4:17.12 | q | | 9. Dorina Briand-Calenic | France | 4:17.18 | q, PB | | -. Lidia Chojecka |  Poland | DNF | | | -. Carmen Wüstenhagen | Germany | DNF | | | -. Gabriela Szabo | Romania | DNS | |
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