| 1 | 2:20:43 | Margaret Okayo (Kenya) | 25 | 1 | 2002 |
| 2 | 2:21:12 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 29 | 2 | 2002 |
| 3 | 2:21:45 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 28 | 1 | 1994 |
| 4 | 2:22:36 | Caroline Kilel (Kenya) | 30 | 1 | 2011 |
| 5 | 2:22:38 | Desiree Davila (Michigan) | 27 | 2 | 2011 |
| 6 | 2:22:42 | Sharon Cherop (Kenya) | 27 | 3 | 2011 |
| 7 | 2:22:43 | Joan Benoit (Massachusetts) | 25 | 1 | 1983 |
| 8 | 2:23:21 | Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) | 24 | 1 | 1998 |
| 9 | 2:23:25 | Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) | 25 | 1 | 1999 |
| 10 | 2:23:33 | Valentina Yegorova (Russia) | 30 | 2 | 1994 |
| 11 | 2:23:38 | Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) | 25 | 1 | 2006 |
| 12 | 2:23:43 | Olga Markova (Russia) | 23 | 1 | 1992 |
| 13 | 2:23:48 | Jelena Prokopcuka (Latvia) | 29 | 2 | 2006 |
| 14 | 2:23:53 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 28 | 1 | 2001 |
| 15 | 2:24:11 | Reiko Tosa (Japan) | 29 | 3 | 2006 |
| 16 | 2:24:18 | Wanda Panfil (Poland) | 32 | 1 | 1991 |
| 17 | 2:24:26 | Caroline Rotich (Kenya) | 26 | 4 | 2011 |
| 18 | 2:24:27 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 31 | 1 | 2004 |
| 19 | 2:24:30 | Rosa Mota (Portugal) | 29 | 1 | 1988 |
| 20 | 2:24:33 | Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) | 33 | 1 | 1989 |
| 21 | 2:24:43 | Elfenesh Alemu (Ethiopia) | 29 | 2 | 2004 |
| 22 | 2:24:52 | Kara Goucher (Oregon) | 32 | 5 | 2011 |
| 23 | 2:24:55 | Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) | 30 | 1 | 1986 |
| 24 | 2:25:08 | Dire Tune (Ethiopia) | 25 | 6 | 2011 |
| 25 | 2:25:11 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 29 | 1 | 1995 |
| 26 | 2:25:13 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 32 | 1 | 2005 |
| 27 | 2:25:15 | Elana Meyer (South Africa) | 27 | 3 | 1994 |
| 28 | 2:25:19 | Alena Peterkova (Czech Republic) | 33 | 4 | 1994 |
| 29 | 2:25:20 | Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) | 32 | 1 | 2003 |
| 30 | 2:25:21 | Rosa Mota (Portugal) | 28 | 1 | 1987 |
| 31 | 2:25:24 | Rosa Mota (Portugal) | 31 | 1 | 1990 |
| 32 | 2:25:25 | Dire Tune (Ethiopia) | 22 | 1 | 2008 |
| 33 | 2:25:27 | Olga Markova (Russia) | 24 | 1 | 1993 |
| 33 | 2:25:27 | Alevtina Biktimirova (Russia) | 25 | 2 | 2008 |
| 35 | 2:25:28 | Bruna Genovese (Italy) | 29 | 4 | 2006 |
| 36 | 2:25:51 | Franziska Rochat-Moser (Switzerland) | 32 | 2 | 1999 |
| 37 | 2:26:01 | Elfenesh Alemu (Ethiopia) | 26 | 3 | 2002 |
| 38 | 2:26:11 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 27 | 1 | 2000 |
| 38 | 2:26:11 | Teyba Erkesso (Ethiopia) | 27 | 1 | 2010 |
| 40 | 2:26:15 | Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) | 29 | 7 | 2011 |
| 41 | 2:26:14 | Tatyana Pushkareva (Russia) | 24 | 2 | 2010 |
| 42 | 2:26:17 | Yolanda Caballero (Colombia) | 29 | 8 | 2011 |
| 43 | 2:26:23 | Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) | 23 | 1 | 1997 |
| 44 | 2:26:26 | Yoshiko Yamamoto (Japan) | 21 | 2 | 1992 |
| 45 | 2:26:27 | Irina Bogacheva (Kyrgyzstan) | 38 | 2 | 2000 |
| 45 | 2:26:27 | Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) | 26 | 3 | 2000 |
| 47 | 2:26:34 | Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) | 27 | 3 | 2008 |
| 47 | 2:26:34 | Alice Timbilili (Kenya) | 28 | 9 | 2011 |
| 49 | 2:26:39 | Yuko Arimori (Japan) | 32 | 3 | 1999 |
| 50 | 2:26:40 | Kim Jones (Washington) | 32 | 2 | 1991 |
| Rank | Time | Individual (Country/State) | Age | Place | Year |
| 51 | 2:26:42 | Malgorzata Sobanska (Poland) | 31 | 2 | 2001 |
| 52 | 2:26:46 | Allison Roe (New Zealand) | 24 | 1 | 1981 |
| 53 | 2:26:51 | Elana Meyer (South Africa) | 28 | 2 | 1995 |
| 53 | 2:26:51 | Lyubov Denisova (Russia) | 31 | 2 | 2003 |
| 55 | 2:26:52 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 25 | 3 | 1991 |
| 55 | 2:26:52 | Kiyoko Shimahara (Japan) | 29 | 5 | 2006 |
| 57 | 2:26:54 | Joan Benoit Samuelson (Maine) | 33 | 4 | 1991 |
| 58 | 2:26:55 | Kamila Gradus (Poland) | 24 | 5 | 1991 |
| 59 | 2:26:58 | Alevtina Biktimirova (Russia) | 23 | 6 | 2006 |
| 60 | 2:27:00 | Yuliya Ruban (Ukraine) | 27 | 10 | 2011 |
| 61 | 2:27:03 | Elfenesh Alemu (Ethiopia) | 29 | 2 | 2005 |
| 62 | 2:27:09 | Elana Meyer (South Africa) | 30 | 3 | 1997 |
| 63 | 2:27:12 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 26 | 3 | 1992 |
| 63 | 2:27:12 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 30 | 1 | 1996 |
| 65 | 2:27:17 | Renata Paradowska (Poland) | 27 | 2 | 1998 |
| 66 | 2:27:18 | Lyubov Morgunova (Russia) | 30 | 3 | 2001 |
| 67 | 2:27:20 | Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) | 32 | 3 | 2003 |
| 68 | 2:27:26 | Sun Yingjie (China) | 23 | 4 | 2002 |
| 69 | 2:27:29 | Tirfi Tsegaye (Ethiopia) | 26 | 11 | 2011 |
| 70 | 2:27:34 | Anuta Catuna (Romania) | 29 | 3 | 1998 |
| 70 | 2:27:34 | Olivera Jevtic (Serbia and Montenegro) | 26 | 3 | 2004 |
| 72 | 2:27:35 | Carla Beurskens (Netherlands) | 34 | 2 | 1986 |
| 73 | 2:27:39 | Margaret Okayo (Kenya) | 26 | 4 | 2003 |
| 74 | 2:27:41 | Carmen De Oliviera (Brazil) | 28 | 5 | 1994 |
| 75 | 2:27:42 | Manuela Machado (Portugal) | 28 | 4 | 1992 |
| 76 | 2:27:51 | Patti Lyons Catalano (Massachusetts) | 27 | 2 | 1981 |
| 77 | 2:27:54 | Colleen De Reuck (South Africa) | 35 | 4 | 1999 |
| 78 | 2:27:56 | Lornah Kiplagat (Kenya) | 26 | 4 | 2001 |
| 79 | 2:27:58 | Martha Tenorio (Ecuador) | 32 | 5 | 1999 |
| 79 | 2:27:58 | Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova (Russia) | 40 | 5 | 2002 |
| 81 | 2:28:03 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 24 | 2 | 1990 |
| 81 | 2:28:03 | Colleen De Reuck (South Africa) | 33 | 3 | 1997 |
| 83 | 2:28:08 | Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) | 27 | 5 | 2001 |
| 84 | 2:28:11 | Malgorzata Birbach (Poland) | 32 | 5 | 1992 |
| 85 | 2:28:12 | Jelena Prokopcuka (Latvia) | 31 | 4 | 2008 |
| 86 | 2:28:27 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 26 | 6 | 1999 |
| 87 | 2:28:35 | Salina Kosgei (Kenya) | 33 | 3 | 2010 |
| 88 | 2:28:36 | Waynishet Girma (Ethiopia) | 24 | 4 | 2010 |
| 89 | 2:28:37 | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | 22 | 2 | 1996 |
| 90 | 2:28:48 | Woynishet Girma (Ethiopia) | 25 | 12 | 2011 |
| 91 | 2:28:50 | Irina Timofeyeva (Russia) | 31 | 6 | 2001 |
| 92 | 2:28:51 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 31 | 4 | 1997 |
| 93 | 2:28:53 | Maria Trujillo (Arizona) | 30 | 3 | 1990 |
| 94 | 2:28:56 | Kamila Gradus (Poland) | 23 | 4 | 1990 |
| 95 | 2:29:00 | Madina Biktagirova (Belarus) | 30 | 3 | 1995 |
| 96 | 2:29:02 | Bruna Genovese (Italy) | 29 | 6 | 2002 |
| 97 | 2:29:04 | Marguerite Buist (New Zealand) | 26 | 2 | 1989 |
| 98 | 2:29:06 | Hellen Mugo (Kenya) | 25 | 13 | 2011 |
| 99 | 2:29:12 | Bruna Genovese (Italy) | 33 | 5 | 2010 |
| 100 | 2:29:13 | Manuela Machado (Portugal) | 34 | 4 | 1998 |
