Posted by Editor on 9/17/98.
| Senior Elite Women/Senior Elite Femmes Seeding run | ||||
| seed | name/nom | nationality/nationalitÈ | time/temps | t+ |
| 1 | CHAUSSON Anne | FRA | 5:16.37 | |
| 2 | DONOVAN Leigh | USA | 5:20.17 | 3.8 |
| 3 | GIOVE Missy | USA | 5:33.66 | 17.28 |
| 4 | ELLIOTT Cheri | USA | 5:36.04 | 19.66 |
| 5 | BRUTSAERT Elke | USA | 5:36.93 | 20.56 |
| 6 | GONZALEZ Mercedes | ESP | 5:37.06 | 20.69 |
| 7 | MORTIMER Helen | GBR | 5:37.46 | 21.09 |
| 8 | SONIER Kim | USA | 5:37.99 | 21.62 |
| 9 | MOSELEY Tracy | GBR | 5:39.75 | 23.37 |
| 10 | SANER Marielle | SUI | 5:40.33 | 23.96 |
| 11 | SHER Lisa | USA | 5:41.99 | 25.62 |
| 12 | STIEGER Sarah | SUI | 5:42.61 | 26.23 |
| 13 | STREB Marla | USA | 5:44.10 | 27.72 |
| 14 | LE CAER Nolvenn | FRA | 5:44.58 | 28.2 |
| 15 | REPO Katja | FIN | 5:44.61 | 28.23 |
| 16 | MILLER Katrina | AUS | 5:46.02 | 29.65 |
| 17 | MUXLOW Tai-Lee | AUS | 5:57.09 | 40.71 |
| 18 | BONAZZI Giovanna | ITA | 5:58.44 | 42.06 |
| 19 | BOULIANNE Chantal | CAN | 5:58.75 | 42.38 |
| 20 | M–SER Florentina | AUT | 6:03.87 | 47.49 |
| 21 | VUILLAUME Carole | SUI | 6:04.29 | 47.92 |
| 22 | CLINE Aleisha | CAN | 6:06.96 | 50.59 |
| 23 | VAN-MEERBECK Karen | GBR | 6:07.80 | 51.43 |
| 24 | SKELTON Daamiann | CAN | 6:08.19 | 51.82 |
| 25 | GUY Emma | GBR | 6:08.30 | 51.92 |
| 26 | QUIN Vanessa | NZL | 6:14.61 | 58.24 |
| 27 | REES JONES Anja | GBR | 6:14.72 | 58.35 |
| 28 | KURANDOVA Helena | CZE | 6:16.15 | 59.78 |
| 29 | ALLEN Sylvie | CAN | 6:19.36 | + 1:02.99 |
| 30 | LINDGREN Malin | SWE | 6:32.52 | + 1:16.14 |
| 31 | MEADE Tera | CAN | 6:34.99 | + 1:18.62 |
| 32 | WEBB Shelley | AUS | 6:35.85 | + 1:19.47 |
| 33 | BLANCHER Lorraine | CAN | 6:36.13 | + 1:19.76 |
| 34 | RUMPF Christiane | GER | 6:39.90 | + 1:23.53 |
| 35 | MASUDA Mami | JPN | 6:45.34 | + 1:28.97 |
| 36 | GAMBIN Cecile | CAN | 6:50.83 | + 1:34.45 |
| 37 | KAMAKURA Sachiko | JPN | 6:56.56 | + 1:40.18 |
| 38 | GRIESE Renata | AUS | 7:39.74 | + 2:23.37 |
| 39 | TEOBALDO Carolina | ARG | 7:41.51 | + 2:25.13 |
| 40 | LIU Hsiang-Lan | TPE | 7:44.76 | + 2:28.39 |
| 41 | TANAKA Toshie | JPN | 7:53.00 | + 2:36.63 |
| 42 | MILTON Jenny | AUS | 7:58.84 | + 2:42.47 |
| 43 | VAN ZYL Bridgette | RSA | 8:04.26 | + 2:47.88 |
| 44 | KASPER Brigitta | SUI | 9:22.08 | + 4:05.71 |
| 45 | WANG Zhexiu | CHN | 11:09.9 | + 5:53.51 |
| STIEFL Regina | GER | DNS | ||
| MUNOZ Cariza | MEX | DNS | ||