| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 706 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |
MOZ |
1:57.72 Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 775 | Jolanda Batagelj |
SLO |
2:01.48 Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 518 | Sandra Stals |
BEL |
2:01.88 Q SB |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 803 | Tetiana Petlyuk |
UKR |
2:01.90 q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 583 | Mayte MartÃnez |
ESP |
2:02.78 Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 702 | Seltana Aït Hammou |
MAR |
2:02.83 Q PB |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 760 | Olga Raspopova |
RUS |
2:03.67 Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 546 | Aimee Teteris |
CAN |
2:03.75 q |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 614 | Joanne Fenn |
GBR |
2:04.01 Q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | 701 | Mina Aït Hammou |
MAR |
2:04.30 Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 655 | Marian Burnett |
GUY |
2:04.48 NR |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | 625 | Monika Gradzki Merl |
GER |
2:04.68 |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | 734 | Liliana Barbulescu |
ROU |
2:04.75 |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 823 | Jennifer Toomey |
USA |
2:04.84 Q |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | 742 | Tatyana Andrianova |
RUS |
2:05.04 Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 707 | Agnes Samaria |
NAM |
2:05.05 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 815 | Mary Jayne Harrelson Reeves |
USA |
2:05.16 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | 578 | Esther Desviat |
ESP |
2:05.66 |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | 597 | Meskerem Legesse |
ETH |
2:05.83 |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | 679 | Michelle Ballentine |
JAM |
2:05.94 |
| 21 | 5 | 4 | 710 | Lotte Visschers |
NED |
2:06.49 |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | 544 | Heather Hennigar |
CAN |
2:06.68 |
| 23 | 5 | 3 | 727 | Sandra Teixeira |
POR |
2:06.74 |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | 790 | Lwiza Msyani John |
TAN |
2:06.97 |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | 513 | Sheena Gooding |
BAR |
2:06.97 SB |
| 26 | 6 | 3 | 556 | Noelly Bibiche Mankatu |
COD |
2:07.62 SB |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | 534 | Christiane dos Santos |
BRA |
2:07.77 |
| 28 | 6 | 2 | 612 | Marlyse Nsourou |
GAB |
2:21.57 SB |
| 29 | 6 | 4 | 654 | Sloan Siegrist |
GUM |
2:22.72 |