| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hasna Benhassi |  MAR | 2:01.20 Q | 
| 2 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 2:01.50 Q | 
| 3 | Tetiana Petlyuk |  UKR | 2:02.07 Q | 
| 4 | Marian Burnett |  GUY | 2:02.12 q | 
| 5 | Nédia Semedo |  POR | 2:02.61 | 
| 6 | Olga Cristea |  MDA | 2:08.97 | 
| 7 | Marlyse Nsourou |  GAB | 2:12.35 NR | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Cioncan |  ROU | 1:59.64 Q PB | 
| 2 | Agnes Samaria |  NAM | 2:00.05 Q | 
| 3 | Élisabeth Grousselle |  FRA | 2:00.31 Q | 
| 4 | Natalya Khrushcheleva |  RUS | 2:00.56 q | 
| 5 | Diane Cummins |  CAN | 2:01.19 q | 
| 6 | Miho Sato |  JPN | 2:02.82 | 
| 7 | Adama Njie |  GAM | 2:10.02 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 2:00.81 Q | 
| 2 | Jearl Miles Clark |  USA | 2:01.33 Q | 
| 3 | Michelle Ballentine |  JAM | 2:01.52 Q | 
| 4 | Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | 2:01.70 q | 
| 5 | Tamsyn Manou |  AUS | 2:02.67 | 
| 6 | Tatyana Roslanova |  KAZ | 2:06.39 | 
| 7 | Sanaa Abubkheet |  PLE | 2:32.10 | 
| Anhel Cape |  GBS | DNF | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svetlana Cherkasova |  RUS | 2:03.60 Q | 
| 2 | Mina Aït Hammou |  MAR | 2:03.70 Q | 
| 3 | Joanne Fenn |  GBR | 2:03.72 Q | 
| 4 | Claudia Gesell |  GER | 2:03.87 | 
| 5 | Akosua Serwaa |  GHA | 2:03.96 | 
| 6 | Faith Macharia |  KEN | 2:06.31 | 
| 7 | Emilia Mikue Ondo |  GEQ | 2:22.88 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jolanda Batagelj |  SLO | 2:00.61 Q | 
| 2 | Mayte MartÃnez |  ESP | 2:00.81 Q | 
| 3 | Nicole Teter |  USA | 2:01.16 Q | 
| 4 | Luciana Mendes |  BRA | 2:01.36 q | 
| 5 | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová |  SVK | 2:02.17 q | 
| 6 | Binnaz Uslu |  TUR | 2:03.46 | 
| 7 | Marie-Lyne Joseph |  DMA | 2:20.23 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Andrianova |  RUS | 2:03.77 Q | 
| 2 | Seltana Aït Hammou |  MAR | 2:03.95 Q | 
| 3 | Zulia Calatayud |  CUB | 2:03.99 Q | 
| 4 | Anita Brägger |  SUI | 2:04.00 | 
| 5 | Hazel Clark |  USA | 2:05.67 | 
| 6 | Noelly Bibiche Mankatu |  COD | 2:06.23 | 
| 7 | Tanya Blake |  MLT | 2:19.34 |