| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kym Carter |  USA | ||
| 2 | Ghada Shouaa |  SYR | ||
| 3 | Ingrid Didden |  BEL | 2:16.95 | 2:16.95 | 
| 4 | Tina Rättyä |  FIN | ||
| 5 | Joanne Henry |  NZL | 2:12.64 | |
| 6 | Odile Lesage |  FRA | ||
| 7 | Petra Vaideanu |  ROU | ||
| 8 | Ana MarÃa Comaschi |  ARG | ||
| 9 | Long Nyu Yu |  SGP | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ifeoma Ozoeze |  ITA | 2:22.80 | |
| 2 | Sharon Jaklofsky |  AUS | ||
| 3 | Peggy Beer |  GER | 2:05.79 | 2:13.16 | 
| 4 | Cindy Greiner |  USA | ||
| 5 | Clova Court |  GBR | ||
| 6 | Rita Ináncsi |  HUN | 2:18.06 | |
| 7 | Maria Kamrowska |  POL | ||
| 8 | Ragne Kytölä |  FIN | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urszula Wlodarczyk |  POL | ||
| 2 | Tatyana Zhuravlyova |  URS | ||
| 3 | Liliana Alexandru |  ROU | 2:10.28 | 2:10.28 | 
| 4 | Sabine Braun |  GER | 2:09.41 | 2:16.17 | 
| 5 | Satu Ruotsalainen |  FIN | ||
| 6 | Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab |  ALG | ||
| 7 | Irina Belova |  URS | 2:02.75 | |
| 8 | Yuqing Zhu |  CHN | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee |  USA | 2:08.51 | 2:08.51 | 
| 2 | Xiuhong Fu |  CHN | ||
| 3 | Heike Tischler |  GER | 2:05.50 | 2:05.50 |