| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
CUB
|
2:01.37 Q |
| 2 | Kelly Holmes |
GBR
|
2:01.52 Q |
| 3 | Patricia Djaté-Taillard |
FRA
|
2:01.73 Q |
| 4 | Letitia Vriesde |
SUR
|
2:02.75 Q |
| 5 | Yelena Afanasyeva |
RUS
|
2:03.66 |
| 6 | Svetlana Miroshnik |
UKR
|
2:03.72 |
| 7 | Tina Paulino |
MOZ
|
2:04.51 |
| 8 | Stella Jongmans |
NED
|
2:05.11 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meredith Rainey-Valmon |
USA
|
1:58.49 Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Grigoryeva |
RUS
|
1:58.61 Q |
| 3 | Lyubov Gurina |
RUS
|
1:58.70 Q |
| 4 | Ellen van Langen |
NED
|
1:58.86 Q |
| 5 | Natalya Dukhnova |
BLR
|
1:59.45 |
| 6 | Inna Yevseyeva |
UKR
|
2:00.93 |
| 7 | Ella Kovacs |
ROU
|
2:03.31 |
| Maria de Lurdes Mutola |
MOZ
|
DQ |