| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiia Hautala |  FIN | ||
| 2 | Tina Rättyä |  FIN | 2:11.90 | |
| 3 | Remigija Nazaroviene |  LTU | 2:09.26 | |
| 4 | Anzhela Atroshchenko |  BLR | 2:08.97 | 2:18.26i | 
| 5 | Yelena Lebedenko |  RUS | ||
| 6 | Karin Periginelli |  ITA | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urszula Wlodarczyk |  POL | 2:11.72 | |
| 2 | Kelly Blair-LaBounty |  USA | ||
| 3 | Kym Carter |  USA | 2:09.52 | 2:15.34i | 
| 4 | Nathalie Teppe |  FRA | 2:15.90 | |
| 5 | Sharon Jaklofsky |  NED | 2:17.37 | 2:17.37 | 
| 6 | Jane Jamieson |  AUS | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghada Shouaa |  SYR | 2:11.34 | 2:17.72 | 
| 2 | Svetlana Moskalets |  RUS | 2:14.54 | 2:16.88 | 
| 3 | Rita Ináncsi |  HUN | 2:16.02 | 2:18.55 | 
| 4 | Regla Maria Cárdenas |  CUB | 2:22.55 | |
| 5 | Eunice Barber |  SLE | 2:21.17 | |
| 6 | Denise Lewis |  GBR | ||
| 7 | Le Shundra Nathan |  USA | 2:28.88 | |
| 8 | Irina Tyukhay |  RUS | 2:17.00 | 2:17.64 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuela Marxer |  LIE | ||
| 2 | Svetlana Kazanina |  KAZ | ||
| 3 | Heike Drechsler |  GER | 2:11.53 | |
| 4 | Dagmar Urbánková |  CZE | ||
| 5 | Sabine Braun |  GER | 2:09.41 | 2:17.01 | 
| 6 | Magalys GarcÃa |  CUB | ||
| 7 | Chun-Ping Ma |  TPE | 2:24.19 | |
| 8 | Joanne Henry |  NZL | 2:08.72 |