| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia Djaté-Taillard |  FRA | 1:59.07 Q | 
| 2 | Ellen van Langen |  NED | 1:59.61 Q | 
| 3 | Natalya Dukhnova |  BLR | 2:00.13 q | 
| 4 | Amy Wickus |  USA | 2:01.38 | 
| 5 | Malin Ewerlöf |  SWE | 2:02.28 | 
| 6 | Julia Sakara |  ZIM | 2:03.68 | 
| 7 | Yaznee Nasheeda |  MDV | 2:34.18 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | 1:59.73 Q | 
| 2 | Tatyana Grigoryeva |  RUS | 2:00.03 Q | 
| 3 | Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 2:00.23 q | 
| 4 | Tina Paulino |  MOZ | 2:00.75 q | 
| 5 | Stella Jongmans |  NED | 2:01.13 q | 
| 6 | Kutre Dulecha |  ETH | 2:01.74 | 
| 7 | Lorie Ann Adams |  GUY | 2:07.57 | 
| 8 | Fanta Camara |  GUI | 2:20.78 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |  CUB | 2:00.84 Q | 
| 2 | Yelena Afanasyeva |  RUS | 2:01.04 Q | 
| 3 | Petya Strashilova |  BUL | 2:01.54 | 
| 4 | Joetta Clark-Diggs |  USA | 2:01.70 | 
| 5 | Karen Gydesen |  DEN | 2:04.41 | 
| 6 | Regula Zürcher-Scalabrin |  SUI | 2:05.87 | 
| 7 | Tsui Fong Cheong |  SGP | 2:19.35 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 1:59.93 Q | 
| 2 | Meredith Rainey-Valmon |  USA | 2:00.13 Q | 
| 3 | Ella Kovacs |  ROU | 2:00.95 q | 
| 4 | Svetlana Miroshnik |  UKR | 2:01.24 q | 
| 5 | Anne Bruns |  GER | 2:03.16 | 
| 6 | Aisling Molloy |  IRL | 2:04.15 | 
| Inez Turner |  JAM | DQ | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inna Yevseyeva |  UKR | 2:01.74 Q | 
| 2 | Lyubov Gurina |  RUS | 2:01.76 Q | 
| 3 | Luciana Mendes |  BRA | 2:01.82 | 
| 4 | Charmaine Crooks |  CAN | 2:02.04 | 
| 5 | Ludmila Formanová |  CZE | 2:02.39 | 
| 6 | Jyotirmoy Sikdhar |  IND | 2:03.68 | 
| 7 | Rita Martin |  SUD | 2:43.22 |