| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Yelena Afanasyeva |
RUS |
2:00.12 Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |
MOZ |
2:00.88 Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Luciana Mendes |
BRA |
2:00.89 Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Letitia Vriesde |
SUR |
2:00.92 Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Stella Jongmans |
NED |
2:01.06 Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Joetta Clark-Diggs |
USA |
2:01.15 Q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová |
CZE |
2:01.46 Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Petya Strashilova |
BUL |
2:01.49 q |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Nouria Mérah-Benida |
ALG |
2:01.54 q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Hasna Benhassi |
MAR |
2:01.56 q |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
CUB |
2:01.56 Q |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | Malgorzata Rydz |
POL |
2:01.68 q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Olena Buzhenko-Sergeyeva |
UKR |
2:02.00 Q |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson |
NZL |
2:02.21 q |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Rosa Kutty |
IND |
2:02.22 |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Natalya Dukhnova |
BLR |
2:02.39 Q |
| 17 | 5 | 4 | Stephanie Graf |
AUT |
2:02.52 |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Charmaine Crooks |
CAN |
2:02.84 |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Linda Kisabaka |
GER |
2:03.22 |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | Kathy Harris-Rounds |
USA |
2:03.33 |
| 21 | 5 | 3 | Dawn Williams-Sewer |
DMA |
2:03.35 |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Julia Sakara |
ZIM |
2:03.55 |
| 23 | 5 | 5 | Iryna Lishchynska |
UKR |
2:03.56 |
| 24 | 6 | 5 | Monika Kinnunen |
FIN |
2:04.11 |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Öznur Dursun |
TUR |
2:04.62 |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Jill Stamison-McMullen |
USA |
2:06.16 |
| 27 | 5 | 2 | Theoni Kostopoulou |
GRE |
2:07.32 |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Leontine Tsiba |
CGO |
2:07.34 NR |
| 29 | 6 | 2 | Jolanda Batagelj |
SLO |
2:10.97 |
| 30 | 7 | 2 | Adama Njie |
GAM |
2:13.50 |
| 31 | 7 | 5 | Monica Randi |
SMR |
2:16.00 |
| 32 | 7 | 1 | Abok Shol |
SUD |
2:16.74 NR |
| 33 | 6 | 3 | Natalia Al Farran |
LBN |
2:18.11 PB |
| 34 | 7 | 3 | Donata Mutegwamaso |
RWA |
2:25.07 |
| 35 | 7 | 4 | Yaznee Nasheeda |
MDV |
2:36.18 |
| 3 | Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma |
RUS |
DQ | ||
| 4 | Alberta Cape |
GBS |
DNS | ||
| 1 | Malin Ewerlöf |
SWE |
DNS |