| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 562 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 1:59.96 Q | 
| 2 | 303 | Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 2:00.08 Q | 
| 3 | 110 | Diane Cummins |  CAN | 2:00.46 Q | 
| 4 | 735 | Jolanda Batagelj |  SLO | 2:00.46 q | 
| 5 | 811 | Hazel Clark |  USA | 2:00.56 q SB | 
| 6 | 753 | Anita Brägger |  SUI | 2:00.65 q | 
| 7 | 26 | Tamsyn Manou |  AUS | 2:00.86 q SB | 
| 8 | 751 | Hind Musa |  SUD | 2:27.96 | 
| 157 | Kazadi Songa |  COD | DNS | 
| Split | Mark | Athlete | COUNTRY | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m | 59.75 |  Tamsyn MANOU |  AUS | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 | Faith Macharia |  KEN | 2:03.83 Q | 
| 2 | 351 | Ivonne Teichmann |  GER | 2:04.03 Q | 
| 3 | 82 | Luciana Mendes |  BRA | 2:04.16 Q | 
| 4 | 771 | Lwiza Msyani John |  TAN | 2:04.31 | 
| 5 | 712 | Natalya Tsyganova |  RUS | 2:04.55 | 
| 6 | 65 | Natalya Dukhnova |  BLR | 2:05.47 | 
| 7 | 504 | Tatiana Borisova |  KGZ | 2:05.63 | 
| 8 | 286 | Adama Njie |  GAM | 2:07.80 | 
| Split | Mark | Athlete | COUNTRY | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m | 1:01.35 |  Lwiza Msyani JOHN |  TAN | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 756 | Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | 1:59.51 Q | 
| 2 | 174 | Zulia Calatayud |  CUB | 2:00.96 Q | 
| 3 | 668 | Svetlana Cherkasova |  RUS | 2:00.97 Q | 
| 4 | 737 | Brigita Langerholc |  SLO | 2:01.05 | 
| 5 | 256 | Peggy Babin |  FRA | 2:02.48 | 
| 6 | 566 | Agnes Samaria |  NAM | 2:03.11 | 
| 7 | 447 | Charmaine Howell |  JAM | 2:05.06 | 
| 8 | 597 | Mariela Álvarez |  PER | 2:09.43 PB | 
| 9 | 12 | Janill Williams |  ANT | 2:15.04 | 
| Split | Mark | Athlete | COUNTRY | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m | 56.65 |  Letitia VRIESDE |  SUR | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35 | Stephanie Graf |  AUT | 2:01.78 Q | 
| 2 | 216 | Mayte Martínez |  ESP | 2:01.98 Q | 
| 3 | 485 | Svetlana Badrankova |  KAZ | 2:02.19 Q | 
| 4 | 689 | Irina Mistyukevich |  RUS | 2:02.50 | 
| 5 | 788 | Grace Birungi |  UGA | 2:04.26 | 
| 6 | 563 | Tina Paulino |  MOZ | 2:06.36 | 
| 85 | Tsvetelina Kirilova |  BUL | DQ | |
| 786 | Süreyya Ayhan |  TUR | DNS | 
| Split | Mark | Athlete | COUNTRY | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m | 1:00.01 |  Tsvetelina KIRILOVA |  BUL |