| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 643 | Diribe WELTEJI |  ETH | 1:58.83 Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 714 | Jemma REEKIE |  GBR | 1:59.09 Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 856 | Adelle TRACEY |  JAM | 1:59.20 Q PB | |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | 838 | Natoya GOULE-TOPPIN |  JAM | 2:00.06 Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 912 | Mary MORAA |  KEN | 2:00.42 Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 675 | Rénelle LAMOTE |  FRA | 2:00.71 Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 1025 | Anna WIELGOSZ |  POL | 2:00.79 Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 494 | Lindsey BUTTERWORTH |  CAN | 2:00.81 q | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 692 | Keely HODGKINSON |  GBR | 2:00.88 Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | 637 | Freweyni HAILU |  ETH | 2:00.93 Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 1216 | Ajee WILSON |  USA | 2:01.02 Q | |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | 741 | Majtie KOLBERG |  GER | 2:01.21 =SB | |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 683 | Alexandra BELL |  GBR | 2:01.25 q | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | 1192 | Athing MU |  USA | 2:01.30 Q | |
| 15 | 1 | 5 | 1201 | Raevyn ROGERS |  USA | 2:01.36 Q | |
| 16 | 2 | 5 | 628 | Habitam ALEMU |  ETH | 2:01.37 Q | |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | 1121 | Halimah NAKAAYI |  UGA | 2:01.41 Q | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 1066 | Anita HORVAT |  SLO | 2:01.48 Q | |
| 19 | 3 | 5 | 465 | Noélie YARIGO |  BEN | 2:01.58 Q | |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | 1055 | Prudence SEKGODISO |  RSA | 2:01.60 q | |
| 21 | 5 | 4 | 911 | Naomi KORIR |  KEN | 2:01.61 q | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | 1081 | Lore HOFFMANN |  SUI | 2:01.63 Q | .623 | 
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 732 | Christina HERING |  GER | 2:01.63 q | .630 | 
| 24 | 5 | 6 | 792 | Louise SHANAHAN |  IRL | 2:01.71 | |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | 682 | Ellie BAKER |  GBR | 2:01.72 Q | |
| 26 | 5 | 5 | 837 | Chrisann GORDON-POWELL |  JAM | 2:01.91 | |
| 27 | 4 | 3 | 562 | Rose Mary ALMANZA |  CUB | 2:01.96 | |
| 28 | 5 | 3 | 1131 | Olha LYAKHOVA |  UKR | 2:02.16 | |
| 29 | 5 | 2 | 1074 | Gayanthika ARTIGALA |  SRI | 2:02.35 | .343 | 
| 30 | 5 | 1 | 913 | Jarinter Mawia MWASYA |  KEN | 2:02.35 | .345 | 
| 31 | 6 | 6 | 1068 | Jerneja SMONKAR |  SLO | 2:02.48 | |
| 32 | 6 | 1 | 658 | Eveliina MÄÄTTÄNEN |  FIN | 2:02.68 | |
| 33 | 6 | 5 | 502 | Madeleine KELLY |  CAN | 2:02.71 | |
| 34 | 6 | 2 | 800 | Elena BELLÒ |  ITA | 2:02.78 q | |
| 35 | 6 | 4 | 1228 | Shafiqua MALONEY |  VIN | 2:03.00 | |
| 36 | 7 | 1 | 1137 | Déborah RODRÍGUEZ |  URU | 2:03.04 | |
| 37 | 8 | 1 | 940 | Mariela Luisa REAL |  MEX | 2:03.24 | |
| 38 | 7 | 6 | 883 | Nozomi TANAKA |  JPN | 2:03.56 | |
| 39 | 6 | 3 | 930 | Assia RAZIKI |  MAR | 2:03.77 | |
| 40 | 7 | 4 | 522 | Addy TOWNSEND |  CAN | 2:03.79 | |
| 41 | 7 | 5 | 456 | Vanessa SCAUNET |  BEL | 2:04.07 | |
| 42 | 8 | 5 | 422 | Claudia HOLLINGSWORTH |  AUS | 2:04.11 | |
| 43 | 7 | 3 | 427 | Tess KIRSOPP-COLE |  AUS | 2:05.74 | |
| 44 | 8 | 6 | 983 | Hedda HYNNE |  NOR | 2:06.27 | |
| 45 | 7 | 2 | 409 | Catriona BISSET |  AUS | 2:22.25 q | 
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second