| Final 16.55h | time | L | | 1. Ana Fidelia Quirot |  CUB | 1:56.11 | 5 | | 2. Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | 1:56.68 | 1 | | 3. Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 1:56.95 | 6 | | 4. Patricia Djate-Taillard |  FRA | 1:57.04 | 7 | | 5. Meredith Rainey-Valmon |  USA | 1:58.20 | 3 | | 6. Ellen Van Langen |  NED | 1:58.98 | 8 | | 7. Lyubov Gurina |  RUS | 1:59.16 | 2 | | 8. Tatyana Grigoryeva | RUS | 2:05.55 | 4 |
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| Heat 1 18.25h | time | L | | 1. Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 2:01.37 | 4 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 2:01.52 | 2 | | 3. Patricia Djate-Taillard | FRA | 2:01.73 | 5 | | 4. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:02.75 | 6 | | 5. Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 2:03.66 | 3 | | 6. Svetlana Miroshnik |  UKR | 2:03.72 | 8 | | 7. Tina Paulino |  MOZ | 2:04.51 | 7 | | 8. Stella Jongmans | NED | 2:05.11 | 1 |
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| Heat 2 18.32h | time | L | | 1. Meredith Rainey-Valmon | USA | 1:58.49 | 2 | | 2. Tatyana Grigoryeva | RUS | 1:58.61 | 4 | | 3. Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:58.70 | 7 | | 4. Ellen Van Langen | NED | 1:58.86 | 6 | | 5. Natalya Dukhnova |  BLR | 1:59.45 | 1 | | 6. Inna Yevseyeva | UKR | 2:00.93 | 3 | | 7. Ella Kovacs |  ROM | 2:03.31 | 8 | | -. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | DQ | 5 |
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| Heat 1 16.25h | time | L | | 1. Patricia Djate-Taillard | FRA | 1:59.07 | 8 | | 2. Ellen Van Langen | NED | 1:59.61 | 3 | | 3. Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 2:00.13 | 6 | | 4. Amy Wickus | USA | 2:01.38 | 4 | | 5. Malin Ewerlof |  SWE | 2:02.28 | 2 | | 6. Julia Sakara |  ZIM | 2:03.68 | 7 | | 7. Yaznee Nasheeda |  MLD | 2:34.18 | 5 |
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| Heat 2 16.31h | time | L | | 1. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:59.73 | 2 | | 2. Tatyana Grigoryeva | RUS | 2:00.03 | 4 | | 3. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 2:00.23 | 6 | | 4. Tina Paulino | MOZ | 2:00.75 | 5 | | 5. Stella Jongmans | NED | 2:01.13 | 8 | | 6. Kutre Dulecha |  ETH | 2:01.74 | 3 | | 7. Lorie Ann Adams |  GUY | 2:07.57 | 7 | | 8. Fanta Camara |  GUI | 2:20.78 | 1 |
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| Heat 3 16.37h | time | L | | 1. Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 2:00.84 | 5 | | 2. Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 2:01.04 | 2 | | 3. Petya Strashilova |  BUL | 2:01.54 | 6 | | 4. Joetta Clark | USA | 2:01.70 | 7 | | 5. Karen Gydesen |  DEN | 2:04.41 | 3 | | 6. Regula Zurcher-Scalabrin |  SUI | 2:05.87 | 4 | | 7. Tsui Fong Cheong |  SIN | 2:19.35 | 8 |
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| Heat 4 16.43h | time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:59.93 | 3 | | 2. Meredith Rainey-Valmon | USA | 2:00.13 | 4 | | 3. Ella Kovacs | ROM | 2:00.95 | 8 | | 4. Svetlana Miroshnik | UKR | 2:01.24 | 7 | | 5. Anne Bruns |  GER | 2:03.16 | 5 | | 6. Aisling Molloy |  IRL | 2:04.15 | 2 | | -. Inez Turner |  JAM | DQ | 6 |
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| Heat 5 16.49h | time | L | | 1. Inna Yevseyeva | UKR | 2:01.74 | 6 | | 2. Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 2:01.76 | 4 | | 3. Luciana Mendes |  BRA | 2:01.82 | 3 | | 4. Charmaine Crooks |  CAN | 2:02.04 | 8 | | 5. Ludmila Formanova |  CZE | 2:02.39 | 7 | | 6. Jyotirmoy Sikdhar |  IND | 2:03.68 | 2 | | 7. Rita Martin |  SUD | 2:43.22 | 5 |
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