| Final 18:10 | time | L | | 1. Ana Fidelia Quirot |  CUB | 1:57.14 | 5 | | 2. Yelena Afanasyeva |  RUS | 1:57.56 | 6 | | 3. Maria Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 1:57.59 | 4 | | 4. Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | 1:58.12 | 3 | | 5. Ludmila Formanova |  CZE | 1:59.52 | 1 | | 6. Toni Hodgkinson |  NZL | 2:00.40 | 7 | | 7. Joetta Clark |  USA | 2:02.05 | 2 | | 8. Stella Jongmans |  NED | 2:05.50 | 8 |
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| Semi 1 19:50 | time | L | | 1. Maria Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.49 | 6 | | 2. Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 1:59.05 | 4 | | 3. Stella Jongmans | NED | 1:59.32 | 2 | | 4. Joetta Clark | USA | 1:59.34 | 3 | | 5. Luciana Mendes |  BRA | 1:59.45 | 5 | | 6. Yelena Martson-Buzhenko |  UKR | 2:02.62 | 7 | | 7. Hasna Benhassi |  MAR | 2:03.70 | 8 | | 8. Malgorzata Rydz |  POL | 2:05.00 | 1 |
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| Semi 2 20:00 | time | L | | 1. Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1:59.37 | 6 | | 2. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:59.62 | 3 | | 3. Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 1:59.71 | 4 | | 4. Toni Hodgkinson | NZL | 2:00.25 | 8 | | 5. Natalya Dukhnova |  BLR | 2:00.91 | 2 | | 6. Nouria Merah-Benida |  ALG | 2:01.08 | 1 | | 7. Petya Strashilova |  BUL | 2:01.44 | 7 | | -. Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma | RUS | DQ | 5 |
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| Heat 1 09:30 | time | L | | 1. Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 2:01.46 | 1 | | 2. Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 2:02.39 | 6 | | 3. Linda Kisabaka |  GER | 2:03.22 | 8 | | 4. Julia Sakara |  ZIM | 2:03.55 | 2 | | 5. Oznur Dursun |  TUR | 2:04.62 | 5 | | 6. Leontine Tsiba |  CGO | 2:07.34 | 7 | | 7. Abok Shol |  SUD | 2:16.74 | 3 | | -. Malin Ewerlof |  SWE | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 2 09:37 | time | L | | 1. Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 2:01.56 | 5 | | 2. Yelena Martson-Buzhenko | UKR | 2:02.00 | 1 | | 3. Toni Hodgkinson | NZL | 2:02.21 | 4 | | 4. Jill Stamison-Mcmullen | USA | 2:06.16 | 7 | | 5. Theoni Kostopoulou |  GRE | 2:07.32 | 6 | | 6. Jolanda Steblovnik-Ceplak |  SLO | 2:10.97 | 2 | | 7. Adama Njie |  GAM | 2:13.50 | 3 |
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| Heat 3 09:44 | time | L | | 1. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:00.92 | 4 | | 2. Stella Jongmans | NED | 2:01.06 | 6 | | 3. Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma | RUS | 2:01.87 | 1 | | 4. Rosa Kutty |  IND | 2:02.22 | 5 | | 5. Kathy Harris-Rounds | USA | 2:03.33 | 7 | | 6. Dawn Williams-Sewer |  DMN | 2:03.35 | 8 | | 7. Natalia Al Farran |  LIB | 2:18.11 | 3 | | 8. Donata Mutegwamaso |  RWA | 2:25.07 | 2 |
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| Heat 4 09:51 | time | L | | 1. Maria Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 2:00.88 | 5 | | 2. Joetta Clark | USA | 2:01.15 | 3 | | 3. Petya Strashilova | BUL | 2:01.49 | 6 | | 4. Nouria Merah-Benida | ALG | 2:01.54 | 7 | | 5. Stephanie Graf |  AUT | 2:02.52 | 4 | | 6. Charmaine Crooks |  CAN | 2:02.84 | 1 | | 7. Yaznee Nasheeda |  MLD | 2:36.18 | 2 | | -. Alberta Cape |  GBS | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 5 09.58 | time | L | | 1. Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 2:00.12 | 1 | | 2. Luciana Mendes | BRA | 2:00.89 | 5 | | 3. Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 2:01.56 | 2 | | 4. Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 2:01.68 | 4 | | 5. Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinska | UKR | 2:03.56 | 7 | | 6. Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen |  FIN | 2:04.11 | 3 | | 7. Monica Randi |  SMR | 2:16.00 | 6 |
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