| Final 15:45 | time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 1:57.17 | 6 | | 2. Stephanie Graf |  AUT | 1:57.20 | 4 | | 3. Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | 1:57.35 | 3 | | 4. Faith Macharia |  KEN | 1:58.98 | 8 | | 5. Diane Cummins |  CAN | 1:59.49 | 2 | | 6. Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 1:59.76 | 5 | | 7. Mayte Martinez |  ESP | 2:00.09 | 1 | | 8. Ivonne Teichmann |  GER | 2:04.33 | 7 |
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| Semi 1 20.05h | time | L | | 1. Stephanie Graf | AUT | 2:01.24 | 5 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 2:01.90 | 3 | | 3. Diane Cummins | CAN | 2:02.07 | 6 | | 4. Ivonne Teichmann | GER | 2:02.16 | 4 | | 5. Jolanda Ceplak |  SLO | 2:02.65 | 7 | | 6. Svetlana Cherkasova |  RUS | 2:02.85 | 1 | | 7. Tamsyn Lewis |  AUS | 2:03.16 | 8 | | -. Hazel Clark |  USA | DNF | 2 |
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| Semi 2 20.13h | time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:59.47 | 6 | | 2. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:59.58 | 4 | | 3. Mayte Martinez | ESP | 2:00.07 | 1 | | 4. Faith Macharia | KEN | 2:00.24 | 3 | | 5. Zulia Calatayud |  CUB | 2:01.04 | 5 | | 6. Luciana Mendes |  BRA | 2:01.94 | 7 | | 7. Anita Bragger |  SUI | 2:02.22 | 2 | | 8. Svetlana Badrankova |  KAZ | 2:02.24 | 8 |
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| Heat 1 19.55h | time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:59.96 | 5 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 2:00.08 | 4 | | 3. Diane Cummins | CAN | 2:00.46 | 6 | | 4. Jolanda Ceplak | SLO | 2:00.46 | 3 | | 5. Hazel Clark | USA | 2:00.56 | 8 | | 6. Anita Bra:gger | SUI | 2:00.65 | 2 | | 7. Tamsyn Lewis | AUS | 2:00.86 | 1 | | 8. Hind Koko |  SUD | 2:27.96 | 7 |
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| Heat 2 20.03h | time | L | | 1. Faith Macharia | KEN | 2:03.83 | 5 | | 2. Ivonne Teichmann | GER | 2:04.03 | 2 | | 3. Luciana de Paula Mendes | BRA | 2:04.16 | 7 | | 4. Msyani John Lwiza |  TAN | 2:04.31 | 1 | | 5. Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 2:04.55 | 6 | | 6. Natalya Dukhnova |  BLR | 2:05.47 | 4 | | 7. Tatjana Borisova |  KGZ | 2:05.63 | 3 | | 8. Adama Njie |  GAM | 2:07.80 | 8 |
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| Heat 3 20.11h | time | L | | 1. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:59.51 | 3 | | 2. Zulia Calatayud | CUB | 2:00.96 | 6 | | 3. Svetlana Cherkasova | RUS | 2:00.97 | 5 | | 4. Brigita Langerholc | SLO | 2:01.05 | 2 | | 5. Peggy Babin |  FRA | 2:02.48 | 4 | | 6. Agnes Samaria |  NAM | 2:03.11 | 8 | | 7. Charmaine Howell |  JAM | 2:05.06 | 1 | | 8. Mariela Alvarez |  PER | 2:09.43 | 7 | | 9. Janill Williams |  ANT | 2:15.04 | 7 |
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| Heat 4 20.19h | time | L | | 1. Stephanie Graf | AUT | 2:01.78 | 6 | | 2. Mayte Martinez | ESP | 2:01.98 | 2 | | 3. Svetlana Badrankova | KAZ | 2:02.19 | 3 | | 4. Irina Mistyukevich | RUS | 2:02.50 | 7 | | 5. Grace Birungi |  UGA | 2:04.26 | 1 | | 6. Tina Paulino | MOZ | 2:06.36 | 4 | | -. Tsvetelina Kirilova |  BUL | DQ | 8 | | -. Sureyya Ayhan |  TUR | DNS | 5 |
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