| Final 20.50h | Team | Time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 1:59.89 | 5 | | 2. Kelly Holmes |  GBR | 2:00.18 | 4 | | 3. Natalya Khrushcheleva |  RUS | 2:00.29 | 2 | | 4. Amina Ait Hammou |  MAR | 2:01.09 | 6 | | 5. Claudia Gesell |  GER | 2:01.84 | 1 | | 6. Diane Cummins |  CAN | 2:02.48 | 7 | | 7. Akosua Serwaa |  GHA | 2:03.24 | 8 | | -. Stephanie Graf |  AUT | DNS | 3 |
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| Round | Heats | Athletes | Date | | Semi"Semi-Finals | 3 | 24 | 24.08 | | First"Heats | 5 | 41 | 23.08 |
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| Heat 1 17.40h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:59.26 | 4 | | 2. Natalya Khrushcheleva | RUS | 1:59.39 | 3 | | 3. Joanne Fenn | GBR | 2:00.56 | 6 | | 4. Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | 2:00.88 | 5 | | 5. Faith Macharia |  KEN | 2:01.30 | 1 | | 6. Brigita Langerholc |  SLO | 2:01.58 | 7 | | 7. Jennifer Toomey |  USA | 2:02.35 | 8 | | 8. Tamsyn Lewis |  AUS | 2:05.11 | 2 |
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| Heat 2 17.48h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:58.45 | 4 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:58.86 | 5 | | 3. Diane Cummins | CAN | 1:59.58 | 2 | | 4. Akosua Serwaa | GHA | 2:00.42 | 7 | | 5. Maria Cioncan |  ROM | 2:00.72 | 8 | | 6. Lucia Klocova |  SVK | 2:00.73 | 6 | | 7. Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 2:01.17 | 3 | | 8. Heidi Jensen |  DEN | 2:01.73 | 1 |
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| Heat 3 17.56h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Amina Ait Hammou | MAR | 2:00.57 | 4 | | 2. Claudia Gesell | GER | 2:01.01 | 3 | | 3. Seltana Hammou Ait | MAR | 2:01.34 | 8 | | 4. Svetlana Klyuka | RUS | 2:01.61 | 2 | | 5. Tina Paulino | MOZ | 2:01.85 | 5 | | 6. Judit Varga |  HUN | 2:02.20 | 7 | | 7. Anita Bragger |  SUI | 2:02.34 | 6 | | 8. Agnes Samaria |  NAM | 2:02.66 | 1 |
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| Heat 1 17.25h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 2:01.05 | 2 | | 2. Amina AitHammou | MAR | 2:01.10 | 8 | | 3. Judit Varga | HUN | 2:01.47 | 1 | | 4. Jennifer Toomey | USA | 2:01.75 | 3 | | 5. Heidi Jensen | DEN | 2:02.01 | 5 | | 6. Esther Desviat |  ESP | 2:03.42 | 4 | | 7. Charlotte Moore | GBR | 2:03.80 | 7 | | 8. Marie-Lyne Joseph |  DMA | 2:17.73 | 6 |
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| Heat 2 17.31h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 2:00.81 | 7 | | 2. Claudia Gesell | GER | 2:01.06 | 2 | | 3. Lucia Klocova | SVK | 2:01.14 | 3 | | 4. Joanne Fenn | GBR | 2:01.27 | 8 | | 5. Faith Macharia | KEN | 2:01.36 | 1 | | 6. Agnes Samaria | NAM | 2:01.51 | 4 | | 7. Brigita Langerholc | SLO | 2:01.55 | 5 | | 8. Bibiche Noelly Mankatu |  COD | 2:07.12 | 8 | | 9. Uyanga Khaynkhirvaa |  MGL | 2:27.96 | 6 |
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| Heat 3 17.37h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Natalya Khrushcheleva | RUS | 2:03.74 | 4 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 2:03.75 | 5 | | 3. Maria Cioncan | ROM | 2:03.90 | 3 | | 4. Clark Jearl Miles | USA | 2:0-.-- | 8 | | 5. Abir Nakhli |  TUN | 2:04.43 | 1 | | 6. Adriana Munoz |  CUB | 2:04.58 | 2 | | 7. Sandra Stals |  BEL | 2:06.12 | 6 | | 8. Adama Njie |  GAM | 2:17.04 | 7 |
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| Heat 4 17.43h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Stephanie Graf | AUT | 2:03.39 | 4 | | 2. Svetlana Klyuka | RUS | 2:03.68 | 1 | | 3. Seltana AitHammou | MAR | 2:04.01 | 8 | | 4. Tanya Blake |  MLT | 2:04.61 | 2 | | 5. Yuliya Krevsun |  UKR | 2:04.93 | 3 | | 6. Tatjana Borisova |  KGZ | 2:05.31 | 6 | | 7. Myint Aye Myint |  MYA | 2:05.41 | 7 | | 8. Tatyana Roslanova |  KAZ | 2:07.98 | 5 |
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| Heat 5 17.49h | Time | Team | L | | 1. Tina Paulino | MOZ | 2:01.06 | 7 | | 2. Anita Bragger | SUI | 2:01.09 | 2 | | 3. Akosua Serwaa | GHA | 2:01.17 | 5 | | 4. Diane Cummins | CAN | 2:01.20 | 6 | | 5. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:01.24 | 4 | | 6. Tamsyn Lewis | AUS | 2:01.43 | 1 | | 7. Wesam Abubkheet |  PLE | 2:29.86 | 3 | | -. Jolanda Ceplak | SLO | DNS | 8 |
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