| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Penny Heyns | RSA | 1:07.73 | 1. | | 2. Amanda Beard | USA | 1:08.09 | 2. | | 3. Sam Riley | AUS | 1:09.18 | 4. | | 4. Svitlana Bondarenko | UKR | 1:09.21 | 7. | | 5. Vera Lischka | AUT | 1:09.24 | 5. | | 6. Guylaine Cloutier | CAN | 1:09.40 | 6. | | 7. Ágnes Kovács | HUN | 1:09.55 | 3. | | 8. Brigitte Becue | BEL | 1:09.79 | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Han Xue | CHN | 1:09.90 | 13. | | 10.Lisa Flood | CAN | 1:10.21 | 12. | | 11.Helen Denman | AUS | 1:10.26 | 14. | | 12.Elin Austevoll | NOR | 1:10.27 | 10. | | 13.Masami Tanaka | JPN | 1:10.43 | 9. | | 14.Alicja Pęczak | POL | 1:10.44 | 16. | | 15.Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 1:11.19 | 11. | | 16.Hanna Jaltner | SWE | 1:11.41 | 15. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Penny Heyns | RSA | 1:07.02 | 1. | | 2. Brigitte Becue | BEL | 1:09.83 | 8. | | 3. Elin Austevoll | NOR | 1:09.96 | 10. | | 4. Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 1:10.25 | 11. | | 5. Kristine Quance | USA | 1:10.92 | 19. | | 6. Terrie Miller | NOR | 1:11.09 | 20. | | 7. Madelon Baans | NED | 1:11.17 | 21. | | 8. Yuan Yuan | CHN | 1:11.65 | 24. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Amanda Beard | USA | 1:09.04 | 2. | | 2. Sam Riley | AUS | 1:09.37 | 4. | | 3. Guylaine Cloutier | CAN | 1:09.72 | 6. | | 4. Masami Tanaka | JPN | 1:09.89 | 9. | | 5. Lisa Flood | CAN | 1:10.26 | 12. | | 6. Jaime King | GBR | 1:10.83 | 17. | | 7. Julia Russell | RSA | 1:10.87 | 18. | | 8. Karine Brémond | FRA | 1:11.80 | 25. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ágnes Kovács | HUN | 1:09.05 | 3. | | 2. Vera Lischka | AUT | 1:09.68 | 5. | | 3. Svitlana Bondarenko | UKR | 1:09.79 | 7. | | 4. Han Xue | CHN | 1:10.40 | 13. | | 5. Helen Denman | AUS | 1:10.64 | 14. | | 6. Hanna Jaltner | SWE | 1:10.69 | 15. | | 7. Kyoko Iwasaki | JPN | 1:11.33 | 22. | | 8. Maria Östling | SWE | 1:11.58 | 23. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Alicja Pęczak | POL | 1:10.70 | 16. | | 2. Kathrin Dumitru | GER | 1:11.92 | 26. | | 3. Olga Landik | RUS | 1:12.55 | 27. | | 4. María Olay | ESP | 1:12.58 | 28. | | 5. Anna Wilson | NZL | 1:12.93 | 31. | | 6. Yelena Rudkovskaya | BLR | 1:13.71 | 33. | | 7. Larisa Lăcustă | ROU | 1:13.91 | 35. | | 8. Joscelin Yeo | SIN | 1:14.90 | 40. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lenka Maňhalová | CZE | 1:12.72 | 29. | | 2. Mia Hagman | FIN | 1:13.01 | 32. | | 3. Joana Soutinho | POR | 1:13.73 | 34. | | 4. Natália Kodajová | SVK | 1:14.24 | 37. | | 5. Mou Ying-Hsin | TPE | 1:14.82 | 39. | | 6. María Carolina Santa Cruz | ARG | 1:16.19 | 42. | | 7. Cruz Nádia | ANG | 1:16.62 | 43. | | 8. Cerian Gibbes | TRT | 1:16.99 | 44. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Byeon Hye-Yeong | KOR | 1:12.85 | 30. | | 2. Tay Li Leng | MAS | 1:14.17 | 36. | | 3. Isabel Ceballos | COL | 1:14.75 | 38. | | 4. Pang Wang Yiu | HKG | 1:16.02 | 41. | | 5. Anush Manukyan | ARM | 1:20.70 | 45. | | 6. Hem Reaksmey | CAM | 1:44.68 | 46. |
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