| Final | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 1:58.24 | 1. 1. |  | 2. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 1:58.32 | 8. 5. |  | 3. Claudia Poll | CRC | 1:58.81 | 3. 3. |  | 4. Nadezhda Chemezova | RUS | 1:58.86 | 9. 4. |  | 4. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 1:58.86 | 6. 6. |  | 6. Nataliya Baranovskaya | BLR | 1:59.28 | 7.10. |  | 7. Camelia Potec | ROU | 1:59.46 | 5. 2. |  | 8. Wang Luna | CHN | 1:59.55 | 8.12. |   
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 1:59.75 | 5. |  | 2. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 1:59.78 | 6. |  | 3. Nataliya Baranovskaya | BLR | 1:59.90 | 7. |  | 4. Wang Luna | CHN | 1:59.97 | 8. |  | 5. Heleen Muller | RSA | 2:00.04 | 9. |  | 6. Sara Parise | ITA | 2:00.07 | 10. |  | 7. Lindsay Benko | USA | 2:00.27 | 12. |  | 8. Mandy Leach | ZIM | 2:00.60 | 13. |   
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 1:59.37 | 1. |  | 2. Camelia Potec | ROU | 1:59.54 | 2. |  | 3. Claudia Poll | CRC | 1:59.63 | 3. |  | 4. Nadezhda Chemezova | RUS | 1:59.69 | 4. |  | 5. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 2:00.26 | 11. |  | 6. Giaan Rooney | AUS | 2:00.84 | 14. |  | 7. Carla Geurts | NED | 2:00.88 | 15. |  | 8. Rada Owen | USA | 2:03.34 | 16. |   
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Susie O'Neill | AUS | 1:59.14 | 1. |  | 2. Lindsay Benko | USA | 2:00.13 | 4. |  | 3. Kerstin Kielgaß | GER | 2:00.25 | 6. |  | 4. Carla Geurts | NED | 2:00.60 | 11. |  | 5. Wang Luna | CHN | 2:00.89 | 12. |  | 6. Jessica Deglau | CAN | 2:01.42 | 18. |  | 7. Laura Nicholls | CAN | 2:02.69 | 23. |   
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Claudia Poll | CRC | 2:00.11 | 3. |  | 2. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 2:00.37 | 7. |  | 3. Nadezhda Chemezova | RUS | 2:00.47 | 9. |  | 4. Giaan Rooney | AUS | 2:00.99 | 13. |  | 5. Rada Owen | USA | 2:01.10 | 15. |  | 6. Yang Yu | CHN | 2:01.34 | 17. |  | 7. Nina Van Koeckhoven | BEL | 2:02.15 | 22. |  | 8. Laura Roca | ESP | 2:03.37 | 24. |   
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Heleen Muller | RSA | 1:59.89 | 2. |  | 2. Camelia Potec | ROU | 2:00.18 | 5. |  | 3. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 2:00.46 | 8. |  | 4. Nataliya Baranovskaya | BLR | 2:00.58 | 10. |  | 5. Mandy Leach | ZIM | 2:01.05 | 14. |  | 6. Sara Parise | ITA | 2:01.31 | 16. |  | 7. Karen Pickering | GBR | 2:01.42 | 18. |  | 8. Solenne Figuès | FRA | 2:01.46 | 20. |   
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Rania El-Wani | EGY | 2:01.93 | 21. |  | 2. Zoi Dimoskhaki | GRE | 2:04.06 | 25. |  | 3. Olena Lapunova | UKR | 2:04.39 | 26. |  | 4. Chantal Gibney | IRE | 2:05.24 | 28. |  | 5. Pilin Tachakittiranan | THA | 2:05.88 | 30. |  | 6. Elina Partõka | EST | 2:05.90 | 31. |  | 7. Tsai Shu-Min | TPE | 2:06.12 | 32. |  | 8. No Ju-Hui | KOR | 2:07.21 | 33. |   
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Hrund Bjargardóttir Lára | ISL | 2:05.22 | 27. |  | 2. Vesna Stojanovska | MKD | 2:05.58 | 29. |  | 3. Ivanka Moralieva | BUL | 2:07.61 | 34. |  | 4. Anna Korshikova | KGZ | 2:08.08 | 35. |  | 5. Petra Banović | CRO | 2:08.30 | 36. |  | -. Florencia Szigeti | ARG |   |   |   
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk.  |  | 1. Nisha Millet | IND | 2:08.89 | 37. |  | 2. Pamela Vásquez | HON | 2:15.83 | 38. |  | 3. Marella Mamoun | SYR | 2:18.78 | 39. |   
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