Skupina 1:
1. Hazel Clark (SAD) 1:59.00 Q
2. Larisa Chzhao (Rus) 1:59.07 Q
3. Maria Mutola (Moz) 1:59.29 q
4. Maite Martinez (Špa) 1:59.40 q
5. Mina Ait Hammou (Mar) 2:00.22
6. Mihaela Stancescu (Rum) 2:00.63
7. Lucia Klocova (Slk) 2:00.64
8. Susan Scott (VB) 2:01.17
Skupina 2
1. Zulia Calatayud (Kuba) 1:57.92 Q
2. Svetlana Cherkasova (Rus) 1:58.58 Q
3. Kenia Sinclair (Jam) 1:59.45
4. Diane Cummins (Kan) 2:00.10
5. Agnes Samaria (Nam) 2:00.13
6. Alice Schmidt (SAD) 2:01.43
7. Letitia Vriesde (Sur) 2:02.07
8. Monika Gradzki (Njem) 2:02.09
Skupina 3:
1. Tatjana Andrianova (Rus) 2:01.35 Q
2. Hasna Benhassi (Mar) 2:01.59 Q
3. Laetitia Valdonado (Fra) 2:01.90
4. Ewelina Setowska (Polj) 2:02.02
5. Svetlana Usovich (Blr) 2:02.34
6. Tatyana Petlyuk (Ukr) 2:02.46
7. Michelle Ballantine (Jam) 2:03.98
. Kamiesha Bennett (SAD) nije završila