| Final | | time | | | 1. Ludmila Formanová |  Czechia | 2:02.30s | | | 2. Malin Ewerlöf |  Sweden | 2:03.61s | | | 3. Judit Varga |  Hungary | 2:03.81s | | | 4. Stella Jongmans |  Netherlands | 2:03.82s | | | 5. Petya Strashilova |  Bulgaria | 2:05.74s | | | 6. Stephanie Graf |  Austria | 2:07.99s | |
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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 2:01.53s | Q | | 2. Ludmila Formanová | Czechia | 2:01.93s | Q | | 3. Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:01.96s | Q | | 4. Larisa Mikhaylova |  Russia | 2:01.99s | | | 7. Sandra Stals |  Belgium | 2:04.50s | | | -. Ellen van Langen | Netherlands | DNS | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 5. Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 2:03.62s | Q | | 6. Judit Varga | Hungary | 2:04.15s | Q | | 8. Petya Strashilova | Bulgaria | 2:04.56s | Q | | 9. Eva Kasalová | Czechia | 2:04.62s | | | 10.Katrien Maenhout | Belgium | 2:04.83s | | | -. Maria Akraka | Sweden | DQ | |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 2:03.92s | Q | | 4. Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2:04.00s | Q | | 8. Hayley Parry |  Great Britain | 2:04.37s | | | 19.Pilar Barreiro |  Spain | 2:05.51s | | | 24.Aleksandra Dereń |  Poland | 2:07.37s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:04.24s | Q | | 10.Petya Strashilova | Bulgaria | 2:04.56s | Q | | 13.Virginie Fouquet |  France | 2:04.94s | | | 22.Irina Krakoviak |  Lithuania | 2:05.78s | | | 23.Jolanda Ŭeplak |  Slovenia | 2:05.98s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Ludmila Formanová | Czechia | 2:02.80s | Q | | 2. Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 2:03.15s | Q | | 5. Judit Varga | Hungary | 2:04.18s | q | | 7. Katrien Maenhout | Belgium | 2:04.28s | q | | 11.Nuria Fernández | Spain | 2:04.60s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 9. Larisa Mikhaylova | Russia | 2:04.49s | Q | | 12.Eva Kasalová | Czechia | 2:04.74s | Q | | 15.Ana Menéndez | Spain | 2:05.09s | | | 16.Monica Lundgren | Sweden | 2:05.13s | | | 18.Brigitte Mühlbacher | Austria | 2:05.48s | |
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