| Final 20.05h | time | L | | 1. Maria Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 1:55.43 | 7 | | 2. Lyubov Gurina |  RUS | 1:57.10 | 3 | | 3. Ella Kovacs |  ROM | 1:57.92 | 5 | | 4. Diane Modahl |  GBR | 1:59.42 | 1 | | 5. Meredith Rainey-Valmon |  USA | 1:59.57 | 4 | | 6. Li Liu |  CHN | 2:04.45 | 2 | | 7. Tina Paulino | MOZ | 3:19.89 | 6 | | -. Liliya Nurutdinova | RUS | DQ | 8 |
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| Semi 1 20.15h | time | L | | 1. Maria Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:58.69 | 4 | | 2. Li Liu | CHN | 1:58.96 | 3 | | 3. Diane Modahl | GBR | 1:59.12 | 6 | | 4. Liliya Nurutdinova | RUS | 1:59.17 | 5 | | 5. Christine Wachtel |  GER | 1:59.86 | 1 | | 6. Amy Wickus | USA | 2:00.55 | 8 | | 7. Oksana Mernikova |  BLR | 2:01.20 | 7 | | 8. Gladys Wamuyu |  KEN | 2:02.13 | 2 |
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| Semi 2 20.21h | time | L | | 1. Tina Paulino | MOZ | 1:57.31 | 8 | | 2. Ella Kovacs | ROM | 1:57.46 | 5 | | 3. Meredith Rainey-Valmon | USA | 1:57.63 | 6 | | 4. Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:57.82 | 4 | | 5. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:58.64 | 1 | | 6. Birthe Bruhns | GER | 1:59.66 | 3 | | 7. Sabine Zwiener | GER | 2:00.77 | 7 | | 8. Maria Magnolia Figueiredo |  BRA | 2:01.01 | 2 |
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| Heat 1 21.15h | time | L | | 1. Li Liu | CHN | 1:59.60 | 1 | | 2. Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:59.90 | 5 | | 3. Christine Wachtel | GER | 2:01.42 | 4 | | 4. Satu Jaaskelainen |  FIN | 2:03.66 | 3 | | 5. Carla Sacramento |  POR | 2:03.74 | 6 | | 6. Sheila Seebaluck |  MRI | 2:10.54 | 2 | | 7. Ablavi Agbenyeke |  TOG | 2:23.19 | 7 | | -. Letitia Vriesde |  SUR | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 2 21.23h | time | L | | 1. Tina Paulino | MOZ | 2:01.46 | 5 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 2:01.70 | 4 | | 3. Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 2:01.78 | 7 | | 4. Yuan Wang | CHN | 2:02.98 | 3 | | 5. Luciana Mendes | BRA | 2:03.55 | 8 | | 6. Shiny Abraham-Wilson |  IND | 2:06.64 | 1 | | 7. Alia Al Matari |  JOR | 2:15.23 | 6 | | 8. Shermaine Ross |  GRN | 2:15.84 | 2 |
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| Heat 3 21.31h | time | L | | 1. Diane Modahl | GBR | 2:00.80 | 2 | | 2. Liliya Nurutdinova | RUS | 2:00.85 | 1 | | 3. Amy Wickus | USA | 2:00.91 | 3 | | 4. Sabine Zwiener | GER | 2:01.37 | 4 | | 5. Oksana Mernikova | BLR | 2:01.65 | 6 | | 6. Anna Brzezinska |  POL | 2:01.67 | 7 | | 7. Laurence Niyonsaba |  RWA | 2:12.52 | 5 |
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| Heat 4 21.39h | time | L | | 1. Ella Kovacs | ROM | 2:01.36 | 1 | | 2. Maria Magnolia Figueiredo | BRA | 2:01.91 | 7 | | 3. Joetta Clark | USA | 2:02.15 | 5 | | 4. Fabia Trabaldo |  ITA | 2:02.36 | 3 | | 5. Yelena Storchovaya |  UKR | 2:03.50 | 6 | | 6. Edith Nakiyingi |  UGA | 2:07.81 | 4 | | 7. Karolina Tanona |  FIJ | 2:15.12 | 2 |
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| Heat 5 21.47h | time | L | | 1. Maria Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:59.81 | 4 | | 2. Meredith Rainey-Valmon | USA | 1:59.87 | 2 | | 3. Birthe Bruhns | GER | 2:00.29 | 3 | | 4. Gladys Wamuyu | KEN | 2:01.59 | 1 | | 5. Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 2:01.94 | 7 | | 6. Lorie Ann Adams |  GUY | 2:09.77 | 5 | | 7. Tamador Ismail |  SUD | 2:41.51 | 6 |
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