| Final 16:45 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:58.50 | 5 | | 2. Jolanda Ceplak | SLO | 1:58.72 | 4 | | 3. Joanne Fenn | GBR | 1:59.50 | 1 | | 4. Jennifer Toomey | USA | 1:59.64 | 6 | | 5. Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:59.71 | 3 | | 6. Olga Raspopova | RUS | 2:00.56 | 2 |
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| Heat 1 16:20 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Jolanda Ceplak | SLO | 1:59.26 | 5 | | 2. Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:59.96 | 2 | | 3. Joanne Fenn | GBR | 2:00.79 | 4 | | 4. Mayte Martinez | ESP | 2:01.06 | 3 | | 5. Seltana AitHammou | MAR | 2:02.33 | 6 | | 6. Aimee Teteris | CAN | 2:05.29 | 1 |
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| Heat 2 16:27 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 2:03.19 | 4 | | 2. Jennifer Toomey | USA | 2:03.40 | 3 | | 3. Olga Raspopova | RUS | 2:03.71 | 5 | | 4. Tetyana Petlyuk | UKR | 2:05.10 | 6 | | 5. Sandra Stals | BEL | 2:05.12 | 2 | | 6. Amina AitHammou | MAR | 2:06.17 | 1 |
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| Heat 1 17:15 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Jennifer Toomey | USA | 2:04.84 | 4 | | 2. Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 2:05.04 | 3 | | 3. Agnes Samaria | NAM | 2:05.05 | 2 | | 4. Heather Hennigar | CAN | 2:06.68 | 5 | | 5. Sheena Gooding | BAR | 2:06.97 | 1 | | 6. John Lwiza Msyani | TAN | 2:06.97 | 6 |
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| Heat 2 17:21 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Jolanda Ceplak | SLO | 2:01.48 | 4 | | 2. Sandra Stals | BEL | 2:01.88 | 5 | | 3. Tetyana Petlyuk | UKR | 2:01.90 | 3 | | 4. Aimee Teteris | CAN | 2:03.75 | 2 | | 5. Mary Jayne Harrelson | USA | 2:05.16 | 6 | | 6. Marlyse Nsourou | GAB | 2:21.57 | 1 |
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| Heat 3 17:27 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Mayte Martinez | ESP | 2:02.78 | 3 | | 2. Seltana Ait Hammou | MAR | 2:02.83 | 5 | | 3. Meskerem Legesse | ETH | 2:05.83 | 4 | | 4. Michelle Ballentine | JAM | 2:05.94 | 6 | | 5. Sandra Teixeira | POR | 2:06.74 | 2 | | 6. Bibiche Noelly Mankatu | COD | 2:07.62 | 1 |
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| Heat 4 17:33 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Olga Raspopova | RUS | 2:03.67 | 4 | | 2. Joanne Fenn | GBR | 2:04.01 | 3 | | 3. Marian Burnett | GUY | 2:04.48 | 1 | | 4. Esther Desviat | ESP | 2:05.66 | 2 | | 5. Lotte Visschers | NED | 2:06.49 | 5 | | 6. Sloan Siegrist | GUM | 2:22.72 | 6 |
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| Heat 5 17:39 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:57.72 | 4 | | 2. Hammou Amina Ait | MAR | 2:04.30 | 6 | | 3. Monika Gradzki | GER | 2:04.68 | 2 | | 4. Liliana Popescu | ROM | 2:04.75 | 3 | | 5. Christiane Ritz dos Santos | BRA | 2:07.77 | 5 |
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