| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Camelia Potec |  ROU | 1:58.03 | 11.7. | | 2. Federica Pellegrini |  ITA | 1:58.22 | 4. 1. | | 3. Solenne Figuès |  FRA | 1:58.45 | 5. 2. | | 4. Paulina Barzycka |  POL | 1:58.62 | 3. 5. | | 5. Franziska van Almsick |  GER | 1:58.88 | 9. 6. | | 6. Dana Vollmer |  USA | 1:58.98 | 1. 4. | | 7. Pang Jiaying |  CHN | 1:59.16 | 14. 3. | | 8. Josefin Lillhage |  SWE | 1:59.20 | 6. 8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Federica Pellegrini | ITA | 1:58.02 | 1. | | 2. Pang Jiaying | CHN | 1:58.68 | 3. | | 3. Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 1:59.31 | 8. | | 4. Claudia Poll |  CRC | 1:59.79 | 10. | | 5. Yelena Popchenko |  BLR | 1:59.87 | 11. | | 6. Lindsay Benko | USA | 2:00.22 | 14. | | 7. Yang Yu | CHN | 2:00.52 | 15. | | 8. Melanie Marshall |  GBR | 2:01.06 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Solenne Figuès | FRA | 1:58.65 | 2. | | 2. Dana Vollmer | USA | 1:59.04 | 4. | | 3. Paulina Barzycka | POL | 1:59.10 | 5. | | 4. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 1:59.13 | 6. | | 5. Camelia Potec | ROU | 1:59.25 | 7. | | 6. Elka Graham |  AUS | 1:59.44 | 9. | | 7. Martina Moravcová |  SVK | 1:59.96 | 12. | | 8. Tomoko Nagai |  JPN | 2:00.09 | 13. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Claudia Poll | CRC | 1:59.50 | 2. | | 2. Solenne Figuès | FRA | 1:59.90 | 5. | | 3. Josefin Lillhage | SWE | 2:00.04 | 6. | | 4. Lindsay Benko | USA | 2:00.21 | 8. | | 5. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 2:00.23 | 9. | | 6. Brittany Reimer |  CAN | 2:01.39 | 17. | | 7. Linda MacKenzie | AUS | 2:02.04 | 19. | | 8. Zoi Dimoskhaki |  GRE | 2:03.38 | 27. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Paulina Barzycka | POL | 1:59.52 | 3. | | 2. Federica Pellegrini | ITA | 1:59.80 | 4. | | 3. Melanie Marshall | GBR | 2:00.46 | 10. | | 4. Yelena Popchenko | BLR | 2:00.67 | 12. | | 5. Pang Jiaying | CHN | 2:00.80 | 14. | | 6. Sara Harstick | GER | 2:02.25 | 20. | | 7. Nataliya Shalagina |  RUS | 2:02.37 | 21. | | 8. Mariana Brochado |  BRA | 2:02.91 | 23. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dana Vollmer | USA | 1:59.49 | 1. | | 2. Elka Graham | AUS | 2:00.13 | 7. | | 3. Camelia Potec | ROU | 2:00.50 | 11. | | 4. Tomoko Nagai | JPN | 2:00.73 | 13. | | 5. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 2:01.00 | 15. | | 6. Yang Yu | CHN | 2:01.33 | 16. | | 7. Sara Isakovič |  SLO | 2:01.71 | 18. | | 8. Kim Hyeon-Ju |  KOR | 2:03.33 | 26. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Olena Lapunova |  UKR | 2:02.71 | 22. | | 2. Hanna Miluska |  SUI | 2:03.28 | 24. | | 3. Florencia Szigeti |  ARG | 2:03.29 | 25. | | 4. Elina Partõka |  EST | 2:03.54 | 28. | | 5. Alison Fitch |  NZL | 2:03.58 | 29. | | 6. Janelle Atkinson |  JAM | 2:04.06 | 30. | | 7. Katinka Hosszú |  HUN | 2:04.22 | 31. | | 8. Petra Banović |  CRO | 2:04.24 | 32. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jana Myšková |  CZE | 2:04.62 | 33. | | 2. Vesna Stojanovska |  MKD | 2:04.64 | 34. | | 3. Louise Jansen |  DEN | 2:06.06 | 37. | | 4. Larisa Lăcustă | ROU | 2:06.62 | 38. | | 5. Sze Hang Yu |  HKG | 2:07.55 | 39. | | 6. Khadidja Ciss |  SEN | 2:09.04 | 40. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Pilin Tachakittiranan |  THA | 2:05.29 | 35. | | 2. Yang Chun-Kuei |  TPE | 2:05.65 | 36. | | 3. Yuliya Risik |  KAZ | 2:09.93 | 41. |
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