| Final 21.00h | time | L | | 1. Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 1:56.68 | 6 | | 2. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.72 | 3 | | 3. Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:56.93 | 5 | | 4. Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 1:57.40 | 4 | | 5. Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 1:57.81 | 7 | | 6. Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 1:57.90 | 2 | | 7. Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:57.92 | 8 | | 8. Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 1:58.69 | 1 |
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| Heat 1 19.45h | time | L | | 1. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:59.84 | 6 | | 2. Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 2:00.37 | 3 | | 3. Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 2:00.67 | 8 | | 4. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 2:00.77 | 5 | | 5. Linda Kisabaka | GER | 2:00.81 | 2 | | 6. Lwiza Msyani John | TAN | 2:01.92 | 1 | | 7. Yelena Martson-Buzhenko | UKR | 2:02.01 | 7 | | 8. Sandra Stals | BEL | 2:09.22 | 4 |
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| Heat 2 19.53h | time | L | | 1. Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:59.25 | 3 | | 2. Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 1:59.42 | 6 | | 3. Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:59.61 | 5 | | 4. Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 2:00.03 | 1 | | 5. Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 2:00.14 | 8 | | 6. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:00.33 | 7 | | 7. Claudia Gesell | GER | 2:01.24 | 4 | | 8. Brigita Langerholc | SLO | 2:04.51 | 2 |
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| Heat 1 22.05h | time | L | | 1. Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 2:00.32 | 4 | | 2. Claudia Gesell | GER | 2:00.32 | 6 | | 3. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:00.46 | 5 | | 4. Diane Modahl | GBR | 2:00.83 | 2 | | 5. Judit Varga | HUN | 2:01.72 | 3 | | 6. Toni Hodgkinson | NZL | 2:02.18 | 8 | | 7. Tytti Reho | FIN | 2:03.72 | 7 |
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| Heat 2 22.12h | time | L | | 1. Stephanie Graf | AUT | 2:00.16 | 5 | | 2. Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 2:00.32 | 7 | | 3. Meredith Rainey-Valmon | USA | 2:00.86 | 2 | | 4. Patrizia Spuri | ITA | 2:01.00 | 4 | | 5. Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinskaya | UKR | 2:01.53 | 6 | | 6. Tamsyn Lewis | AUS | 2:03.03 | 1 | | 7. Leontine Tsiba | CGO | 2:04.19 | 3 | | 8. Alberta Cape | GBS | 2:19.79 | 8 |
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| Heat 3 22.19h | time | L | | 1. Sandra Stals | BEL | 2:00.07 | 2 | | 2. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 2:00.10 | 5 | | 3. Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 2:00.13 | 6 | | 4. Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 2:00.42 | 8 | | 5. Grace Birungi | UGA | 2:02.71 | 3 | | 6. Julia Sakara | ZIM | 2:03.52 | 4 | | -. Kutre Dulecha | ETH | DNS | 7 |
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| Heat 4 22.26h | time | L | | 1. Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 1:59.52 | 4 | | 2. Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:59.72 | 2 | | 3. Lwiza Msyani John | TAN | 2:00.49 | 1 | | 4. Brigita Langerholc | SLO | 2:00.50 | 8 | | 5. Zulia Calatayud | CUB | 2:00.93 | 3 | | 6. Heidi Jensen | DEN | 2:01.12 | 6 | | 7. Vicky Lynch-Pounds | CAN | 2:02.66 | 5 | | 8. Addeh Mwamba | ZAM | 2:07.96 | 7 |
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| Heat 5 22.33h | time | L | | 1. Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 2:00.27 | 5 | | 2. Yelena Martson-Buzhenko | UKR | 2:00.33 | 2 | | 3. Linda Kisabaka | GER | 2:00.46 | 8 | | 4. Anita Bragger | SUI | 2:01.89 | 6 | | 5. Adoracion Garcia | ESP | 2:04.68 | 7 | | 6. Charmaine Howell | JAM | 2:04.73 | 3 | | 7. Tsvetelina Kirilova | BUL | 2:07.41 | 4 |
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