| Final A | | time | | gap | L | 50m | | 1. Le Jingyi |  CHN | 54.60s | | | 4 | 26.40s | | 2. Sandra Völker |  GER | 54.88s | | +0.28s | 3 | 26.56s | | 3. Angel Martino |  USA | 54.93s | | +0.33s | 5 | 26.23s | | 4. Amy Van Dyken | USA | 55.11s | | +0.51s | 6 | 26.30s | | 5. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 55.59s | | +0.99s | 7 | 27.14s | | 6. Sarah Ryan |  AUS | 55.85s | | +1.25s | 8 | 27.09s | | 7. Mette Jacobsen |  DEN | 56.01s | | +1.41s | 1 | 27.08s | | 8. Karin Brienesse |  NED | 56.12s | | +1.52s | 2 | 27.07s |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Shan Ying | CHN | 55.74s | 9. | | 10.Linda Olofsson |  SWE | 55.83s | 15. | | 11.Luminiţa Dobrescu |  ROU | 55.98s | 12. | | 12.Leah Martindale |  BBS | 56.03s | 10. | | 13.Nataliya Meshcheryakova |  RUS | 56.17s | 13. | | 14.Karen Pickering |  GBR | 56.32s | 14. | | 15.Martina Moravcová |  SVK | 56.47s | 11. | | 16.Sue Rolph | GBR | 56.58s | 16. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Angel Martino | USA | 55.44s | 2. | | 2. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 55.80s | 4. | | 3. Mette Jacobsen | DEN | 56.06s | 7. | | 4. Shan Ying | CHN | 56.10s | 9. | | 5. Leah Martindale | BBS | 56.13s | 10. | | 6. Martina Moravcová | SVK | 56.20s | 11. | | 7. Linda Olofsson | SWE | 56.56s | 15. | | 8. Vibeke Lambersøy Johansen |  NOR | 56.88s | 18. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Le Jingyi | CHN | 54.90s | 1. | | 2. Karin Brienesse | NED | 55.81s | 5. | | 3. Sarah Ryan | AUS | 56.07s | 8. | | 4. Nataliya Meshcheryakova | RUS | 56.33s | 13. | | 5. Karen Pickering | GBR | 56.40s | 14. | | 6. Rania El-Wani |  EGY | 56.89s | 19. | | 7. Claudia Franco |  ESP | 57.00s | 21. | | 8. Alison Fitch |  NZL | 57.71s | 29. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sandra Völker | GER | 55.55s | 3. | | 2. Amy Van Dyken | USA | 55.94s | 6. | | 3. Luminiţa Dobrescu | ROU | 56.27s | 12. | | 4. Sue Rolph | GBR | 56.62s | 16. | | 5. Shannon Shakespeare |  CAN | 56.63s | 17. | | 6. Solenne Figuès |  FRA | 56.90s | 20. | | 7. Sumika Minamoto |  JPN | 57.25s | 25. | | 8. Dita Želvienė |  LTU | 58.57s | 37. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Minna Salmela |  FIN | 57.15s | 22. | | 2. Gabrielle Rose |  BRA | 57.16s | 23. | | 3. Cecilia Vianini |  ITA | 57.17s | 24. | | 4. Metka Šparovec |  SLO | 57.66s | 28. | | 5. Monica Dahl |  NAM | 57.95s | 32. | | 6. Heleen Muller |  RSA | 57.98s | 33. | | 7. Lee Bo-Eun |  KOR | 58.27s | 35. | | 8. Joscelin Yeo |  SIN | 58.87s | 41. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Siobhan Cropper |  TRT | 57.30s | 26. | | 2. Judith Draxler |  AUT | 57.34s | 27. | | 3. Antonia Makhaira |  GRE | 57.92s | 31. | | 4. Kristýna Kyněrová |  CZE | 58.03s | 34. | | 5. Sandrine Paquier |  SUI | 58.38s | 36. | | 6. Svetlana Zhidko |  BLR | 58.64s | 39. | | 7. Tsai Shu-Min |  TPE | 58.65s | 40. | | 8. Yevgeniya Yermakova |  KAZ | 59.12s | 42. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anna Nyíri |  HUN | 57.82s | 30. | | 2. Teresa Moodie |  ZIM | 58.59s | 38. | | 3. Valeria Álvarez |  ARG | 59.26s | 43. | | 4. Viktoriya Poleyayeva |  KGZ | 59.40s | 44. | | 5. Gabrijela Ujčić |  CRO | 59.92s | 45. | | 6. Duška Radan |  YUG | 1:00.34 | 46. | | 7. Caroline Pickering |  FIJ | 1:00.51 | 47. | | 8. Gail Rizzo |  MLT | 1:02.19 | 48. |
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