| Final 16.08 10:03 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:05.24 | 4 | 1. 1. | | 2. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 2:06.23 | 2 | 7. 5. | | 3. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 2:07.13 | 6 | 12.3. | | 4. Anastasia Zueva | RUS | 2:07.88 | 8 | 5. 8. | | 5. Elizabeth Beisel | USA | 2:08.23 | 5 | 6. 2. | | 6. Elizabeth Simmonds | GBR | 2:08.51 | 1 | 2. 6. | | 7. Meagen Nay | AUS | 2:08.84 | 3 | 3. 4. | | 8. Belinda Hocking | AUS | 2:10.12 | 7 | 11.7. |
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| Semi 1 15.08 10:26 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Elizabeth Beisel | USA | 2:07.90 | 3 | 2. | | 2. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 2:08.21 | 7 | 3. | | 3. Elizabeth Simmonds | GBR | 2:08.96 | 4 | 6. | | 4. Gemma Spofforth | GBR | 2:09.19 | 8 | 9. | | 5. Jing Zhao | CHN | 2:09.59 | 5 | 10. | | 6. Melissa Ingram | NZL | 2:09.70 | 6 | 12. | | 7. Hanae Ito | JPN | 2:09.86 | 1 | 13. | | 8. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 2:12.04 | 2 | 15. |
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| Semi 2 15.08 10:31 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:07.76 | 4 | 1. | | 2. Meagen Nay | AUS | 2:08.09 | 5 | 4. | | 3. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 2:08.25 | 6 | 5. | | 4. Belinda Hocking | AUS | 2:08.80 | 7 | 7. | | 5. Anastasia Zueva | RUS | 2:09.07 | 3 | 8. | | 6. Alexianne Castel | FRA | 2:10.04 | 2 | 11. | | 7. Stanislava Komarova | RUS | 2:10.50 | 1 | 14. | | 8. Anja Carman | SLO | 2:12.46 | 8 | 16. |
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| Heat 5 14.08 20:39 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Elizabeth Simmonds | GBR | 2:08.66 | 6 | 2. | | 2. Elizabeth Beisel | USA | 2:09.02 | 5 | 6. | | 3. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 2:09.12 | 4 | 7. | | 4. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 2:09.77 | 3 | 12. | | 5. Stanislava Komarova | RUS | 2:09.93 | 7 | 13. | | 6. Nikolett Szepesi | HUN | 2:11.47 | 2 | 18. | | 7. Kateryna Zubkova | UKR | 2:12.64 | 8 | 22. | | 8. Victoria Escarlata Bernard | ESP | 2:12.86 | 1 | 24. |
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| Heat 4 14.08 20:35 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:06.76 | 4 | 1. | | 2. Meagen Nay | AUS | 2:08.79 | 3 | 3. | | 3. Melissa Ingram | NZL | 2:09.34 | 2 | 8. | | 4. Alexianne Castel | FRA | 2:09.37 | 5 | 9. | | 5. Hanae Ito | JPN | 2:10.05 | 6 | 14. | | 6. Yanyan Chen | CHN | 2:11.95 | 8 | 19. | | 7. Melissa Corfe | RSA | 2:12.64 | 7 | 22. | | 8. Iryna Amshennikova | UKR | 2:15.78 | 1 | 33. |
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| Heat 3 14.08 20:31 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Jing Zhao | CHN | 2:08.97 | 5 | 4. | | 2. Anastasia Zueva | RUS | 2:09.01 | 3 | 5. | | 3. Laure Manaudou | FRA | 2:09.39 | 4 | 10. | | 4. Belinda Hocking | AUS | 2:09.54 | 6 | 11. | | 5. Anja Carman | SLO | 2:10.49 | 1 | 15. | | 6. Gemma Spofforth | GBR | 2:10.58 | 2 | 16. | | 7. Evelin Verraszto | HUN | 2:11.02 | 7 | 17. | | 8. Lindsay Seemann | CAN | 2:15.07 | 8 | 30. |
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| Heat 2 14.08 20:27 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Melanie Nocher | IRL | 2:12.29 | 7 | 20. | | 2. Zuzanna Mazurek | POL | 2:12.46 | 6 | 21. | | 3. Lydia Morant | ESP | 2:13.87 | 4 | 25. | | 4. Fernanda Gonzalez | MEX | 2:14.64 | 8 | 28. | | 5. Stella Boumi | GRE | 2:14.73 | 1 | 29. | | 6. Sanja Jovanovic | CRO | 2:15.57 | 3 | 31. | | 7. Christin Zenner | GER | 2:20.28 | 5 | 34. | | -. Julia Wilkinson | CAN | | 2 | |
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| Heat 1 14.08 20:23 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Yeongseo Kang | KOR | 2:14.52 | 3 | 26. | | 2. Gisela Morales | GUA | 2:14.54 | 5 | 27. | | 3. Erin Nicole Volcan Smith | VEN | 2:15.58 | 4 | 32. |
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