| 1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 2:01,81 | Q | |
| 2 | Mayte Martínez | ESP | 2:01,86 | Q | |
| 3 | Tamsyn Lewis | AUS | 2:02,07 | Q | |
| 4 | Ewelina Setowska-Dryk | POL | 2:02,38 | ||
| 5 | Nicole Teter | USA | 2:04,72 | ||
| Seltana Aït Hammou | MAR | DQ |
| 1 | Tetiana Petlyuk | UKR | 1:59,58 | Q | |
| 2 | Jennifer Meadows | GBR | 1:59,73 | Q | |
| 3 | Elisa Cusma Piccione | ITA | 2:00,36 | Q | NR |
| 4 | Mihaela Neacsu | ROM | 2:01,70 | ||
| 5 | Marian Burnett | GUY | 2:02,27 | NR | |
| 6 | Margarita Fuentes-Pila | ESP | 2:05,58 |