| 1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | |
1:56,11 | |
| 2 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | |
1:56,68 | AR |
| 3 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | |
1:56,95 | NR |
| 4 | Patricia Djaté-Taillard | FRA | 1:57,04 | NR | |
| 5 | Meredith Rainey-Valmon | USA | 1:58,20 | ||
| 6 | Ellen Van Langen | NED | 1:58,98 | ||
| 7 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 1:59,16 | ||
| 8 | Tatyana Grigoryeva | RUS | 2:05,55 |