| 1 | Patricia Djeté-Taillard | FRA | 2:03,70 | Q |
| 2 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 2:03,83 | Q |
| 3 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 2:04,04 | Q |
| 4 | Karen Gydesen | DEN | 2:04,70 | |
| 5 | Carmen Stanciu | ROM | 2:05,35 |
| 1 | Stella Jongmans | NED | 2:03,54 | Q |
| 2 | Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 2:03,64 | Q |
| 3 | Ella Kovacs | ROM | 2:04,01 | Q |
| 4 | Ana Menendez | ESP | 2:04,99 | |
| 5 | Jolanda Steblovnik | SLO | 2:08,84 | |
| Petra Strashilova | BUL | DQ |