| 1 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:05,18 | Q |
| 2 | Inez Turner | JAM | 2:05,46 | Q |
| 3 | Irina Samorokova | RUS | 2:05,49 | Q |
| 4 | Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 2:05,60 | |
| 5 | Amaya Andrès | ESP | 2:06,20 | |
| Tina Paulino | MOZ | DNS |
| 1 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 2:03,28 | Q |
| 2 | Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 2:04,12 | Q |
| 3 | Stella Jongmans | NED | 2:04,35 | Q |
| 4 | Patricia Djatè-Taillard | FRA | 2:05,14 | |
| 5 | Petya Strashilova | BUL | 2:05,40 | |
| 6 | Andrea Suldesova | CZE | 2:07,25 |