| 1 | Jolanda Ceplak | SLO | 1:59,26 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Andrianova | RUS | 1:59,96 | Q |
| 3 | Joanne Fenn | GBR | 2:00,79 | Q |
| 4 | Mayte Martinez | ESP | 2:01,06 | |
| 5 | Seltana Ait Hammou | MAR | 2:02,33 | |
| 6 | Aimee Teteris | CAN | 2:05,29 |
| 1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 2:03,19 | Q |
| 2 | Jennifer Toomey | USA | 2:03,40 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Raspopova | RUS | 2:03,71 | Q |
| 4 | Tatyana Petlyuk | UKR | 2:05,10 | |
| 5 | Sandra Stals | BEL | 2:05,12 | |
| 6 | Amina Ait Hammou | MAR | 2:06,17 |