| 1 | Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 2:03,59 | Q |
| 2 | Olga Kotlyarova | RUS | 2:03,70 | Q |
| 3 | Ewelina Setowska | POL | 2:03,87 | Q |
| 4 | Jennifer Meadows | GBR | 2:03,95 | |
| 5 | Tatyana Petlyuk | UKR | 2:04,74 | |
| 6 | Teodora Kolarova | BUL | 2:04,88 |
| 1 | Kenia Sinclair | JAM | 2:00,06 | Q | AR |
| 2 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 2:00,29 | Q | |
| 3 | Elisabeth Grousselle | FRA | 2:00,42 | Q | NR |
| 4 | Natalya Zyganova | RUS | 2:00,46 | ||
| 5 | Mihaela Stancescu-Neacsu | ROM | 2:02,51 | ||
| 6 | Frances Santin | USA | 2:05,40 |