Medalists edit
| Gold | ||
 |
Tamsyn Lewis |  Australia
|
| Silver | ||
 |
Tetiana Petlyuk |  Ukraine
|
| Bronze | ||
 |
Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  Mozambique
|
Heats edit
| Heat | Lane | Name | Country | Mark | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Elisa Cusma Piccione |  Italy |
2:01.62 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia |
2:01.85 NR | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Marian Burnett |  Guyana |
2:02.35 NR | q |
| 1 | 4 | Margarita Fuentes-Pila |  Spain |
2:03.89 SB | q |
| 1 | Natalya Ignatova |  Russia |
DSQ | ||
| 2 | 1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique |
2:04.82 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain |
2:04.92 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Agnes Samaria |  Namibia |
2:05.23 SB | |
| 2 | 4 | Nicole Cook |  United States |
2:06.67 | |
| 2 | 5 | Fanja Rakotomalala-Felix |  Madagascar |
2:08.42 NR | |
| 3 | 1 | Seltana Aït Hammou |  Morocco |
2:04.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk |  Poland |
2:04.71 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Marilyn Okoro |  United Kingdom |
2:05.09 | |
| 3 | 4 | Mariya Savinova | Russia |
2:06.72 | |
| 3 | 5 | Lysaira Del Valle |  Puerto Rico |
2:07.58 SB | |
| 4 | 1 | Tetiana Petlyuk | Ukraine |
2:00.40 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jennifer Meadows | United Kingdom |
2:00.60 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Mihaela Neacsu |  Romania |
2:00.79 SB | q |
| 4 | 4 | Nicole Teter | United States |
2:01.73 SB | q |
| 4 | 5 | Natalia Gallego |  Andorra |
2:15.97 |
Semifinals edit
| Heat | Lane | Name | Country | Mark | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique |
2:01.81 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain |
2:01.86 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia |
2:02.07 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk | Poland |
2:02.38 | |
| 1 | 5 | Nicole Teter | United States |
2:04.72 | |
| 1 | 6 | Seltana Aït Hammou | Morocco |
DSQ | |
| 2 | 1 | Tetiana Petlyuk | Ukraine |
1:59.58 SB | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jennifer Meadows | United Kingdom |
1:59.73 PB | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Elisa Cusma Piccione | Italy |
2:00.36 NR | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Mihaela Neacsu | Romania |
2:01.70 | |
| 2 | 5 | Marian Burnett | Guyana |
2:02.27 NR | |
| 2 | 6 | Margarita Fuentes-Pila | Spain |
2:05.58 SB |
Final edit
| Heat | Lane | Name | Country | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia |
2:02.57 |
 |
5 | Tetiana Petlyuk | Ukraine |
2:02.66 |
 |
2 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique |
2:02.97 |
| 4 | 6 | Mayte Martínez | Spain |
2:03.15 |
| 5 | 4 | Jennifer Meadows | United Kingdom |
2:03.51 |
| 6 | 3 | Elisa Cusma Piccione | Italy |
2:03.76 |
| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200m | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique |
30.24 |
| 400m | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique |
1:03.11 |
| 600m | Tetiana Petlyuk | Ukraine |
1:34.14 |