Heat 1 19:35 | Team | time | L | N | 1. Sviatlana Usovich | BLR | 1:58.11 | 8 | 258 | 2. Olga Kotlyarova | RUS | 1:58.56 | 5 | 819 | 3. Lucia Klocova | SVK | 1:58.62 | 6 | 878 | 4. Elisa Cusma Piccione | ITA | 1:58.63 | 4 | 566 | 5. Liliana Popescu | ROU | 2:00.07 | 3 | 778 | 6. Jemma Simpson | GBR | 2:00.48 | 2 | 481 | 7. Diane Cummins | CAN | 2:00.51 | 9 | 303 | 8. Hazel Clark | USA | 2:02.92 | 7 | 954 |
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Heat 2 19:44 | Team | time | L | N | 1. Svetlana Klyuka | RUS | 1:58.97 | 6 | 815 | 2. Mayte Martinez | ESP | 1:59.32 | 7 | 398 | 3. Mina Ait Hammou | MAR | 1:59.51 | 3 | 663 | 4. Marilyn Okoro | GBR | 1:59.63 | 5 | 478 | 5. Kenia Sinclair | JAM | 2:00.25 | 4 | 594 | 6. Tetyana Petlyuk | UKR | 2:00.90 | 8 | 924 | 7. Marian Burnett | GUY | 2:01.02 | 2 | 534 | 8. Zulia Calatayud | CUB | 2:06.97 | 9 | 353 |
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Heat 3 19:53 | Team | time | L | N | 1. Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 1:56.17 | 6 | 642 | 2. Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 1:56.84 | 5 | 666 | 3. Maria de Lurdes Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.98 | 7 | 689 | 4. Brigita Langerholc | SLO | 1:58.41 | 8 | 856 | 5. Jennifer Meadows | GBR | 1:59.39 | 3 | 476 | 6. Elodie Guugan | FRA | 1:59.46 | 9 | 447 | 7. Ewelina Setowska-Drick | POL | 2:01.02 | 4 | 753 | 8. Agnes Samaria | NAM | 2:02.25 | 2 | 693 |
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