Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Franziska van Almsick | GER | 1:59.40 | 1. | 2. Cristina Teuscher | USA | 2:00.57 | 6. | 3. Louise Jöhncke | SWE | 2:01.13 | 11. | 4. Karen Pickering | GBR | 2:01.46 | 12. | 5. Chen Yan | CHN | 2:03.32 | 16. | 6. Tatyana Litovchenko | RUS | 2:04.09 | 22. | 7. Ioana Lorena Diaconescu | ROU | 2:04.59 | 25. | 8. Mia Muusfeldt | DEN | 2:07.29 | 36. |
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Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Claudia Poll | CRC | 1:59.87 | 2. | 2. Trina Jackson | USA | 2:00.29 | 3. | 3. Dagmar Hase | GER | 2:00.38 | 4. | 4. Julia Greville | AUS | 2:00.44 | 5. | 5. Luminiţa Dobrescu | ROU | 2:00.85 | 7. | 6. Solenne Figuès | FRA | 2:02.74 | 14. | 7. Olena Lapunova | UKR | 2:04.07 | 21. | 8. MLIn Nilsson | SWE | 2:04.39 | 24. |
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