Heat 3 | | time | | L | 1. Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 1:59.00 | Q, SB | 2 | 2. Margaret Wambui | Kenya | 1:59.66 | Q | 6 | 3. Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 1:59.80 | q | 4 | 4. Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 2:00.13 | | 7 | 5. Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 2:00.27 | SB | 5 | 6. Tintu Lukka | India | 2:00.58 | SB | 3 | 7. Selma Kajan | Australia | 2:05.20 | | 8 | 8. Tsepang Sello | Lesotho | 2:10.22 | | 1 |
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Heat 4 | | time | | L | 1. Melissa Bishop | Canada | 1:58.38 | Q | 3 | 2. Maryna Arzamasava | Belarus | 1:58.44 | Q, SB | 4 | 3. Habitam Alemu | Ethiopia | 1:58.99 | q, PB | 5 | 4. Noélie Yarigo | Benin | 1:59.12 | q | 7 | 5. Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | 1:59.78 | q, PB | 2 | 6. Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:00.14 | NR | 8 | 7. Christina Hering | Germany | 2:01.04 | | 1 | 8. Fatma El Sharnouby | Egypt | 2:21.24 | | 6 |
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