Final 18:25 | | time | gap | L | 50m | 100m | 150m | Y | 1. Beatrice Caslaru-Coada | Romania | 2:26.76 | | 5 | 33.76s | 1:10.53 | 1:48.35 | 81 | 2. Agnes Kovacs | Hungary | 2:26.85 | +0.09s | 4 | 33.06s | 1:09.60 | 1:47.55 | 75 | 3. Karine Bremond | France | 2:28.20 | +0.44s | 3 | 34.82s | 1:12.67 | 1:50.90 | 75 | 4. Ina Huging | Germany | 2:28.77 | +1.01s | 2 | 34.21s | 1:12.35 | 1:50.74 | 78 | 5. Anne Poleska | Germany | 2:29.68 | +2.92s | 8 | 34.44s | 1:12.36 | 1:50.53 | 80 | 6. Elvira Fischer | Austria | 2:30.86 | +4.10s | 6 | 35.01s | 1:13.82 | 1:52.73 | 83 | 7. Martina Krawczyk | Poland | 2:30.98 | +4.22s | 1 | 34.18s | 1:12.05 | 1:50.67 | 82 | 8. Agata Czaplicki | Switzerland | 2:31.54 | +4.78s | 7 | 34.79s | 1:13.06 | 1:52.11 | 80 |
World Record: Penny Heyns, South Africa 2:23.64 Sydney, Australia 27th August 1999 | European and Championship Record: Agnes Kovacs 2:24.90 Sevilla, Spain 20th August 1997 |
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| First 2 from each Semi and Best 4 times advanced to Final. |
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