| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ágnes Kovács | HUN | 2:24.35 | 1. 1. | | 2. Kristy Kowal | USA | 2:24.56 | 2. 4. | | 3. Amanda Beard | USA | 2:25.35 | 8. 8. | | 4. Qi Hui | CHN | 2:25.36 | 3. 2. | | 5. Olga Bakaldina | RUS | 2:25.47 | 10.3. | | 6. Sarah Poewe | RSA | 2:25.72 | 9. 5. | | 7. Masami Tanaka | JPN | 2:26.98 | 5. 7. | | 8. Luo Xuejuan | CHN | 2:27.33 | 13.6. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kristy Kowal | USA | 2:25.46 | 4. | | 2. Sarah Poewe | RSA | 2:25.54 | 5. | | 3. Luo Xuejuan | CHN | 2:25.86 | 6. | | 4. Karine Brémond | FRA | 2:27.86 | 9. | | 5. Caroline Hildreth | AUS | 2:28.30 | 10. | | 6. Gu Hyo-Jin | KOR | 2:28.50 | 11. | | 7. Anne Poleska | GER | 2:28.99 | 12. | | 8. Junko Isoda | JPN | 2:31.71 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ágnes Kovács | HUN | 2:24.03 | 1. | | 2. Qi Hui | CHN | 2:24.21 | 2. | | 3. Olga Bakaldina | RUS | 2:25.41 | 3. | | 4. Masami Tanaka | JPN | 2:26.24 | 7. | | 5. Amanda Beard | USA | 2:26.62 | 8. | | 6. Christin Petelski | CAN | 2:29.43 | 13. | | 7. Rebecca Brown | AUS | 2:29.90 | 14. | | 8. Alicja Pęczak | POL | 2:30.02 | 15. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ágnes Kovács | HUN | 2:24.92 | 1. | | 2. Olga Bakaldina | RUS | 2:28.19 | 10. | | 3. Luo Xuejuan | CHN | 2:28.43 | 13. | | 4. Christin Petelski | CAN | 2:29.11 | 14. | | 5. Alicja Pęczak | POL | 2:29.45 | 16. | | 6. Junko Isoda | JPN | 2:29.60 | 17. | | 7. Penny Heyns | RSA | 2:30.17 | 20. | | 8. Agatha Czaplicki | SUI | 2:32.98 | 22. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Qi Hui | CHN | 2:26.76 | 3. | | 2. Karine Brémond | FRA | 2:27.13 | 4. | | 3. Masami Tanaka | JPN | 2:27.39 | 5. | | 4. Beatrice Coadă-Căşlaru | ROU | 2:27.59 | 6. | | 5. Caroline Hildreth | AUS | 2:27.60 | 7. | | 6. Gu Hyo-Jin | KOR | 2:28.21 | 11. | | 7. Rebecca Brown | AUS | 2:28.24 | 12. | | 8. Elvira Fischer | AUT | 2:30.05 | 19. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kristy Kowal | USA | 2:26.73 | 2. | | 2. Amanda Beard | USA | 2:27.83 | 8. | | 3. Sarah Poewe | RSA | 2:27.84 | 9. | | 4. Anne Poleska | GER | 2:29.15 | 15. | | 5. Ina Hüging | GER | 2:30.00 | 18. | | 6. Brigitte Becue | BEL | 2:31.27 | 21. | | 7. Jaime King | GBR | 2:33.10 | 23. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dikmen İlkay | TUR | 2:33.34 | 24. | | 2. Inna Nikitina | UKR | 2:34.20 | 26. | | 3. Siow Yi Ting | MAS | 2:34.52 | 27. | | 4. Margarita Kalmikova | LAT | 2:35.69 | 28. | | 5. Adriana Marmolejo | MEX | 2:36.93 | 29. | | 6. Nic Teo | SIN | 2:37.39 | 30. | | 7. Edda Heimisdóttir Íris | ISL | 2:38.52 | 32. | | 8. Imaday Núñez | CUB | 2:41.97 | 34. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Isabel Ceballos | COL | 2:34.09 | 25. | | 2. Jenny Guerrero | PHI | 2:38.10 | 31. | | 3. Olga Molchanova | KGZ | 2:41.43 | 33. | | 4. Anastasiya Koroleva | UZB | 2:43.23 | 35. |
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