| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kirsty Coventry |  ZIM | 2:09.19 | 3. 2. | | 2. Stanislava Komarova |  RUS | 2:09.72 | 1. 1. | | 3. Reiko Nakamura |  JPN | 2:09.88 | 2. 3. | | 3. Antje Buschschulte |  GER | 2:09.88 | 5. 4. | | 5. Margaret Hoelzer |  USA | 2:10.70 | 4. 5. | | 6. Louise Ørnstedt |  DEN | 2:11.15 | 7. 6. | | 7. Katy Sexton |  GBR | 2:12.11 | 8. 8. | | 8. Aya Terakawa | JPN | 2:12.90 | 10.7. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 2:10.14 | 3. | | 2. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 2:11.68 | 5. | | 3. Aya Terakawa | JPN | 2:12.21 | 7. | | 4. Katy Sexton | GBR | 2:12.62 | 8. | | 5. Jennifer Fratesi |  CAN | 2:12.64 | 9. | | 6. Sanja Jovanović |  CRO | 2:13.76 | 13. | | 7. Evelyn Verrasztó |  HUN | 2:13.98 | 14. | | 8. Iryna Amshennikova |  UKR | 2:14.83 | 15. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Stanislava Komarova | RUS | 2:09.62 | 1. | | 2. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:10.04 | 2. | | 3. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 2:10.66 | 4. | | 4. Louise Ørnstedt | DEN | 2:11.77 | 6. | | 5. Hannah McLean |  NZL | 2:12.87 | 10. | | 6. Nicole Hetzer | GER | 2:13.01 | 11. | | 7. Melissa Morgan |  AUS | 2:13.34 | 12. | | 8. Frances Adcock | AUS | 2:15.69 | 16. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Margaret Hoelzer | USA | 2:12.55 | 4. | | 2. Jennifer Fratesi | CAN | 2:13.00 | 6. | | 3. Louise Ørnstedt | DEN | 2:13.05 | 7. | | 4. Nicole Hetzer | GER | 2:14.42 | 13. | | 5. Iryna Amshennikova | UKR | 2:14.49 | 14. | | 6. Frances Adcock | AUS | 2:14.85 | 15. | | 7. Anja Čarman |  SLO | 2:17.62 | 23. | | 8. Alexandra Putra |  FRA | 2:19.75 | 27. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Stanislava Komarova | RUS | 2:10.71 | 1. | | 2. Antje Buschschulte | GER | 2:12.96 | 5. | | 3. Hannah McLean | NZL | 2:13.33 | 9. | | 4. Aya Terakawa | JPN | 2:13.55 | 10. | | 5. Sanja Jovanović | CRO | 2:15.01 | 16. | | 6. Kirsten Caverly | USA | 2:15.34 | 17. | | 7. Karen Lee | GBR | 2:16.10 | 20. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Reiko Nakamura | JPN | 2:11.14 | 2. | | 2. Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 2:12.49 | 3. | | 3. Katy Sexton | GBR | 2:13.25 | 8. | | 4. Melissa Morgan | AUS | 2:14.06 | 11. | | 5. Elizabeth Warden | CAN | 2:15.77 | 18. | | 6. Alessia Filippi |  ITA | 2:17.29 | 21. | | 7. Zhan Shu |  CHN | 2:31.56 | 33. | | -. Chen Xiujun | CHN | | |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Evelyn Verrasztó | HUN | 2:14.07 | 12. | | 2. Kateřina Pivoňková |  CZE | 2:16.08 | 19. | | 3. Derya Erke Şadan |  TUR | 2:17.29 | 21. | | 4. Lin Man-Hsu |  TPE | 2:17.68 | 24. | | 5. Lee Da-Hye |  KOR | 2:17.73 | 25. | | 6. Gisela Morales |  GUA | 2:18.23 | 26. | | 7. Chonlathorn Vorathamrong |  THA | 2:21.11 | 29. | | 8. Eirini Karastergiou |  GRE | 2:21.93 | 30. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tsai Hui Wai |  HKG | 2:19.83 | 28. | | 2. Gretchen Gotay |  PUR | 2:23.39 | 31. | | 3. Saida Iskandarova |  UZB | 2:26.17 | 32. |
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