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Date: 27 July 1996
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 1:57.73 |
| 2 | Ana Quirot | CUB | 1:58.11 |
| 3 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:58.71 |
| 4 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:58.81 |
| 5 | Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 1:59.57 |
| 6 | Patricia Djate-Taillard | FRA | 1:59.61 |
| 7 | Natasha Dukhnova | BLR | 2:00.32 |
| 8 | Toni Hodgkinson | NZL | 2:00.54 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1:58.29 |
| 10 | Dawn Williams | DMA | 1:59.06 |
| 11 | Linda Kisabaka | GER | 1:59.23 |
| 12 | Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 1:59.28 |
| 13 | Meredith Rainey | USA | 1:59.36 |
| 14 | Viviane Dorsile | FRA | 2:00.68 |
| 15 | Lyubov Tsyoma | RUS | 2:02.50 |
| 16 | Stella Jongmans | NED | |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Luciana Mendes | BRA | 2:00.25 |
| 18 | Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 2:00.27 |
| 19 | Joetta Clark | USA | 2:00.38 |
| 20 | Suzy Hamilton | USA | 2:00.47 |
| 21 | Inez Turner | JAM | 2:01.48 |
| 22 | Malin Ewerlof | SWE | 2:01.61 |
| 23 | Petya Strashilova | BUL | 2:02.13 |
| 24 | Nouria Benida | ALG | 2:02.44 |
| 25 | Lisa Lightfoot | AUS | 2:02.88 |
| 26 | Eduarda Coelho | POR | 2:03.22 |
| 27 | Zhang Jian | CHN | 2:04.17 |
| 28 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 2:04.80 |
| 29 | Marta Orellana | ARG | 2:04.99 |
| 30 | Restituta Joseph | TAN | 2:08.31 |
| 31 | Leontine Tsiba | CGO | 2:08.58 |
| 32 | Sharette Garcia | BIZ | 2:13.52 |
| 33 | Yaznee Nasheeda | MDV | 2:36.85 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Diane Modahl | GBR | ||
| Ana Menendez | ESP | ||
| Adama Njie | GAM | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Tina Paulino | MOZ | ||