Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:03.82	Q
2	4	Liliana Popescu	Romania	2:03.92	Q
3	4	Yuliya Krevsun	Ukraine	2:03.07	q
4	4	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy	2:03.34	q
5	4	Rikke Albertsen	Denmark	2:03.46	q
6	4	Margarita Fuentes-Pila	Spain	2:03.58	q, PB
7	1	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	2:03.67	Q
8	3	Aneta Lemiesz	Poland	2:03.68	Q
9	3	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain	2:03.68	Q
10	3	Mihaela Neacsu	Romania	2:03.72
11	1	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain	2:04.53	Q
12	3	Mariya Dryakhlova	Russia	2:04.54
13	1	Teodora Kolarova	Bulgaria	2:04.61
14	1	Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk	Poland	2:04.66
15	2	Tetyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:05.44	Q
16	2	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:05.95	Q
17	3	Suvi Selvenius	Finland	2:06.10
18	1	Montse Mas	Spain	2:06.68
19	3	Jana Hartmann	Germany	2:06.72
20	1	Egle Uljas	Estonia	2:07.93
	2	Eleni Filandra	Greece	DNF	Q
	2	Maria Carmo Tavares	Portugal	DNF	Q
	2	Karen Harewood	Great Britain	DNF
	2	Mariya Shapayeva	Russia	DQ

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	1:59.53	Q
2	1	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	1:59.84	Q
3	1	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain	1:59.87	Q, PB
4	2	Tetyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:00.10	Q
5	2	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain	2:00.79	Q
6	2	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:01.00	Q
7	1	Yuliya Krevsun	Ukraine	2:01.04	PB
8	2	Aneta Lemiesz	Poland	2:01.39
9	2	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy	2:01.42
10	1	Liliana Popescu	Romania	2:02.33
11	1	Rikke Albertsen	Denmark	2:02.70	PB
12	2	Margarita Fuentes-Pila	Spain	2:03.91
13	2	Eleni Filandra	Greece	2:05.32
14	1	Maria Carmo Tavares	Portugal	2:09.75

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	1:59.23
	Tetyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	1:59.84
	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:00.00
4	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain	2:00.20
5	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain	2:00.25
6	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:01.24