| Final A | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Kristy Kowal | USA | 1:08.42 | | 2. Helen Denman | AUS | 1:08.51 | | 3. Lauren Van Oosten | CAN | 1:08.66 | | 4. Agnes Kovacs | HUN | 1:08.68 | | 5. Penny Heyns | RSA | 1:08.77 | | 6. Sam Riley | AUS | 1:08.80 | | 7. Svitlana Bondarenko | UKR | 1:09.11 | | 8. Brigitte Becue | BEL | 1:09.16 |
| Final B | Team | Time | pl. | | 9. Dagmara Ajnenkiel | POL | 1:10.20 | | 10.Yi Zhang | CHN | 1:10.20 | | 11.Masami Tanaka | JPN | 1:10.75 | | 12.Alicja Peczak | POL | 1:10.76 | | 13.Sylvia Gerasch | GER | 1:11.11 | | 14.Tara Sloan | CAN | 1:11.45 | | 15.Vera Lischka | AUT | 1:11.79 | | 16.Sarah Poewe | RSA | 1:12.61 |
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| Heat 5. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Sam Riley | AUS | 1:08.58 | 1. | | 2. Svitlana Bondarenko | UKR | 1:09.41 | 6. | | 3. Brigitte Becue | BEL | 1:09.42 | 7. | | 4. Masami Tanaka | JPN | 1:10.01 | 9. | | 5. Dagmara Ajnenkiel | POL | 1:10.47 | 10. | | 6. Sylvia Gerasch | GER | 1:11.27 | 13. | | 7. Vera Lischka | AUT | 1:11.32 | 14. | | 8. Yi Zhang | CHN | 1:11.47 | 16. |
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| Heat 4. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Penny Heyns | RSA | 1:08.66 | 2. | | 2. Agnes Kovacs | HUN | 1:08.69 | 3. | | 3. Helen Denman | AUS | 1:08.88 | 4. | | 4. Lauren Van Oosten | CAN | 1:09.61 | 8. | | 5. Tara Sloan | CAN | 1:10.97 | 11. | | 6. Sarah Poewe | RSA | 1:11.43 | 15. | | 7. Jaime King | GBR | 1:12.63 | 23. | | 8. Ludmila Mamontova | RUS | 1:14.11 | 31. |
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| Heat 3. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Kristy Kowal | USA | 1:08.92 | 5. | | 2. Alicja Peczak | POL | 1:11.00 | 12. | | 3. Manuela Dalla Valle | ITA | 1:11.60 | 17. | | 4. Ina HÜging | GER | 1:11.63 | 18. | | 5. Madelon Baans | NED | 1:11.92 | 19. | | 6. Kristine Quance | USA | 1:12.34 | 22. | | 7. Linda Hindmarsh | GBR | 1:12.91 | 25. | | 8. Wei Wang | CHN | 1:13.84 | 29. |
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| Heat 2. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Karine Bremond | FRA | 1:12.24 | 20. | | 2. Natasa Kejzar | SLO | 1:12.30 | 21. | | 3. Isabel C. Ceballos | COL | 1:12.78 | 24. | | 4. Inna Nikitina | UKR | 1:13.25 | 26. | | 5. Kenia Puertas | VEN | 1:13.39 | 27. | | 6. Lenka MaÑhalova | CZE | 1:13.41 | 28. | | 7. Elvira Fischer | AUT | 1:13.93 | 30. | | 8. Lessya Montchak | RUS | 1:14.41 | 32. |
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| Heat 1. | Team | Time | pl. | | 1. Snowie Pang | HKG | 1:14.96 | 33. | | 2. May Ooi | SIN | 1:15.55 | 34. | | 3. Elena Lisitiskaya | UZB | 1:17.32 | 35. | | 4. Ya Han Liao | TPE | 1:17.53 | 36. | | 5. Nadi Cruz | ANG | 1:17.61 | 37. | | 6. Chia Cheng Chen | TPE | 1:18.12 | 38. | | -. Daphne Teo | SIN | DNS | | | -. Rola Elharres | LIB | DNS | |
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