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Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): Beijing National Aquatics Centre, Beijing Olympic Green, Beijing
Date Started: August 13, 2008
Date Finished: August 13, 2008
Format: Fastest 16 swimmers advanced to semi-finals
| Gold: | Rebecca Soni |
| Silver: | Leisel Jones |
| Bronze: | Sara Nordenstam |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raminta Dvariškytė | 18 | Lithuania | LTU | 2:33.32 | 0.78 | 5 | |
| 2 | Noora Laukkanen | 15 | Finland | FIN | 2:38.97 | 0.89 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tatiane Sakemi | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 2:39.13 | 0.69 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siow Yi Ting | 24 | Malaysia | MAS | 2:27.80 | 0.77 | 2 | |
| 2 | Alia Atkinson | 19 | Jamaica | JAM | 2:29.53 | 0.80 | 4 | |
| 3 | Marina Kuč | 23 | Montenegro | MNE | 2:31.24 | 0.80 | 7 | |
| 4 | Dilara Günaydın | 19 | Turkey | TUR | 2:31.86 | 0.74 | 3 | |
| 5 | Smiljana Marinović | 30 | Croatia | CRO | 2:32.80 | 0.86 | 6 | |
| 6 | Nic Teo | 22 | Singapore | SIN | 2:34.60 | 0.75 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inna Kapishina | 23 | Belarus | BLR | 2:27.34 | 0.69 | 7 | |
| 2 | Adriana Marmolejo | 26 | Mexico | MEX | 2:28.10 | 0.73 | 4 | |
| 3 | Katalin Bor | 18 | Hungary | HUN | 2:29.95 | 0.80 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sara El-Bekri | 21 | Morocco | MAR | 2:30.04 | 0.77 | 2 | |
| 5 | Diana Gomes | 19 | Portugal | POR | 2:30.18 | 0.83 | 3 | |
| 6 | Nađa Higl | 21 | Serbia | SRB | 2:32.78 | 0.81 | 6 | |
| 7 | Agustina De Giovanni | 23 | Argentina | ARG | 2:34.94 | 0.76 | 8 | |
| 8 | Angeliki Exarchou | 22 | Greece | GRE | 2:36.83 | 0.85 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rie Kaneto | 19 | Japan | JPN | 2:24.62 | 0.82 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Annamay Pierse | 24 | Canada | CAN | 2:25.01 | 0.78 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Yuliya Yefimova | 16 | Russia | RUS | 2:25.07 | 0.77 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Elise Matthysen | 16 | Belgium | BEL | 2:27.04 | 0.76 | 8 | QU |
| 5 | Jeong Da-Rae | 16 | South Korea | KOR | 2:27.28 | 0.81 | 1 | QU |
| 6 | Amanda Beard | 26 | United States | USA | 2:27.70 | 0.72 | 3 | |
| 7 | Olga Detenyuk | 15 | Russia | RUS | 2:27.87 | 0.88 | 2 | |
| 8 | Mireia Belmonte | 17 | Spain | ESP | 2:29.46 | 0.87 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Soni | 21 | United States | USA | 2:22.17 | 0.77 | 4 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Megumi Taneda | 21 | Japan | JPN | 2:24.75 | 0.85 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Suzaan van Biljon | 20 | South Africa | RSA | 2:25.51 | 0.75 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Sally Foster | 23 | Australia | AUS | 2:25.54 | 0.90 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Anne Poleska | 28 | Germany | GER | 2:26.74 | 0.78 | 2 | QU |
| 6 | Kirsty Balfour | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:27.87 | 0.77 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sophie de Ronchi | 22 | France | FRA | 2:30.93 | 0.75 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leisel Jones | 22 | Australia | AUS | 2:23.81 | 0.83 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Mirna Jukic | 22 | Austria | AUT | 2:24.39 | 0.78 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Sara Nordenstam | 25 | Norway | NOR | 2:24.47 | 0.86 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Jeong Seul-Gi | 20 | South Korea | KOR | 2:25.95 | 0.85 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Joline Höstman | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 2:26.00 | 0.79 | 6 | QU |
| 6 | Qi Hui | 23 | China | CHN | 2:26.16 | 0.76 | 2 | QU |
| 7 | Yuliya Pidlisna | 21 | Ukraine | UKR | 2:28.84 | 0.78 | 8 | |
| 8 | Luo Nan | 21 | China | CHN | 2:29.67 | 0.76 | 7 |