| Date | 25 July 1996 | |
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| Location | Lake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia | |
| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to final. | |
| Time | 11:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
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| 1 | 2 | Silken Laumann | 7:57.68 | 1:57.10 (3) | 3:56.93 (3) | 5:57.06 (3) | 1:59.83 (2) | 2:00.13 (1) | 2:00.62 (1) | |||
| 2 | 4 | Katsiaryna Khadatovich | 8:00.02 | 1:54.85 (1) | 3:55.61 (1) | 5:56.29 (1) | 2:00.76 (4) | 2:00.68 (3) | 2:03.73 (2) | |||
| 3 | 3 | Maria Brandin | 8:01.55 | 1:56.39 (2) | 3:56.43 (2) | 5:56.61 (2) | 2:00.04 (3) | 2:00.18 (2) | 2:04.94 (4) | |||
| 4 | 5 | Annelies Bredael | 8:05.78 | 1:57.63 (4) | 3:58.74 (5) | 6:01.91 (5) | 2:01.11 (5) | 2:03.17 (4) | 2:03.87 (3) | |||
| 5 | 6 | Rumyana Neykova | 8:15.63 | 1:58.11 (5) | 3:57.57 (4) | 6:00.89 (4) | 1:59.46 (1) | 2:03.32 (5) | 2:14.74 (6) | |||
| 6 | 1 | Laila Finska-Bezerra | 8:25.00 | 2:02.63 (6) | 4:08.90 (6) | 6:14.99 (6) | 2:06.27 (6) | 2:06.09 (6) | 2:10.01 (5) |
| Time | 11:10 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Trine Hansen | 7:53.45 | 1:52.09 (2) | 3:52.91 (2) | 5:56.18 (2) | 2:00.82 (1) | 2:03.27 (2) | 1:57.27 (2) | |||
| 2 | 4 | Ruth Davidon | 7:54.97 | 1:52.47 (3) | 3:53.48 (3) | 5:57.89 (3) | 2:01.01 (2) | 2:04.41 (4) | 1:57.08 (1) | |||
| 3 | 1 | Guin Batten | 7:56.61 | 1:56.47 (5) | 3:57.96 (4) | 5:59.27 (4) | 2:01.49 (3) | 2:01.31 (1) | 1:57.34 (3) | |||
| 4 | 5 | Elisabeta Lipă | 8:01.84 | 1:50.03 (1) | 3:51.69 (1) | 5:55.35 (1) | 2:01.66 (4) | 2:03.66 (3) | 2:06.49 (5) | |||
| 5 | 2 | Céline Garcia | 8:13.37 | 1:56.89 (6) | 4:00.39 (5) | 6:08.27 (5) | 2:03.50 (5) | 2:07.88 (5) | 2:05.10 (4) | |||
| 6 | 6 | Liu Xiaochun | 8:15.83 | 1:55.56 (4) | 4:00.73 (6) | 6:08.85 (6) | 2:05.17 (6) | 2:08.12 (6) | 2:06.98 (6) |