skupina 1 -
1. Veronica Campbell (Jam) 22.59 Q
2. Alenka Bikar (Slo) 23.09 Q
3. La Shauntea Moore (SAD) 23.10 Q
4. Lucimar Aparecida De Moura (Bra) 23.40 Q
skupina 2 -
1. Ivet Lalova (Bug) 22.88 Q
2. Sylviane Felix (Fra) 22.94 Q
3. Yekaterina Kondratyeva (Rus) 23.03 Q
4. Natalya Safronnikova (Blr) 23.28 Q
skupina 3 -
1. Cydonie Mothersill (Kaj. otoci ) 22.40 Q
2. Beverly McDonald (Jam) 22.90 Q
3. Yelena Bolsun (Rus) 23.00 Q
4. Joice Maduaka (VBn) 23.15 Q
skupina 4 -
1. Allyson Felix (SAD) 22.39 Q
2. Abiodun Oyepitan (VB) 22.50 Q
3. Maryna Maydanova (Ukr) 22.76 Q
4. Muriel Hurtis (Fra) 22.77 Q
5. Karin Mayr-Krifka (Aut) 22.81 q
6. Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (Nig) 23.37 q
skupina 5 -
1. Muna Lee (SAD) 22.57 Q
2. Tatyana Levina (Rus) 23.05 Q
3. La Verne Jones (Am. dj. otoci) 23.20 Q
4. Marilia Gregoriou (Cip) 23.23 Q
skupina 6 -
1. Aleen Bailey (Jam) 22.73 Q
2. Kim Gevaert (Bel) 22.76 Q
3. Olga Kaidantzi (Grč) 23.11 Q
4. Fabienne Feraez (Benin) 23.12 Q
skupina 7 -
1. Debbie Ferguson (Bah) 22.57 Q
2. Christine Arron (Fra) 22.60 Q
3. Merlene Ottey (Slo) 22.72 Q
4. Lauren Hewitt (Aus) 22.87 Q
5. Digna Murillo (Kol) 22.98 q
6. Anna Pacholak (Polj) 23.00 q