Skupina 1:
1. Veronica Campbell (Jam) 22.49 Q
2. Debbie Ferguson (Bah) 22.53 Q
3. Kim Gevaert (Bel) 22.68 Q
4. La Shauntea Moore (SAD) 22.96 q
5. Sylviane Felix (Fra) 23.08 q
6. La Verne Jones (VI) 23.09
7. Karin Mayr-Krifka (Aut) 23.19
8. Lucimar Aparecida De Moura (Bra) 23.44
Skupina 2:
1. Muna Lee (SAD) 22.74 Q
2. Aleen Bailey (Jam) 22.97 Q
3. Olga Kaidantzi (Grč) 23.15 Q
4. Digna Murillo (Kol) 23.19
5. Tatjana Levina (Rus) 23.23
6. Muriel Hurtis (Fra) 23.33
7. Alenka Bikar (Slo) 23.38
8. Natalya Safronnikova (Blr) 23.63
Skupina 3:
1. Allyson Felix (SAD) 22.69 Q
2. Abiodun Oyepitan (VB) 22.79 Q
3. Maryna Maydanova (Ukr) 22.86 Q
4. Christine Arron (Fra) 22.90 q
5. Fabienne Feraez (Ben) 23.24
6. Jelena Bolsun (Rus) 23.26
7. Marilia Gregoriou (Cip) 23.65
8. Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (Nig) 23.75
Skupina 4:
1. Cydonie Mothersill (Caj) 22.76 Q
2. Ivet Lalova (Bug) 22.81 Q
3. Beverly Mcdonald (Jam) 22.99 Q
4. Merlene Ottey (Slo) 23.07 q
5. Joice Maduaka (VB) 23.30
6. Anna Pacholak (Polj) 23.35
7. Jekaterina Kondratjeva (Rus) 23.37
8. Lauren Hewitt (Aus) 23.44