| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Ludmila Engquist |
URS |
12.66 Q | +0.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Gail Devers |
USA |
12.77 Q | +0.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Julie Baumann |
SUI |
12.86 Q | +0.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée Tourret |
FRA |
12.92 Q | +0.6 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Natalya Grigoryeva |
URS |
13.02 Q | -1.1 |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Sylvia Dethier |
BEL |
13.07 q | +0.5 |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Kristin Patzwahl |
GER |
13.08 q | +0.5 |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Aliuska López |
CUB |
13.10 Q | +0.6 |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Michelle Freeman |
JAM |
13.10 Q | +0.9 |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Yu Zhang |
CHN |
13.12 Q | 0.0 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Arnita Myricks |
USA |
13.12 Q | 0.0 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Florence Colle |
FRA |
13.12 q | +0.9 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Anne Piquereau |
FRA |
13.20 q | 0.0 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | MarÃa José Mardomingo |
ESP |
13.22 q | +0.9 |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | Kay Morley-Brown |
GBR |
13.24 q | +0.6 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Gloria Siebert |
GER |
13.29 | +0.9 |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Odalys Adams |
CUB |
13.30 Q | -1.1 |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Lesley-Ann Skeete |
GBR |
13.33 | 0.0 |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | Nadezhda Bodrova |
URS |
13.34 | +0.6 |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Mihaela Stoica-Pogaceanu |
ROU |
13.38 | 0.0 |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Liliana Alexandru |
ROU |
13.41 | -1.1 |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Paraskevi Patoulidou |
GRE |
13.41 | -1.1 |
| 23 | 5 | 5 | Dawn Bowles |
USA |
13.41 | +0.5 |
| 24 | 5 | 4 | Brigita Bukovec |
YUG |
13.44 | +0.6 |
| 25 | 6 | 4 | Monica Pellegrinelli |
SUI |
13.49 | +0.6 |
| 26 | 6 | 5 | Michelle Campbelle |
GBR |
13.50 | +0.5 |
| 27 | 6 | 3 | Bin Luo |
CHN |
13.53 | +0.9 |
| 28 | 6 | 1 | Cornelia Oschkenat |
GER |
13.55 | 0.0 |
| 29 | 5 | 2 | Donalda Duprey |
CAN |
13.75 | -1.1 |
| 30 | 7 | 4 | Shu-Hwa Wang |
TPE |
13.81 | +0.6 |
| 31 | 7 | 5 | Ayumi Sasaki |
JPN |
13.85 | +0.5 |
| 32 | 6 | 2 | Carmen Bezanilla |
CHI |
14.01 | -1.1 |
| 2 | Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab |
ALG |
DNS | -1.1 |