| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuliya Pechonkina |
RUS
|
53.31 Q SB | 0.232 |
| 2 | Jana Pittman |
AUS
|
54.05 Q | 0.296 |
| 3 | Sheena Tosta |
USA
|
54.32 Q | 0.260 |
| 4 | Brenda Taylor |
USA
|
55.02 Q | 0.229 |
| 5 | Natalya Torshina-Alimzhanova |
KAZ
|
55.08 SB | 0.387 |
| 6 | Malgorzata Pskit |
POL
|
55.24 | |
| 7 | Ulrike Urbansky |
GER
|
56.44 | 0.368 |
| 8 | Androula Sialou |
CYP
|
1:05.72 | 0.323 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fanà Halkiá |
GRE
|
52.77 Q OR | 0.278 |
| 2 | Ionela Târlea |
ROU
|
53.32 Q SB | 0.241 |
| 3 | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova |
UKR
|
53.37 Q NR | 0.379 |
| 4 | Yekaterina Bikert |
RUS
|
53.79 Q | 0.378 |
| 5 | Lashinda Demus |
USA
|
54.32 | 0.261 |
| 6 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova |
RUS
|
54.98 | 0.360 |
| 7 | Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes |
JAM
|
54.99 SB | 0.239 |
| 8 | Xiaoxiao Huang |
CHN
|
55.53 | 0.206 |