| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN |  JAM | 22.49 Q | 0.182 | 
| 2 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie |  BAH | 22.53 Q SB | 0.175 | 
| 3 | Kim Gevaert |  BEL | 22.68 Q | 0.169 | 
| 4 | LaShauntea Moore |  USA | 22.96 q | 0.306 | 
| 5 | Sylviane Félix |  FRA | 23.08 q | 0.217 | 
| 6 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette |  ISV | 23.09 | 0.188 | 
| 7 | Karin Mayr-Krifka |  AUT | 23.19 | 0.239 | 
| 8 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura |  BRA | 23.44 | 0.165 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muna Lee |  USA | 22.74 Q | 0.239 | 
| 2 | Aleen Bailey |  JAM | 22.97 Q | 0.227 | 
| 3 | Ólga Kaidantzà |  GRE | 23.15 Q | 0.235 | 
| 4 | Digna Luz Murillo |  COL | 23.19 | 0.189 | 
| 5 | Tatyana Levina |  RUS | 23.23 | 0.177 | 
| 6 | Muriel Hurtis |  FRA | 23.33 | 0.224 | 
| 7 | Alenka Bikar |  SLO | 23.38 | 0.163 | 
| 8 | Natallia Safronnikava |  BLR | 23.63 | 0.184 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allyson FELIX |  USA | 22.69 Q | 0.196 | 
| 2 | Abiodun Oyepitan |  GBR | 22.79 Q | 0.168 | 
| 3 | Maryna Maydanova |  UKR | 22.86 Q | 0.225 | 
| 4 | Christine Arron |  FRA | 22.90 q | 0.278 | 
| 5 | Fabienne Féraez |  BEN | 23.24 | 0.213 | 
| 6 | Yelena Bolsun |  RUS | 23.26 | 0.158 | 
| 7 | Marilia Gregoriou |  CYP | 23.65 | 0.228 | 
| 8 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |  NGR | 23.75 | 0.245 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cydonie Mothersille |  CAY | 22.76 Q | 0.212 | 
| 2 | Ivet LALOVA-COLLIO |  BUL | 22.81 Q | 0.128 | 
| 3 | Beverly McDonald |  JAM | 22.99 Q | 0.201 | 
| 4 | Merlene Ottey |  SLO | 23.07 q | 0.292 | 
| 5 | Joice Maduaka |  GBR | 23.30 | 0.219 | 
| 6 | Anna Guzowska |  POL | 23.35 | 0.247 | 
| 7 | Yekaterina Kondratyeva |  RUS | 23.37 | 0.188 | 
| 8 | Lauren Hewitt |  AUS | 23.44 | 0.149 |