| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe |  GER | 10.91 Q | |
| 2 | Carlette Guidry-White |  USA | 11.21 Q | |
| 3 | Paraskevi Patoulidou |  GRE | 11.47 Q | |
| 4 | Paula Dunn-Thomas |  GBR | 11.51 | |
| 5 | Yumei Tian |  CHN | 11.52 | |
| 6 | Claudete Alves Pina |  BRA | 11.81 | |
| 7 | Lalao Ravaonirina |  MAD | 11.81 | |
| Irina Slyusar |  URS | DQ | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evelyn Ashford |  USA | 11.09 Q | |
| 2 | Juliet Cuthbert |  JAM | 11.12 Q | |
| 3 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |  NGR | 11.20 Q | |
| 4 | Natalya Kovtun |  URS | 11.43 Q | |
| 5 | Laurence Bily |  FRA | 11.45 | |
| 6 | Stephanie Douglas |  GBR | 11.58 | |
| 7 | Sabine Richter |  GER | 11.66 | |
| 8 | Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 11.79 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Privalova |  URS | 11.22 Q | |
| 2 | Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 11.30 Q | |
| 3 | Beatrice Utondu |  NGR | 11.40 Q | |
| 4 | Beverly McDonald |  JAM | 11.41 Q | |
| 5 | Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki |  FIN | 11.52 | |
| 6 | Rossella Tarolo |  ITA | 11.75 | |
| 7 | Andrea Philipp |  GER | 11.80 | |
| 8 | Govindasamy Shanti |  MAS | 11.89 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 10.89 Q CR | |
| 2 | Gwen Torrence |  USA | 10.99 Q | |
| 3 | Kerry Johnson |  AUS | 11.27 Q | |
| 4 | Liliana Allen |  CUB | 11.40 Q | |
| 5 | Beverly Kinch |  GBR | 11.45 | |
| 6 | Rufina Ubah |  NGR | 11.54 | |
| 7 | Cristina Castro |  ESP | 11.71 | |
| 8 | Michelle Seymour |  NZL | 11.87 |