| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec |
FRA
|
51.00 Q | |
| 2 | Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina |
URS
|
51.36 Q | |
| 3 | Linda Keough |
GBR
|
51.51 Q | |
| 4 | Sølvi Olsen-Meinseth |
NOR
|
52.84 Q | |
| 5 | Cheryl Allen |
CAN
|
53.17 | |
| 6 | Yanhong Huang |
CHN
|
54.51 | |
| 7 | Lasnet Nkouka |
CGO
|
57.85 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Myers |
ESP
|
52.70 Q | |
| 2 | Fatima Yusuf |
NGR
|
52.81 Q | |
| 3 | Nancy McLeon |
CUB
|
52.87 Q | |
| 4 | Norfalia Carabali |
COL
|
53.31 Q | |
| 5 | Aissatou Tandian |
SEN
|
53.65 | |
| 6 | Vaciseva Tavaga |
FIJ
|
58.82 | |
| 7 | Juliana Nzang Obieng |
GEQ
|
1:04.13 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jearl Miles Clark |
USA
|
51.88 Q | |
| 2 | Lorraine Hanson |
GBR
|
52.08 Q | |
| 3 | Ximena Restrepo |
COL
|
52.41 Q | |
| 4 | Karin Janke |
GER
|
53.73 Q | |
| 5 | Reawadee Srithoa |
THA
|
54.94 | |
| 6 | Zeinabou Jean-Wali |
NIG
|
1:05.03 | |
| Sharmaine Williams |
TKS
|
DQ | ||
| Suzie Tanefo |
CMR
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diane Dixon |
USA
|
52.43 Q | |
| 2 | Grit Breuer |
GER
|
52.56 Q | |
| 3 | Aelita Yurchenko |
URS
|
52.65 Q | |
| 4 | Renée Poetschka |
AUS
|
52.65 Q | |
| 5 | Julia Merino |
ESP
|
53.04 | |
| 6 | Orit Kolodni |
ISR
|
54.26 | |
| 7 | Claudia Acerenza |
URU
|
55.82 | |
| 8 | Graciela Von Schmeling |
PAR
|
57.37 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charity Opara |
NGR
|
51.06 Q | |
| 2 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova |
URS
|
51.45 Q | |
| 3 | Lillie Leatherwood |
USA
|
53.04 Q | |
| 4 | Judit Forgács |
HUN
|
53.24 Q | |
| 5 | Martha Grossenbacher |
SUI
|
53.77 | |
| 6 | Shermaine Ross |
GRN
|
55.90 | |
| 7 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu |
VAN
|
56.47 |