| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jearl Miles Clark |
USA
|
51.88 Q | |
| 2 | Sandra Myers |
ESP
|
52.01 Q | |
| 3 | Grit Breuer |
GER
|
52.16 Q | |
| 4 | Fatima Yusuf |
NGR
|
52.46 Q | |
| 5 | Sølvi Olsen-Meinseth |
NOR
|
52.95 q | |
| 6 | Aissatou Tandian |
SEN
|
53.06 | |
| 7 | Cheryl Allen |
CAN
|
53.21 | |
| Aelita Yurchenko |
URS
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova |
URS
|
50.76 Q | |
| 2 | Diane Dixon |
USA
|
50.84 Q | |
| 3 | Linda Keough |
GBR
|
51.13 Q | |
| 4 | Renée Poetschka |
AUS
|
51.65 Q | |
| 5 | Julia Merino |
ESP
|
51.82 q | |
| 6 | Norfalia Carabali |
COL
|
52.38 q | |
| 7 | Judit Forgács |
HUN
|
53.79 | |
| Charity Opara |
NGR
|
DQ |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec |
FRA
|
50.61 Q | |
| 2 | Ximena Restrepo |
COL
|
50.66 Q | |
| 3 | Lillie Leatherwood |
USA
|
50.75 Q | |
| 4 | Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina |
URS
|
50.79 Q | |
| 5 | Lorraine Hanson |
GBR
|
51.02 q | |
| 6 | Karin Janke |
GER
|
53.08 | |
| 7 | Nancy McLeon |
CUB
|
53.72 | |
| Martha Grossenbacher |
SUI
|
DNS |