| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marina Azyabina |  RUS | 12.88 Q | |
| 2 | Julie Baumann |  SUI | 13.10 Q | |
| 3 | Nadezhda Bodrova |  UKR | 13.25 Q | |
| 4 | Marie-Victoire Preira |  FRA | 13.36 q | |
| 5 | MarÃa José Mardomingo |  ESP | 13.41 | |
| 6 | Sonia Paquette |  CAN | 13.51 | |
| 7 | Gudrún Arnardóttir |  ISL | 13.96 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eva Sokolova |  RUS | 12.96 Q | |
| 2 | Keturah Anderson |  CAN | 13.23 Q | |
| 3 | Monica Grefstad |  NOR | 13.29 Q | |
| 4 | Gillian Russell-Love |  JAM | 13.30 q | |
| 5 | Liliana Alexandru |  ROU | 13.41 | |
| 6 | Maria Kamrowska |  POL | 13.44 | |
| 7 | Natalya Belenkova |  TKM | 14.18 | |
| 8 | Ivette Sanchez |  PAN | 15.30 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Freeman |  JAM | 12.84 Q | |
| 2 | Dawn Bowles |  USA | 12.89 Q | |
| 3 | Kristin Patzwahl |  GER | 12.98 Q | |
| 4 | Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 13.05 q | |
| 5 | Nicole Ramalalanirina |  MAD | 13.35 q | |
| 6 | Sau Ying Chan |  HKG | 13.50 | |
| 7 | Seon-Jin Kim |  KOR | 13.99 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliuska López |  CUB | 13.04 Q | |
| 2 | Svetla Pishtikova |  BUL | 13.05 Q | |
| 3 | Dionne Rose-Henley |  JAM | 13.27 Q | |
| 4 | Keri Maddox |  GBR | 13.49 | |
| 5 | Ina Langenhuisen |  NED | 13.50 | |
| 6 | Vania Ferreira |  BRA | 14.23 | |
| Sabine Braun |  GER | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gail Devers |  USA | 12.74 Q | |
| 2 | Cécile Cinélu-Aholu |  FRA | 13.00 Q | |
| 3 | Jackie Agyepong |  GBR | 13.07 Q | |
| 4 | Jane Flemming |  AUS | 13.19 q | |
| 5 | Donalda Duprey |  CAN | 13.50 | |
| 6 | Ludmila Olijare |  LAT | 13.50 | |
| 7 | Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca |  SRI | 13.58 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynda Tolbert-Goode |  USA | 12.90 Q | |
| 2 | Patricia Girard |  FRA | 13.08 Q | |
| 3 | Clova Court |  GBR | 13.26 Q | |
| 4 | Natalya Kolovanova |  UKR | 13.40 q | |
| 5 | Joyce Melendez |  PUR | 13.41 | |
| 6 | Carla Tuzzi |  ITA | 13.54 | |
| 7 | Manuela Marxer |  LIE | 13.65 |