| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth Mangue Nve |  GEQ | 27.65 | |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 21.64 | 21.77 | 
| 3 | Katharine Merry |  GBR | 23.20 | 23.20 | 
| 4 | Lydia De Vega-Mercado |  PHI | 23.35 | |
| 5 | Lusia Puleanga |  TGA | ||
| 6 | Yolanda Steyn |  RSA | ||
| 7 | Yana Burtasenkova |  MDA | 23.54 | 23.54 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Freeman |  AUS | 23.09 | |
| 2 | Galina Malchugina |  RUS | 22.49 | 22.63 | 
| 3 | Stacey Bowen |  CAN | ||
| 4 | Elinda Vorster |  RSA | ||
| 5 | Hermin Joseph |  DMA | ||
| 6 | Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai |  VIE | ||
| 7 | Deirdre Caruana |  MLT | 25.27 | 25.27 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | ||
| 2 | Sabine Tröger |  AUT | 23.26i | |
| 3 | Guilhermina Da Cruz |  ANG | 25.74 | |
| 4 | Silke-Beate Knoll |  GER | 22.29 | 23.07 | 
| 5 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 22.73i | 22.73i | 
| 6 | Natalie Martindale |  VIN | ||
| 7 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen |  FIN | 23.01 | 23.01 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirna El-Laz |  LBN | ||
| 2 | Jacqueline Poelman |  NED | 23.28 | 23.51i | 
| 3 | Jennifer Stoute |  GBR | 23.18 | 23.65 | 
| 4 | Gwen Torrence |  USA | 21.72 | |
| 5 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 22.62 | 22.62 | 
| 6 | Lucrécia Jardim |  POR | 23.09 | 23.48i | 
| 7 | Yaznee Nasheeda |  MDV | 27.06 | 27.06 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dannette Young-Stone |  USA | 22.49 | 22.86 | 
| 2 | Mpoka Mokosi |  COD | 25.87 | |
| 3 | Rita Pattipeilohy |  INA | ||
| 4 | Heather Samuel |  ANT | 24.39i | 24.39i | 
| 5 | Marie-José Pérec |  FRA | 21.99 | 21.99 | 
| 6 | Dahlia Duhaney |  JAM | 23.12 | 23.12 | 
| 7 | Philomena Mensah |  GHA | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 22.44 | 22.89 | 
| 2 | Michelle Finn-Burrell |  USA | 23.31 | 23.31 | 
| 3 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |  NGR | 22.31 | 22.32 | 
| 4 | Oumou Sow |  GUI | ||
| 5 | Dora Kyriakou |  CYP | ||
| 6 | Melvina Wulah |  LBR | 25.46 | |
| 7 | Shabana Akhtar |  PAK | 24.53 | |
| 8 | Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 22.78 | 22.78 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maia Azarashvili |  GEO | 22.24 | |
| 2 | Lasnet Nkouka |  CGO | ||
| 3 | Irina Privalova |  RUS | 21.93 | 21.99 | 
| 4 | Kaltouma Nadjina |  CHA | ||
| 5 | Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 22.56 | 23.85 | 
| 6 | Evette de Klerk |  RSA | 22.06 | |
| 7 | Zhanna Block |  UKR | 22.79 | 22.79 |