| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwen Torrence |  USA | 22.20 Q | |
| 2 | Irina Privalova |  RUS | 22.20 Q | |
| 3 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 22.35 Q | |
| 4 | Marie-José Pérec |  FRA | 22.49 Q | |
| 5 | Cathy Freeman |  AUS | 22.58 | |
| 6 | Elinda Vorster |  RSA | 22.83 | |
| 7 | Dahlia Duhaney |  JAM | 22.97 | |
| 8 | Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 23.06 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 22.12 Q | |
| 2 | Galina Malchugina |  RUS | 22.22 Q | |
| 3 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |  NGR | 22.35 Q | |
| 4 | Dannette Young-Stone |  USA | 22.51 Q | |
| 5 | Evette de Klerk |  RSA | 22.76 | |
| 6 | Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 22.94 | |
| 7 | Silke-Beate Knoll |  GER | 23.07 | |
| 8 | Michelle Finn-Burrell |  USA | 23.26 |