| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A | Helga Radtke |  GER | 14.14 Q | +0.5 | 
| 2 | 2 | A | Iolanda Chen |  RUS | 14.09 Q | -0.8 | 
| 3 | 1 | B | Inna Lasovskaya |  RUS | 14.05 Q | -0.8 | 
| 4 | 3 | A | Šárka Kašparkova |  CZE | 13.98 Q | -0.8 | 
| 5 | 2 | B | Anna Biryukova |  RUS | 13.85 Q | -0.5 | 
| 6 | 3 | B | Iva Prandzheva |  BUL | 13.78 Q | -0.2 | 
| 7 | 4 | A | Niurka Montalvo |  CUB | 13.68 q | -0.2 | 
| 8 | 5 | A | Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll |  AUT | 13.60 q | +0.8 | 
| 9 | 4 | B | Antonella Capriotti |  ITA | 13.52 q | -0.1 | 
| 10 | 6 | A | Michelle Griffith-Robinson |  GBR | 13.48 q | +0.2 | 
| 10 | 5 | B | Monica Toth |  ROU | 13.48 q | +0.4 | 
| 12 | 8 | A | Jelena Blazevica |  LAT | 13.43 q | +0.6 | 
| 12 | 7 | A | Urszula Wlodarczyk |  POL | 13.43 q | -0.3 | 
| 14 | 9 | A | Concepción Paredes |  ESP | 13.38 | -0.2 | 
| 15 | 6 | B | Rachel Kirby |  GBR | 13.33 | -0.1 | 
| 16 | 7 | B | Zhanna Gureyeva |  BLR | 13.30 | +0.5 | 
| 17 | 10 | A | Sheila Hudson |  USA | 13.29 | -0.2 | 
| 18 | 11 | A | Petra Laux-Lobinger |  GER | 13.22 | +0.5 | 
| 19 | 8 | B | Caroline Honoré |  FRA | 13.09 | -1.1 | 
| 20 | 9 | B | Renata Nielsen |  DEN | 12.96 | -0.2 | 
| 21 | 10 | B | Cynthea Rhodes |  USA | 12.90 | +0.4 | 
| 22 | 12 | A | Marika Salminen |  FIN | 12.69 | -0.2 | 
| 23 | 11 | B | Althea Moses Gilharry |  BIZ | 12.17 | +0.1 | 
| 24 | 13 | A | Graciela Acosta |  URU | 11.80 | -0.3 | 
| B | Agnieszka Stanczyk |  POL | DQ | |||
| B | Andrea Ávila |  ARG | NM | |||
| A | Ildiko Fekete |  HUN | NM | |||
| B | Ermelinda Shehu |  ALB | NM | |||
| B | Anja Vokuhl |  GER | NM | |||
| A | Sylvie Kabore |  BUR | DNS |