| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 12.93 Q | |
| 2 | Dionne Rose-Henley |  JAM | 12.97 Q | |
| 3 | Anne Piquereau |  FRA | 13.05 q | |
| 4 | Caren Jung-Sonn |  GER | 13.13 | |
| 5 | Carla Tuzzi |  ITA | 13.32 | |
| 6 | Sau Ying Chan |  HKG | 13.53 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Reshetnikova |  RUS | 13.07 Q | |
| 2 | Marsha Guialdo |  USA | 13.08 Q | |
| 3 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée Tourret |  FRA | 13.13 | |
| 4 | Birgit Hamann |  GER | 13.21 | |
| 5 | MarÃa José Mardomingo |  ESP | 13.31 | |
| 6 | Isabel Abrantes |  POR | 13.77 | |
| Hsiu-Ying Hsu |  TPE | DNF | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuliya Graudyn |  RUS | 12.90 Q | |
| 2 | Patricia Girard |  FRA | 12.95 Q | |
| 3 | Michelle Freeman |  JAM | 12.99 q | |
| 4 | Lidiya Yurkova |  BLR | 13.00 q | |
| 5 | Odalys Adams |  CUB | 13.33 | |
| 6 | Heike Blassneck |  GER | 13.47 | |
| Gilda Massa |  PER | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olga Shishigina |  KAZ | 12.80 Q | |
| 2 | Aliuska López |  CUB | 13.01 Q | |
| 3 | Jackie Agyepong |  GBR | 13.06 q | |
| 4 | Nicole Ramalalanirina |  MAD | 13.13 q | |
| 5 | Doris Williams |  USA | 13.33 | |
| 6 | Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca |  SRI | 13.45 | |
| Joyce Melendez |  PUR | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillian Russell-Love |  JAM | 12.84 Q | |
| 2 | Gail Devers |  USA | 12.85 Q | |
| 3 | Julie Baumann |  SUI | 12.99 q | |
| 4 | Olena Krasovska |  UKR | 13.18 | |
| 5 | Monica Grefstad |  NOR | 13.30 | |
| 6 | Jing Zhou |  CHN | 13.61 | |
| 7 | Véronique Linster |  LUX | 13.74 |