| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwen Torrence |  USA | 10.84 Q | |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 10.85 Q | |
| 3 | Irina Privalova |  RUS | 10.90 Q | |
| 4 | Zhanna Block |  UKR | 11.09 Q | |
| 5 | EkaterÃni Thánou |  GRE | 11.09 | |
| 6 | Liliana Allen |  CUB | 11.24 | |
| 7 | Christy Opara-Thompson |  NGR | 11.37 | |
| 8 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen |  FIN | 11.51 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlette Guidry-White |  USA | 11.09 Q | |
| 2 | Melanie Paschke |  GER | 11.13 Q | |
| 3 | Juliet Cuthbert |  JAM | 11.13 Q | |
| 4 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |  NGR | 11.19 Q | |
| 5 | Celena Mondie-Milner |  USA | 11.24 | |
| 6 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 11.29 | |
| 7 | Beverly McDonald |  JAM | 11.31 | |
| 8 | Ekaterina Grigorieva |  RUS | 11.34 |