| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonja Buford-Bailey |
USA
|
55.30 Q | |
| 2 | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova |
UKR
|
56.09 Q | |
| 3 | Natalya Torshina-Alimzhanova |
KAZ
|
56.52 Q | |
| 4 | Heike Meissner |
GER
|
56.75 Q | |
| 5 | Monika Warnicka |
POL
|
56.88 | |
| 6 | Olga M. Nazarova |
RUS
|
56.89 | |
| 7 | Trevaia Williams-Davis |
USA
|
1:04.84 | |
| Karen van der Veen |
RSA
|
DQ |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Batten |
USA
|
54.15 Q | |
| 2 | Deon Hemmings |
JAM
|
54.33 Q | |
| 3 | Silvia Rieger |
GER
|
55.69 Q | |
| 4 | Ionela Târlea |
ROU
|
56.21 Q | |
| 5 | Omolade Akinremi |
NGR
|
57.07 | |
| 6 | Gudrún Arnardóttir |
ISL
|
57.29 | |
| 7 | Irina Lenskiy |
UKR
|
57.33 | |
| Tatyana Ledovskaya |
BLR
|
DQ |