| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalya Torshina-Alimzhanova |  KAZ | 54.53 | 56.23 | 
| 2 | Monika Warnicka |  POL | 56.88 | 56.88 | 
| 3 | Heike Meissner |  GER | 54.64 | 55.35 | 
| 4 | Tonja Buford-Bailey |  USA | 53.63 | 53.63 | 
| 5 | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova |  UKR | 54.96 | 55.82 | 
| 6 | Trevaia Williams-Davis |  USA | 55.61 | 55.61 | 
| 7 | Karen van der Veen |  RSA | 56.32 | 56.32 | 
| 8 | Olga M. Nazarova |  RUS | 54.82 | 55.55 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Lenskiy |  UKR | 56.47 | 56.47 | 
| 2 | Tatyana Ledovskaya |  BLR | 53.11 | 56.03 | 
| 3 | Silvia Rieger |  GER | 54.90 | 55.16 | 
| 4 | Deon Hemmings |  JAM | 53.62 | 53.62 | 
| 5 | Kim Batten |  USA | 53.72 | 53.85 | 
| 6 | Ionela Târlea |  ROU | 55.26 | 55.26 | 
| 7 | Omolade Akinremi |  NGR | 56.46 | 56.46 | 
| 8 | Gudrún Arnardóttir |  ISL | 58.57 | 58.57 |