| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jing Li |
CHN
|
51.50 | 51.50 |
| 2 | Ximena Restrepo |
COL
|
49.64 | 51.57 |
| 3 | Fatima Yusuf |
NGR
|
50.41 | 50.60 |
| 4 | Melanie Neef |
GBR
|
51.39 | 51.39 |
| 5 | Sandie Richards |
JAM
|
50.19 | 50.53 |
| 6 | Cathy Freeman |
AUS
|
50.04 | 50.34 |
| 7 | Yuliya Sotnikova |
RUS
|
51.39 | 51.39 |
| 8 | Kim Graham |
USA
|
51.39 | 51.39 |
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudine Williams |
JAM
|
51.30 | 51.30 |
| 2 | Tatyana Chebykina |
RUS
|
51.58 | 51.58 |
| 3 | Pauline Davis-Thompson |
BAH
|
50.05 | 51.21 |
| 4 | Renée Poetschka |
AUS
|
50.47 | 50.47 |
| 5 | Sandra Myers |
ESP
|
49.67 | 51.18 |
| 6 | Maicel Malone-Wallace |
USA
|
50.05 | 50.84 |
| 7 | Nancy McLeon |
CUB
|
51.39 | 51.39 |
| 8 | Daniela Georgieva |
BUL
|
50.25 | 50.25 |
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olga V. Nazarova |
RUS
|
49.11 | 51.55 |
| 2 | Hengyun Zhang |
CHN
|
51.51 | 51.51 |
| 3 | Jearl Miles Clark |
USA
|
49.82 | 50.83 |
| 4 | Marie-José Pérec |
FRA
|
48.83 | 50.20 |
| 5 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
NGR
|
50.72 | 50.72 |
| 6 | Olena Rurak |
UKR
|
51.32 | 51.32 |
| 7 | Uta Rohländer-Fromm |
GER
|
51.68 | 51.68 |
| 8 | Julia Duporty |
CUB
|
51.31 | 51.31 |