| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhanna Block |  UKR | 22.85 Q | |
| 2 | Zundra Feagin-Alexander |  USA | 22.99 Q SB | |
| 3 | Melanie Paschke |  GER | 23.10 Q | |
| 4 | Lauren Hewitt |  AUS | 23.18 Q | |
| 5 | Katharine Merry |  GBR | 23.20 q | |
| 6 | Melissa Straker |  BAR | 23.45 SB | |
| 7 | Ameerah Bello |  ISV | 24.31 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 22.76 Q | |
| 2 | Merlene Frazer |  JAM | 22.91 Q | |
| 3 | Simmone Jacobs |  GBR | 23.23 Q SB | |
| 4 | Shanta Ghosh |  GER | 23.58 Q | |
| 5 | Aïda Diop |  SEN | 23.71 | |
| 6 | Danielle Perpoli |  ITA | 23.96 | |
| Kaltouma Nadjina |  CHA | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec |  FRA | 22.87 Q | |
| 2 | Marina Trandenkova |  RUS | 22.94 Q | |
| 3 | EkaterÃni Kóffa |  GRE | 22.97 Q | |
| 4 | Jiankui Yan |  CHN | 23.11 Q SB | |
| 5 | Felipa Alicia Palacios |  COL | 23.15 q | |
| 6 | Natallia Safronnikava |  BLR | 23.66 | |
| 7 | Svetlana Bodritskaya |  KAZ | 23.96 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susanthika Jayasinghe |  SRI | 22.44 Q AR | |
| 2 | Ekaterina Grigorieva |  RUS | 22.47 Q PB | |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 22.47 Q | |
| 4 | Sylviane Félix |  FRA | 22.71 Q PB | |
| 5 | Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 23.02 q | |
| 6 | Gabi Rockmeier |  GER | 23.22 | |
| 7 | Patricia RodrÃguez |  COL | 23.45 SB | |
| 8 | Vernetta Lesforis |  LCA | 24.27 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juliet Cuthbert |  JAM | 23.08 Q | |
| 2 | Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 23.26 Q | |
| 3 | Cheryl Taplin |  USA | 23.28 Q | |
| 4 | Katia Benth |  FRA | 23.33 Q | |
| 5 | Marina Filipovic |  SCG | 23.54 | |
| 6 | Heather Samuel |  ANT | 23.93 | |
| 7 | Sittina Djabiri |  COM | 30.88 | |
| Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | DNF | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inger Miller |  USA | 22.55 Q | |
| 2 | Xiaomei Liu |  CHN | 22.99 Q | |
| 3 | Juliet Campbell |  JAM | 23.00 Q | |
| 4 | Lucrécia Jardim |  POR | 23.04 Q SB | |
| 5 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen |  FIN | 23.17 q | |
| 6 | Monika Gachevska |  BUL | 23.55 | |
| 7 | Dora Kyriakou |  CYP | 24.08 | |
| 8 | Laure Kuetey |  BEN | 25.15 PB | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xuemei Li |  CHN | 22.44 Q =AR | |
| 2 | Hana Benešová |  CZE | 22.76 Q | |
| 3 | Chandra Sturrup |  BAH | 22.77 Q SB | |
| 4 | Alenka Bikar |  SLO | 22.81 Q NR | |
| 5 | LaDonna Antoine-Watkins |  CAN | 23.86 | |
| 6 | Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | 24.53 | |
| 7 | Rossa Maira |  PNG | 25.02 SB | |
| 8 | Fanta Dao |  MLI | 25.35 |