| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Zhanna Block |  UKR | 22.17 | 22.17 | 
| 3 | Zundra Feagin-Alexander |  USA | 22.30 | 23.27 | 
| 4 | Lauren Hewitt |  AUS | 23.09 | 23.09 | 
| 5 | Katharine Merry |  GBR | 22.77 | 22.77 | 
| 6 | Melanie Paschke |  GER | 22.60 | |
| 7 | Ameerah Bello |  ISV | 23.45 | 24.34i | 
| 8 | Melissa Straker |  BAR | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aïda Diop |  SEN | ||
| 3 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 22.23 | 22.23 | 
| 4 | Simmone Jacobs |  GBR | 22.96 | |
| 5 | Merlene Frazer |  JAM | 22.65 | 22.66 | 
| 6 | Kaltouma Nadjina |  CHA | 23.10 | 23.10 | 
| 7 | Shanta Ghosh |  GER | ||
| 8 | Danielle Perpoli |  ITA | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | EkaterÃni Kóffa |  GRE | 22.67 | 22.76i | 
| 3 | Svetlana Bodritskaya |  KAZ | 23.25i | 23.25i | 
| 4 | Marie-José Pérec |  FRA | 21.99 | 22.67 | 
| 5 | Natallia Safronnikava |  BLR | 22.98 | 23.34 | 
| 6 | Jiankui Yan |  CHN | 23.21 | 23.73i | 
| 7 | Marina Trandenkova |  RUS | 22.44 | 22.44 | 
| 8 | Felipa Alicia Palacios |  COL | 24.12 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernetta Lesforis |  LCA | ||
| 2 | Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 21.64 | 22.47 | 
| 3 | Sylviane Félix |  FRA | 22.94 | 22.94 | 
| 4 | Gabi Rockmeier |  GER | 23.02 | |
| 5 | Ekaterina Grigorieva |  RUS | 23.00 | 23.00i | 
| 6 | Patricia RodrÃguez |  COL | 23.13 | |
| 7 | Susanthika Jayasinghe |  SRI | 23.16 | |
| 8 | Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 22.78 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 22.44 | 23.00 | 
| 2 | Cheryl Taplin |  USA | 22.92 | 22.92 | 
| 3 | Sittina Djabiri |  COM | ||
| 4 | Katia Benth |  FRA | ||
| 5 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 22.35 | 22.85 | 
| 6 | Heather Samuel |  ANT | 23.20 | |
| 7 | Juliet Cuthbert |  JAM | 21.75 | 22.62i | 
| 8 | Marina Filipovic |  SCG | 23.28 | 23.28 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucrécia Jardim |  POR | 22.88 | |
| 2 | Monika Gachevska |  BUL | 23.30 | 23.72i | 
| 3 | Xiaomei Liu |  CHN | ||
| 4 | Juliet Campbell |  JAM | 22.61 | 22.61 | 
| 5 | Laure Kuetey |  BEN | 25.57 | |
| 6 | Dora Kyriakou |  CYP | 23.52 | |
| 7 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen |  FIN | 23.01 | 23.58 | 
| 8 | Inger Miller |  USA | 22.25 | 22.48 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | 23.66 | |
| 2 | LaDonna Antoine-Watkins |  CAN | ||
| 3 | Hana Benešová |  CZE | 22.57 | 22.57 | 
| 4 | Rossa Maira |  PNG | ||
| 5 | Fanta Dao |  MLI | ||
| 6 | Xuemei Li |  CHN | ||
| 7 | Alenka Bikar |  SLO | 22.82 | 23.13 | 
| 8 | Chandra Sturrup |  BAH | 22.33 | 22.97 |