| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandie Richards |
JAM
|
50.08 Q PB | |
| 2 | Helena Fuchsová |
CZE
|
50.36 Q PB | |
| 3 | Pauline Davis-Thompson |
BAH
|
50.53 Q SB | |
| 4 | Olga Kotlyarova |
RUS
|
50.63 Q PB | |
| 5 | Maicel Malone-Wallace |
USA
|
50.77 q | |
| 6 | Allison Curbishley |
GBR
|
50.78 q PB | |
| 7 | Anja Rücker |
GER
|
51.36 q SB | |
| Adri Schoeman |
RSA
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
NGR
|
50.39 Q | |
| 2 | Grit Breuer |
GER
|
50.65 Q | |
| 3 | Tatyana Alekseyeva |
RUS
|
50.90 Q | |
| 4 | Kim Graham |
USA
|
51.72 Q | |
| 5 | LaDonna Antoine-Watkins |
CAN
|
52.37 | |
| 6 | Naděžda Koštovalová |
CZE
|
52.61 | |
| 7 | K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha |
SRI
|
53.49 | |
| 8 | Tonique Williams-Darling |
BAH
|
54.23 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jearl Miles Clark |
USA
|
50.66 Q | |
| 2 | Cathy Freeman |
AUS
|
50.75 Q | |
| 3 | Lorraine Fenton |
JAM
|
51.03 Q | |
| 4 | Olabisi Afolabi |
NGR
|
51.07 Q | |
| 5 | Donna Fraser |
GBR
|
51.11 q | |
| 6 | Norfalia Carabali |
COL
|
51.42 SB | |
| 7 | Tatyana Chebykina |
RUS
|
51.57 | |
| 8 | Patrizia Spuri |
ITA
|
52.15 SB |