| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karlene Haughton |
JAM
|
55.27 | 55.27 |
| 2 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova |
RUS
|
54.69 | 54.69 |
| 3 | Susan Smith-Walsh |
IRL
|
54.61 | 54.61 |
| 4 | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova |
UKR
|
54.41 | 54.41 |
| 5 | Silvia Rieger |
GER
|
54.27 | 55.09 |
| 6 | Kim Batten |
USA
|
52.61 | 52.97 |
| 7 | Miriam Alonso |
ESP
|
55.45 | 55.57 |
| 8 | Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes |
JAM
|
53.97 | 55.79 |
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ester Goossens |
NED
|
54.84 | 54.84 |
| 2 | Andrea Blackett |
BAR
|
55.26 | 55.26 |
| 3 | Nezha Bidouane |
MAR
|
54.05 | 54.05 |
| 4 | Deon Hemmings |
JAM
|
52.82 | 53.18 |
| 5 | Tonja Buford-Bailey |
USA
|
52.62 | 54.25 |
| 6 | Sally Gunnell |
GBR
|
52.74 | 54.53 |
| 7 | Gudrún Arnardóttir |
ISL
|
54.81 | 55.02 |
| 8 | Anna Chuprina-Knoroz |
RUS
|
54.11 | 55.02 |