| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 561 | Beverly McDonald |
JAM |
22.26 Q | +1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 717 | Fatima Yusuf |
NGR |
22.28 Q PB | +1.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 342 | Muriel Hurtis |
FRA |
22.31 Q PB | +1.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1022 | Marion Jones |
USA |
22.45 Q | 0.0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 555 | Merlene Frazer |
JAM |
22.48 Q | 0.0 |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 1032 | Inger Miller |
USA |
22.49 Q | -0.1 |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 58 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie |
BAH |
22.53 Q | +0.6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 543 | Manuela Levorato |
ITA |
22.60 Q NR | +1.1 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 1035 | Nanceen Perry |
USA |
22.61 | +1.1 |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | 552 | Juliet Campbell |
JAM |
22.69 Q SB | +0.6 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | Lauren Hewitt |
AUS |
22.73 Q SB | 0.0 |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | 97 | Natallia Safronnikava |
BLR |
22.74 Q NR | +0.6 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 39 | Nova Peris |
AUS |
22.76 Q PB | +0.6 |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | 831 | Svetlana Goncharenko |
RUS |
22.77 Q | -0.1 |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 413 | Andrea Philipp |
GER |
22.81 Q | -0.1 |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 865 | Marina Trandenkova |
RUS |
22.82 SB | +0.6 |
| 17 | 6 | 4 | 711 | Mercy Nku |
NGR |
22.83 | +0.6 |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | 56 | Chandra Sturrup |
BAH |
22.84 Q | 0.0 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | 409 | Esther Möller |
GER |
22.85 PB | +1.1 |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | 24 | Tania Van Heer-Murphy |
AUS |
22.89 Q | -0.1 |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | 430 | Sabrina Mulrain |
GER |
22.90 | 0.0 |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | 751 | Zuzanna Radecka |
POL |
22.96 PB | 0.0 |
| 23 | 7 | 2 | 180 | Myriam Léonie Mani |
CMR |
23.14 SB | +1.1 |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | 106 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura |
BRA |
23.14 | 0.0 |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | 72 | Kim Gevaert |
BEL |
23.16 | +1.1 |
| 26 | 5 | 3 | 455 | EkaterÃni Kóffa |
GRE |
23.28 | -0.1 |
| 27 | 8 | 1 | 812 | Wendy Seegers |
RSA |
23.28 | 0.0 |
| 28 | 6 | 3 | 372 | Joice Maduaka |
GBR |
23.33 | -0.1 |
| 29 | 7 | 4 | 365 | Christine Bloomfield |
GBR |
23.35 | +0.6 |
| 30 | 7 | 3 | 193 | Felipa Alicia Palacios |
COL |
23.46 | -0.1 |
| 3 | 907 | Alenka Bikar |
SLO |
DNS | -0.1 | ||
| 4 | 981 | Zhanna Block |
UKR |
DNS | +0.6 |