| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7 | 415 | Anja Rücker |
GER |
51.09 Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1029 | Maicel Malone-Wallace |
USA |
51.13 Q |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 402 | Grit Breuer |
GER |
51.13 Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1002 | Michelle Collins |
USA |
51.14 Q SB |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 671 | Ana Guevara |
MEX |
51.23 Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 556 | Lorraine Fenton |
JAM |
51.32 Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 715 | Charity Opara |
NGR |
51.42 Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | 714 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
NGR |
51.43 Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | 375 | Katharine Merry |
GBR |
51.48 Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | Cathy Freeman |
AUS |
51.49 Q |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | 706 | Olabisi Afolabi |
NGR |
51.50 Q |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | 890 | Amy Mbacke Thiam |
SEN |
51.59 Q |
| 13 | 3 | 4 | 184 | Claudine Komgang |
CMR |
51.68 Q NR |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | 841 | Olga Kotlyarova |
RUS |
51.70 Q |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | 225 | Helena Fuchsová |
CZE |
51.71 Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 416 | Uta Rohländer-Fromm |
GER |
51.87 Q |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 185 | Mireille Nguimgo |
CMR |
51.89 Q PB |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | 150 | Kaltouma Nadjina |
CHA |
51.90 Q NR |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | 1039 | Suziann Reid |
USA |
51.94 Q |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | 23 | Susan Andrews |
AUS |
51.99 Q |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | 564 | Claudine Williams |
JAM |
52.01 Q |
| 22 | 5 | 5 | 798 | Otilia Ruicu-Esanu |
ROU |
52.04 q |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 346 | Francine Landre |
FRA |
52.07 Q |
| 24 | 4 | 4 | 517 | Karen Shinkins |
IRL |
52.12 Q |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | 849 | Natalya Nazarova |
RUS |
52.25 Q |
| 26 | 5 | 6 | 368 | Donna Fraser |
GBR |
52.38 q |
| 27 | 3 | 3 | 223 | Jitka Burianová |
CZE |
52.49 Q |
| 28 | 4 | 1 | 536 | Virna De Angeli |
ITA |
52.60 Q |
| 29 | 4 | 3 | 915 | K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha |
SRI |
52.68 Q |
| 30 | 5 | 4 | 769 | Carmo Tavares |
POR |
52.74 q |
| 31 | 6 | 5 | 154 | Yuxiang Chen |
CHN |
52.76 q |
| 32 | 5 | 2 | 62 | Tonique Williams-Darling |
BAH |
52.95 |
| 33 | 4 | 7 | 132 | Foy Williams |
CAN |
53.07 Q |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | 634 | Grace Dinkins |
LBR |
53.25 NR |
| 35 | 5 | 3 | 551 | Tracey Barnes |
JAM |
53.41 |
| 36 | 6 | 3 | 203 | Kristina Perica |
CRO |
53.52 |
| 37 | 5 | 1 | 818 | Leanie Van Der Walt |
RSA |
53.53 |
| 38 | 6 | 2 | 613 | Svetlana Bodritskaya |
KAZ |
53.74 |
| 39 | 6 | 7 | 66 | Melissa Straker |
BAR |
53.97 |
| 40 | 6 | 6 | 263 | Lisette Ferri |
ESP |
54.50 |
| 41 | 6 | 1 | 199 | Zoila Stewart |
CRC |
54.55 SB |
| 42 | 7 | 1 | 1061 | Alyona Piskunova |
UZB |
55.44 |
| 43 | 6 | 4 | 176 | Louise Ayétotché |
CIV |
55.44 |
| 44 | 7 | 6 | 111 | Dijana Kojic |
BIH |
56.08 |
| 45 | 7 | 3 | 640 | Diala El Chab |
LBN |
57.22 |
| 46 | 7 | 2 | 737 | Ann Mooney |
PNG |
57.30 |
| 47 | 7 | 5 | 1101 | Maritza Figueroa |
NCA |
57.64 |
| 48 | 7 | 4 | 472 | Hazel Regis-Buckels |
GRN |
57.64 |
| 49 | 8 | 3 | 884 | Donata Mutegwamaso |
RWA |
1:00.04 |
| 7 | 196 | Haoulatta Ahmed |
COM |
DQ | ||
| 7 | 25 | Lee Naylor |
AUS |
DQ | ||
| 5 | 651 | Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy |
MAD |
DNS |