| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1207 | Natalia KACZMAREK |  POL | 49.50 Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 711 | Marileidy PAULINO |  DOM | 49.54 Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 549 | Sada WILLIAMS |  BAR | 49.58 Q NR | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 959 | Rhasidat ADELEKE |  IRL | 49.87 Q | .861 | 
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1142 | Lieke KLAVER |  NED | 49.87 Q | .868 | 
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 552 | Cynthia BOLINGO |  BEL | 49.96 q NR | |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 1019 | Candice MCLEOD |  JAM | 50.62 q | |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 1411 | Lynna IRBY-JACKSON |  USA | 50.71 | |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 858 | Victoria OHURUOGU |  GBR | 50.74 | |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 1255 | Andrea MIKLÓS |  ROU | 50.77 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 1390 | Talitha DIGGS |  USA | 50.86 Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 661 | Evelis AGUILAR |  COL | 51.07 PB | .064 | 
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 676 | Roxana GÓMEZ |  CUB | 51.07 | .065 | 
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 861 | Ama PIPI |  GBR | 51.17 | |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 1023 | Nickisha PRYCE |  JAM | 51.24 | |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | 1040 | Charokee YOUNG |  JAM | 51.40 | |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | 1128 | Paola MORÁN |  MEX | 51.46 | |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | 538 | Susanne GOGL-WALLI |  AUT | 51.50 | .497 | 
| 19 | 7 | 1 | 698 | Lada VONDROVÁ |  CZE | 51.50 | .498 | 
| 20 | 6 | 2 | 1251 | Gabby SCOTT |  PUR | 51.52 | |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | 1266 | Zenéy GELDENHUYS |  RSA | 51.54 | |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | 965 | Sharlene MAWDSLEY |  IRL | 51.78 | |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | 694 | Tereza PETRŽILKOVÁ |  CZE | 51.94 | |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | 1112 | Modesta Justė MORAUSKAITĖ |  LTU | 52.15 | 
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second