| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucrécia Jardim |  POR | 23.48 NR | |
| 2 | Jacqueline Poelman |  NED | 23.51 | |
| 3 | Merlene Frazer |  JAM | 23.85 | |
| 4 | Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 24.13 | |
| 5 | Éva Barati |  HUN | 24.59 | |
| 6 | Arely Franco |  ESA | 27.00 NR | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Privalova |  RUS | 23.57 | |
| 2 | Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki |  FIN | 23.72 | |
| 3 | EkaterÃni Kóffa |  GRE | 24.17 | |
| 4 | Govindasamy Shanti |  MAS | 24.34 NR | |
| Sabine Tröger |  AUT | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 23.16 AR | |
| 2 | Wendy Vereen |  USA | 23.32 | |
| 3 | Marika Johansson |  SWE | 23.82 NR | |
| 4 | Zhaojing Chen |  CHN | 24.25 NR | |
| 5 | Marcia Richardson |  GBR | 24.50 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 23.42 | |
| 2 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen |  FIN | 23.55 =NR | |
| 3 | Dyan Webber |  USA | 23.70 | |
| Cathy Freeman |  AUS | DQ | ||
| Karen Clarke |  CAN | DNS |