| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jearl Miles Clark |  USA | 52.48 | |
| 2 | Tatyana Chebykina |  RUS | 52.84 | |
| 3 | Yolanda Reyes |  ESP | 53.56 PB | |
| 4 | Hengyun Zhang |  CHN | 54.27 | |
| Marie-Louise Bévis |  FRA | DQ | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magdalena Nedelcu |  ROU | 53.10 | |
| 2 | Sandie Richards |  JAM | 53.14 | |
| 3 | Sandra Myers |  ESP | 53.22 | |
| 4 | Melanie Neef |  GBR | 53.34 | |
| 5 | Chunying Cao |  CHN | 55.32 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Privalova |  RUS | 52.78 | |
| 2 | Kim Graham |  USA | 53.23 | |
| 3 | Naděžda Koštovalová |  CZE | 53.33 | |
| 4 | Linda Kisabaka |  GER | 53.68 | |
| 5 | Susan Earnshaw |  GBR | 53.85 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniela Georgieva |  BUL | 52.67 | |
| 2 | Deon Hemmings |  JAM | 52.91 | |
| 3 | Helena Fuchsová |  CZE | 53.05 | |
| 4 | Dora Kyriakou |  CYP | 53.46 | |
| 5 | Myadagmaa Otgontuya |  MGL | DNS |