| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charity Opara |
NGR
|
52.02 Q | |
| 2 | Natasha Kaiser-Brown |
USA
|
52.86 Q | |
| 3 | Sally Gunnell |
GBR
|
53.05 | |
| 4 | Olga Moroz |
UKR
|
53.82 | |
| 5 | Marina Filipovic |
SCG
|
54.18 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer |
GER
|
52.43 Q | |
| 2 | Helena Fuchsová |
CZE
|
52.69 Q | |
| 3 | Olabisi Afolabi |
NGR
|
52.89 q | |
| 4 | Tatyana Movchan |
UKR
|
52.96 q | |
| 5 | Adina Valdez |
TTO
|
55.79 | |
| 6 | Erum Khanum |
PAK
|
1:04.74 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandie Richards |
JAM
|
52.26 Q PB | |
| 2 | Ionela Târlea |
ROU
|
52.49 Q | |
| 3 | Olga Kotlyarova |
RUS
|
52.63 q | |
| 4 | Phylis Smith |
GBR
|
52.74 q | |
| Ruth Mangue Nve |
GEQ
|
DNS | ||
| Angela Camara |
GUI
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jearl Miles Clark |
USA
|
52.63 Q | |
| 2 | Hana Benešová |
CZE
|
52.94 Q | |
| 3 | Deon Hemmings |
JAM
|
53.22 | |
| 4 | Gudrún Arnardóttir |
ISL
|
53.41 | |
| 5 | Nezha Bidouane |
MAR
|
53.54 |