| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa Morrison-Howard |  USA | 7.95 Q | 0.152 | 
| 2 | Glory Alozie |  NGR | 7.98 Q | 0.148 | 
| 3 | Gillian Russell-Love |  JAM | 8.06 | 0.126 | 
| 4 | MarÃa José Mardomingo |  ESP | 8.17 SB | 0.148 | 
| 5 | Diane Allahgreen |  GBR | 8.25 SB | 0.128 | 
| 6 | Maryline Troonen |  BEL | 8.47 | 0.141 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 8.04 Q | 0.130 | 
| 2 | Irina Shevchenko |  RUS | 8.04 Q | 0.142 | 
| 3 | Dionne Rose-Henley |  JAM | 8.05 q | 0.128 | 
| 4 | Nicole Ramalalanirina |  FRA | 8.06 | 0.149 | 
| 5 | Yun Feng |  CHN | 8.14 | 0.140 | 
| 6 | Keri Maddox |  GBR | 8.17 PB | 0.145 | 
| 7 | Anna Leszczynska-Lazor |  POL | 8.22 | 0.152 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olga Shishigina |  KAZ | 7.89 Q | 0.136 | 
| 2 | Keturah Anderson |  CAN | 7.90 Q NR | 0.125 | 
| 3 | Linda Ferga-Khodadin |  FRA | 8.00 q | 0.166 | 
| 4 | Cheryl Dickey |  USA | 8.07 | 0.221 | 
| 5 | Yvonne Kanazawa |  JPN | 8.12 NR | 0.173 | 
| 6 | Maria-Joelle Conjungo |  CAF | 8.65 | 0.168 |