| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 621 | Jana Pittman |  AUS | 54.01 Q | 0.162 | 
| 2 | 299 | Martina McCarthy |  IRL | 54.14 Q | 0.203 | 
| 3 | 329 | Sheryl Morgan |  JAM | 54.38 Q | 0.247 | 
| 4 | 241 | Eileen Müller |  GER | 54.72 q | 0.182 | 
| 5 | 294 | Sapinder Kaur |  IND | 56.52 | 0.307 | 
| 6 | 511 | Tiandra Ponteen |  SKN | 57.09 | 0.154 | 
| 43 | Perla Regina dos Santos |  BRA | DNS | 0.000 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | Norma González |  COL | 53.79 Q | 0.207 | 
| 2 | 323 | Kareen Gayle |  JAM | 53.82 Q | 0.277 | 
| 3 | 205 | Jennifer Meadows |  GBR | 53.85 Q | 0.171 | 
| 4 | 574 | Antonina Yefremova |  UKR | 53.88 q | 0.212 | 
| 5 | 315 | Daniela Reina |  ITA | 55.12 | 0.201 | 
| 6 | 303 | Silja Úlfarsdóttir |  ISL | 55.40 | 0.164 | 
| 7 | 56 | Evodie-Lydie Saramandji |  CAF | 1:01.21 | 0.184 | 
| 296 | Joanne Cuddihy |  IRL | DQ | 0.213 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 206 | Lisa Miller |  GBR | 53.91 Q PB | 0.214 | 
| 2 | 435 | Aneta LEMIESZ |  POL | 54.02 Q | 0.215 | 
| 3 | 469 | Maria Rus |  ROU | 54.20 Q | 0.178 | 
| 4 | 620 | Katerina Dressler |  AUS | 54.25 q SB | 0.234 | 
| 5 | 276 | Hazel Regis-Buckels |  GRN | 56.33 | 0.200 | 
| 404 | Rosemary Okafor |  NGR | DNS | 0.000 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 571 | Nataliia Pygyda |  UKR | 54.27 Q | 0.195 | 
| 2 | 463 | Adela Diana Marchis |  ROU | 54.36 Q | 0.220 | 
| 3 | 487 | Natalya Ivanova |  RUS | 54.63 Q | 0.194 | 
| 4 | 99 | Rosibel GarcÃa |  COL | 54.82 q | 0.219 | 
| 5 | 240 | Maren Schulze |  GER | 55.49 | 0.139 | 
| 6 | 614 | Tatjana Lojanica |  SCG | 56.51 | 0.180 | 
| 7 | 157 | Mereoni Raluve |  FIJ | 57.73 | 0.241 | 
| 405 | Ajarat Yussuf |  NGR | DNS | 0.000 |