| Venue: Kings Park Stadium. |   
| Final started at 16:10 | time |   | bib |  | 1. Marie Josee Ta Lou |  CIV | 22.81s | Oq | 366 |  | 2. Alyssa Conley |  RSA | 22.84s | Oq | 5 |  | 3. Gina Bass |  GAM | 22.92s | Oq | 503 |  | 4. Justine Palframan |  RSA | 23.22s |   | 26 |  | 5. Janet Amponsah |  GHA | 23.45s |   | 522 |  | 6. Udaya Ada |  LBR | 23.67s |   | 808 |  | 7. Loungo Matihaku |  BOT | 24.18s |   | 293 |  | -. Nazie Adeline Gouenon |  CIV | DNS |   | 360 |   
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| Entry Standard 24.0s/24.24s to be obtained from January 1, 2015 to May 23, 2016. |  | Olympic Standard 23.20s to be obtained from January 1, 2015 to July 11, 2016. |   
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| Semi 1 started at 16:10 Wind +0.8m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Alyssa Conley |  RSA | 23.02s | Oq | 5 |  | 2. Gina Bass |  GAM | 23.31s |   | 503 |  | 3. Gaha Parfaite |  CIV | 24.23s |   | 803 |  | 4. Aurelie Alcindor |  MRI | 24.23s |   | 677 |  | 5. Rhoda Njobvu |  ZAM | 24.50s |   | 188 |  | -. Flings Owusu-Agyapong |  GHA | DNS |   | 535 |  | -. Millicent Ndoro |  KEN | DNS |   | 575 |  | -. Ontiretse Molapisi |  BOT | DNS |   | 294 |   
| Semi 2 Wind +1.0m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Marie Josee Ta Lou |  CIV | 22.89s | Oq | 366 |  | 2. Janet Amponsah |  GHA | 23.54s |   | 522 |  | 3. Loungo Matihaku |  BOT | 23.80s |   | 293 |  | 4. Marcelle Cecilia Bouele Bondo |  CGO | 23.99s |   | 335 |  | 5. Assia Raziki |  MAR | 24.31s |   | 633 |  | 6. Tegest Tamangu Yuma |  ETH | 24.45s |   | 472 |  | 7. Joanilla Janvier |  MRI | 24.83s |   | 681 |  | -. Tamzin Thomas |  RSA | DNS |   | 38 |   
| Semi 3 Wind +1.0m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Justine Palframan |  RSA | 23.37 |   | 26 |  | 2. Udaya Ada |  LBR | 23.80 |   | 808 |  | 3. Nazie Adeline Gouenon |  CIV | 23.96 |   | 360 |  | 4. Eunice Kadogo |  KEN | 24.04 |   | 572 |  | 5. Josephine Anokye |  GHA | 24.31 |   | 523 |  | 6. Germaine Abessolo Bivina |  CMR | 24.42 |   | 376 |  | -. Natacha Ngoye Akamabi |  CGO | DNF |   | 340 |  | -. Phumlile Ndzinisa |  SWZ | DNF |   | 145 |   
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| Heat 1 started at 09:30 Wind +0.7m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Justine Palframan |  RSA | 23.45s |   | 26 |  | 2. Loungo Matihaku |  BOT | 23.99s |   | 293 |  | 3. Aurelie Alcindor |  MRI | 24.42s |   | 677 |  | 4. Natacha Ngoye Akamabi |  CGO | 24.54s |   | 340 |  | 5. Hafsathu Kamara |  SLE | 24.99s |   | 120 |  | 6. Sukoluhle Mlalazi |  ZIM | 26.13s |   | 203 |  | -. Murielle Ahoure |  CIV | DNS |   | 357 |   
| Heat 2 Wind +0.6m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Alyssa Conley |  RSA | 23.52s |   | 5 |  | 2. Phumlile Ndzinisa |  SWZ | 23.67s |   | 145 |  | 3. Marcelle Cecilia Bouele Bondo |  CGO | 24.04s |   | 335 |  | 4. Nazie Adeline Gouenon |  CIV | 24.23s |   | 360 |  | 5. Josephine Anokye |  GHA | 24.51s |   | 523 |  | 6. Joanilla Janvier |  MRI | 24.81s |   | 681 |  | 7. Viola Lado |  SSD | 26.98s |   | 773 |  | -. Amal Mohamed Bashir |  SOM | DNS |   | 122 |   
| Heat 3 Wind +0.4m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Janet Amponsah |  GHA | 23.76s |   | 522 |  | 2. Tamzin Thomas |  RSA | 23.92s |   | 38 |  | 3. Gaha Parfaite |  CIV | 24.11s |   | 803 |  | 4. Tegest Tamangu Yuma |  ETH | 24.23s |   | 472 |  | 5. Rhoda Njobvu |  ZAM | 24.35s |   | 188 |  | 6. Mary Chepkoech |  KEN | 25.05s |   | 814 |  | 7. Mildred Priscilla Gamba |  UGA | 25.43s |   | 178 |   
| Heat 4 Wind -0.4m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Marie Josee Ta Lou |  CIV | 23.22s |   | 366 |  | 2. Udaya Ada |  LBR | 23.75s |   | 808 |  | 3. Assia Raziki |  MAR | 24.51s |   | 633 |  | 4. Millicent Ndoro |  KEN | 24.75s |   | 575 |  | 5. Ontiretse Molapisi |  BOT | 24.96s |   | 294 |  | 6. Tsitsi Mahachi |  ZIM | 25.38s |   | 199 |  | 7. Prenam Pesse |  TOG | 25.62s |   | 159 |   
| Heat 5 Wind +1.4m/s | time |   | bib |  | 1. Gina Bass |  GAM | 23.14s | Oq | 503 |  | 2. Eunice Kadogo |  KEN | 24.05s |   | 572 |  | 3. Flings Owusu-Agyapong |  GHA | 24.23s |   | 535 |  | 4. Germaine Abessolo Bivina |  CMR | 24.73s |   | 376 |  | 5. Eveline Sanches |  CPV | 25.73s |   | 404 |  | 6. Yvonne Thomas |  ZIM | 25.89s |   | 205 |  | 7. Margret Hassan |  SSD | 27.61s |   | 772 |  | 8. Rachel Zenzo |  COD | 28.25s |   | 795 |   
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