| Final | | time | | | 1. Svetlana Goncharenko |  Russia | 22.46s | | | 2. Melanie Paschke |  Germany | 22.50s | | | 3. Katerina Koffa |  Greece | 22.86s | | | 4. Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.24s | | | 5. Donna Fraser |  Great Britain | 23.53s | | | 6. Natalya Voronova | Russia | 24.29s | |
|
|
|
| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.73s | Q | | 4. Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.05s | Q | | 5. Sylviane Félix |  France | 23.07s | | | 9. Alenka Bikar |  Slovenia | 23.81s | | | 12.Monika Gachevska |  Bulgaria | 24.03s | |
|
|
| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Melanie Paschke | Germany | 22.79s | Q | | 6. Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.16s | Q | | 7. Lucrécia Jardim |  Portugal | 23.37s | | | 10.Fabé Dia | France | 23.92s | | | 13.Kinga Leszczyńska |  Poland | 24.25s | |
|
| Semi 3 | | time | | | 3. Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.89s | Q | | 8. Donna Fraser | Great Britain | 23.39s | Q | | 11.Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.94s | | | 14.Karin Mayr |  Austria | 24.33s | | | -. Mireille Donders |  Switzerland | DQ | |
|
|
|
| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 5. Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.05s | Q | | 6. Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.11s | Q | | 9. Karin Mayr | Austria | 23.22s | q | | 16.Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 24.24s | | | 23.Lena Barry |  Ireland | 24.64s | |
|
|
| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 22.96s | Q, NR | | 7. Sylviane Félix | France | 23.18s | Q | | 19.Mami Awuah-Asante |  Netherlands | 24.36s | | | 24.Hana Benešová |  Czechia | 29.03s | |
|
| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.90s | Q | | 12.Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.41s | Q | | 14.Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 23.72s | q | | 15.Kinga Leszczyńska | Poland | 24.17s | q | | 20.Saša Prokofjev | Slovenia | 24.38s | |
|
|
| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.86s | Q | | 8. Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.21s | Q, NR | | 13.Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 23.51s | q | | 21.Elena Córcoles |  Spain | 24.44s | | | 22.Aksel Gürcan |  Turkey | 24.45s | |
|
| 