| Final 20.55h | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 53.02s | 3 | | 2. Deon Hemmings |  JAM | 53.45s | 6 | | 3. Nezha Bidouane |  MAR | 53.57s | 4 | | 4. Daimi Pernia |  CUB | 53.68s | 5 | | 5. Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova |  UKR | 53.98s | 8 | | 6. Ionela Tirlea |  ROM | 54.35s | 7 | | 7. Gudrun Arnardottir |  ISL | 54.63s | 2 | | 8. Natasha Danvers |  GBR | 55.00s | 1 |
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| Qualifiying A Standard: 56.14s | | Qualifiying B Standard: 57.14s |
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| Heat 1 19.15h | time | L | | 1. Deon Hemmings | JAM | 54.00s | 3 | | 2. Daimi Pernia | CUB | 54.92s | 5 | | 3. Natasha Danvers | GBR | 54.95s | 8 | | 4. Ulrike Urbansky |  GER | 55.23s | 4 | | 5. Heike Meissner | GER | 55.73s | 6 | | 6. Kim Batten |  USA | 55.73s | 2 | | 7. Natalya Torshina |  KZK | 56.22s | 1 | | 8. Yuliya Nosova | RUS | 56.58s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 19.23h | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | RUS | 54.02s | 5 | | 2. Nezha Bidouane | MAR | 54.19s | 3 | | 3. Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | UKR | 54.25s | 6 | | 4. Ionela Tirlea | ROM | 54.70s | 8 | | 5. Gudrun Arnardottir | ISL | 54.82s | 7 | | 6. Sandra Cummings-Glover | USA | 54.98s | 4 | | 7. Andrea Blackett |  BAR | 55.30s | 1 | | 8. Catherine Scott | JAM | 55.78s | 2 |
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| Heat 1 19.15h | time | L | | 1. Nezha Bidouane | MAR | 55.38s | 4 | | 2. Kim Batten | USA | 56.28s | 6 | | 3. Andrea Blackett | BAR | 56.31s | 2 | | 4. Sinead Dudgeon | GBR | 57.82s | 5 | | 5. Mary-Estelle Kapalu |  VAN | 1:02.68 | 3 | | -. Natalia Chulkova | RUS | DNF | 8 | | -. Karlene Haughton |  CAN | DNS | 7 |
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| Heat 2 19.22h | time | L | | 1. Daimi Pernia | CUB | 55.53s | 7 | | 2. Natasha Danvers | GBR | 55.68s | 3 | | 3. Yuliya Nosova | RUS | 56.11s | 6 | | 4. Catherine Scott | JAM | 56.17s | 5 | | 5. Tatyana Debelaya | UKR | 57.33s | 4 | | 6. - Cherry |  MYA | 1:00.81 | 2 | | -. Heike Meissner | GER | DQ | 8 |
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| Heat 3 19.29h | time | L | | 1. Deon Hemmings | JAM | 55.44s | 6 | | 2. Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | UKR | 56.27s | 2 | | 3. Jana Pittman |  AUS | 56.76s | 4 | | 4. Anna Olichwierczuk |  POL | 57.36s | 5 | | 5. Monika Niederstatter |  ITA | 58.02s | 3 | | 6. Mame Tacko Diouf |  SEN | 58.65s | 7 |
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| Heat 4 19.36h | time | L | | 1. Sandra Cummings-Glover | USA | 55.76s | 6 | | 2. Ulrike Urbansky | GER | 55.93s | 8 | | 3. Natalya Torshina | KZK | 56.38s | 7 | | 4. Susan Smith-Walsh |  IRL | 57.08s | 4 | | 5. Irena Zauna |  LAT | 57.79s | 3 | | 6. Lauren Poetschka | AUS | 58.06s | 5 | | 7. Chrysoula Goudenoudi |  GRE | 1:01.59 | 2 |
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| Heat 5 19.43h | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | RUS | 55.89s | 3 | | 2. Gudrun Arnardottir | ISL | 56.30s | 6 | | 3. Ionela Tirlea | ROM | 56.40s | 2 | | 4. Tonja Buford-Bailey | USA | 57.02s | 8 | | 5. Keri Maddox | GBR | 57.44s | 4 | | 6. Stephanie Price | AUS | 58.81s | 5 | | 7. Patrina Allen | JAM | 59.36s | 7 |
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