| Final 20:45 | time |   | React. | bib |  | 1. Natalya Antyukh |  RUS | 52.70s | PB | 0.167 | 2843 |  | 2. Lashinda Demus |  USA | 52.77s | SB | 0.170 | 3285 |  | 3. Zuzana Hejnova |  CZE | 53.38s | SB | 0.163 | 1532 |  | 4. Kaliese Spencer |  JAM | 53.66s | SB | 0.191 | 2206 |  | 5. Georganne Moline |  USA | 53.92s | PB | 0.177 | 3310 |  | 6. T'Erea Brown |  USA | 55.07s |   | 0.201 | 3272 |  | 7. Denisa Rosolova |  CZE | 55.27s |   | 0.244 | 1540 |  | 8. Muizat Ajoke Odumosu |  NGR | 55.31s |   | 0.270 | 2583 |   
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|   - Monday 06.08 20:15 - First 2 and Best 2 progress.  |   
| Semi 1 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Natalya Antyukh |  RUS | 53.33s | SB | 0.149 | 2843 | 1. |  | 2. Zuzana Hejnova |  CZE | 53.62s | SB | 0.159 | 1532 | 2. |  | 3. T' Erea Brown |  USA | 54.21s | PB | 0.193 | 3272 | 5. |  | 4. Elodie Ouedraogo |  BEL | 55.20s | PB | 0.178 | 1146 | 11. |  | 5. Nickiesha Wilson |  JAM | 55.77s |   | 0.174 | 2214 | 15. |  | 6. Hayat Lambarki |  MAR | 56.18s |   | 0.208 | 2473 | 18. |  | 7. Vera Barbosa |  POR | 56.27s |   | 0.160 | 2720 | 21. |  | 8. Lauren Boden |  AUS | 56.66s |   | 0.156 | 1068 | 23. |   
| Semi 2 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Lashinda Demus |  USA | 54.08s |   | 0.170 | 3285 | 3. |  | 2. Kaliese Spencer |  JAM | 54.20s |   | 0.211 | 2206 | 4. |  | 3. Perri Shakes-Drayton |  GBR | 55.19s |   | 0.190 | 1877 | 10. |  | 4. Hanna Yaroshchuk |  UKR | 55.51s |   | 0.209 | 3197 | 12. |  | 5. Irina Davydova |  RUS | 55.86s |   | 0.227 | 2852 | 16. |  | 6. Sara Petersen |  DEN | 56.21s |   | 0.174 | 1551 | 19. |  | 7. Anna Jesien |  POL | 56.28s |   | 0.231 | 2688 | 22. |  | 8. Sarah-Lynn Wells |  CAN | 56.71s |   | 0.152 | 1322 | 24. |   
| Semi 3 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Muizat Ajoke Odumosu |  NGR | 54.40s | NR | 0.234 | 2583 | 6. |  | 2. Georganne Moline |  USA | 54.74s |   | 0.205 | 3310 | 7. |  | 3. Denisa Rosolova |  CZE | 54.87s |   | 0.191 | 1540 | 8. |  | 4. Hanna Titimets |  UKR | 55.10s |   | 0.234 | 3195 | 9. |  | 5. Elena Churakova |  RUS | 55.70s |   | 0.172 | 2851 | 13. |  | 6. Melaine Walker |  JAM | 55.74s |   | 0.262 | 2208 | 14. |  | 7. Eilidh Child |  GBR | 56.03s |   | 0.187 | 1850 | 17. |  | 8. Satomi Kubokura |  JPN | 56.25s |   | 0.199 | 2256 | 20. |   
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|   - Sunday 05.08 19:00 - First 4 and Best 4 progress.  |   
| Heat 1 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Zuzana Hejnova |  CZE | 53.96s | SB | 0.136 | 1532 | 2. |  | 2. T'Erea Brown |  USA | 54.72s | PB | 0.199 | 3272 | 7. |  | 3. Eilidh Child |  GBR | 56.14s |   | 0.222 | 1850 | 22. |  | 4. Sarah-Lynn Wells |  CAN | 56.47s |   | 0.152 | 1322 | 25. |  | 5. Egle Staisiunaite |  LTU | 57.79s |   | 0.217 | 2441 | 34. |  | 6. Tatyana Azarova |  KAZ | 58.53s |   | 0.158 | 2276 | 37. |  | 7. Maureen Jelagat Maiyo |  KEN | 1:02.16 |   | 0.206 | 2339 | 40. |  | -. Vania Stambolova |  BUL | DNF |   | 0.222 | 1270 |   |   
| Heat 2 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Natalya Antyukh |  RUS | 53.90s |   | 0.144 | 2843 | 1. |  | 2. Kaliese Spencer |  JAM | 54.02s |   | 0.184 | 2206 | 3. |  | 3. Muizat Ajoke Odumosu |  NGR | 54.93s |   | 0.235 | 2583 | 10. |  | 4. Anna Jesien |  POL | 55.44s | SB | 0.198 | 2688 | 15. |  | 5. Lauren Boden |  AUS | 56.27s |   | 0.163 | 1068 | 23. |  | 6. Mcintosh Raasin |  LBR | 57.39s |   | 0.189 | 2414 | 32. |  | 7. Natalya Asanova |  UZB | 58.05s |   | 0.218 | 3332 | 35. |  | 8. Noraseela Mohd Khalid |  MAS | 1:00.16 |   | 0.220 | 2479 | 39. |  | -. Ghfran Almouhamad |  SYR | DQ |   | 0.283 | 3013 |   |   
| Heat 3 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Lashinda Demus |  USA | 54.60s |   | 0.156 | 3285 | 5. |  | 2. Hanna Titimets |  UKR | 55.08s |   | 0.217 | 3195 | 11. |  | 3. Vera Barbosa |  POR | 55.22s | NR | 0.162 | 2720 | 12. |  | 4. Elena Churakova |  RUS | 55.26s |   | 0.199 | 2851 | 13. |  | 5. Denisa Rosolova |  CZE | 55.42s |   | 0.229 | 1540 | 14. |  | 6. Sara Petersen |  DEN | 56.01s |   | 0.144 | 1551 | 21. |  | 7. Lucy Jaramillo |  ECU | 57.74s |   | 0.183 | 1581 | 33. |  | 8. Princesa Oliveros |  COL | 58.95s |   | 0.159 | 1438 | 38. |   
| Heat 4 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Georganne Moline |  USA | 54.31s | PB | 0.185 | 3310 | 4. |  | 2. Nickiesha Wilson |  JAM | 55.53s |   | 0.213 | 2214 | 16. |  | 3. Irina Davydova |  RUS | 55.55s |   | 0.210 | 2852 | 17. |  | 4. Elodie Ouedraogo |  BEL | 55.89s |   | 0.156 | 1146 | 20. |  | 5. Angela Morosanu |  ROU | 56.64s |   | 0.175 | 2768 | 26. |  | 6. Sharolyn Scott |  CRC | 57.03s |   | 0.173 | 1450 | 27. |  | 7. Janeil Bellille |  TRI | 57.27s |   | 0.204 | 3056 | 31. |  | 8. Nikolina Horvat |  CRO | 58.49s |   | 0.211 | 1457 | 36. |  | -. Nagihan Karadere |  TUR | DQ FS 162.7 | - | 3088 |   
| Heat 5 | time |   | React. | bib | Rk |  | 1. Perri Shakes-Drayton |  GBR | 54.62s |   | 0.193 | 1877 | 6. |  | 2. Melaine Walker |  JAM | 54.78s |   | 0.190 | 2208 | 8. |  | 3. Hanna Yaroshchuk |  UKR | 54.81s |   | 0.214 | 3197 | 9. |  | 4. Hayat Lambarki |  MAR | 55.58s |   | 0.193 | 2473 | 18. |  | 5. Satomi Kubokura |  JPN | 55.85s | SB | 0.167 | 2256 | 19. |  | 6. Xiaoxiao Huang |  CHN | 56.29s |   | 0.174 | 1375 | 24. |  | 7. Deborah Rodriguez |  URU | 57.04s | NR | 0.177 | 3202 | 28. |  | 8. Jailma De Lima |  BRA | 57.05s |   | 0.303 | 1237 | 29. |  | 9. Christine Sonali Merrill |  SRI | 57.15s | SB | 0.182 | 2963 | 30. |   
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