| Final 20:45 | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 10.82s | 5 |  | 2. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 10.82s | 6 |  | 3. Gwen Torrence |  USA | 10.89s | 3 |  | 4. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 10.96s | 4 |  | 5. Mary Onyali |  NGR | 11.05s | 7 |  | 6. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 11.20s | 8 |  | 7. Nicole Mitchell |  JAM | 11.20s | 2 |  | 8. Liliana Allen |  CUB | 11.23s | 1 |   
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| Semi 2 18.50h | time | L |  | 1. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 10.87s | 6 |  | 2. Gwen Torrence |  USA | 10.87s | 5 |  | 3. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 11.17s | 8 |  | 4. Liliana Allen |  CUB | 11.19s | 7 |  | 5. Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 11.21s | 1 |  | 6. Elinda Vorster |  RSA | 11.22s | 4 |  | 7. Michelle Finn |  USA | 11.25s | 3 |  | 8. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich |  UKR | 11.36s | 2 |   
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| Semi 2 18.55h | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 11.03s | 5 |  | 2. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 11.06s | 3 |  | 3. Mary Onyali |  NGR | 11.06s | 6 |  | 4. Nicole Mitchell |  JAM | 11.26s | 4 |  | 5. Melanie Paschke |  GER | 11.28s | 1 |  | 6. Sabine Troger |  AUT | 11.37s | 2 |  | 7. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 11.53s | 8 |  | -. Beverly McDonald |  JAM | DNF | 7 |   
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| Heat 1 18.00h | time | L |  | 1. Gwen Torrence |  USA | 11.02s | 6 |  | 2. Nicole Mitchell |  JAM | 11.23s | 4 |  | 3. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 11.29s | 3 |  | 4. Liliana Allen |  CUB | 11.30s | 1 |  | 5. Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 11.38s | 5 |  | 6. Jacqueline Poelman |  NED | 11.50s | 7 |  | 7. Binta Dia N'Deye |  SEN | 11.60s | 8 |  | 8. Cleide Amaral |  BRA | 11.68s | 2 |   
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| Heat 2 18.10h | time | L |  | 1. Mary Onyali |  NGR | 10.97s | 6 |  | 2. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 11.14s | 4 |  | 3. Michelle Finn |  USA | 11.21s | 1 |  | 4. Beverly McDonald |  JAM | 11.33s | 3 |  | 5. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |  FIN | 11.40s | 7 |  | 6. Desislava Dimitrova |  BUL | 11.45s | 8 |  | 7. Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 11.54s | 5 |  | 8. Maguy Nestoret |  FRA | 11.60s | 2 |   
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| Heat 3 18.20h | time | L |  | 1. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 11.19s | 6 |  | 2. Melanie Paschke |  GER | 11.27s | 4 |  | 3. Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 11.27s | 3 |  | 4. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 11.29s | 5 |  | 5. Miriam Ferrer |  CUB | 11.43s | 1 |  | 6. Lucrecia Jardim |  POR | 11.50s | 7 |  | 7. Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | 11.63s | 2 |  | 8. Michelle Seymour |  NZL | 11.79s | 8 |   
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| Heat 4 18.30h | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 11.04s | 4 |  | 2. Elinda Vorster |  RSA | 11.24s | 6 |  | 3. Sabine Troger |  AUT | 11.29s | 8 |  | 4. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich |  UKR | 11.30s | 2 |  | 5. Olga Bogoslovskaya |  RUS | 11.32s | 5 |  | 6. Valerie Jean-Charles |  FRA | 11.39s | 1 |  | 7. Beverly Kinch |  GBR | 11.40s | 3 |  | 8. Philomina Mensah |  GHA | 11.67s | 7 |   
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| Heat 1 10.15h | time | L |  | 1. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 11.36s | 2 |  | 2. Beverly McDonald |  JAM | 11.37s | 5 |  | 3. Michelle Finn |  USA | 11.47s | 1 |  | 4. Maguy Nestoret |  FRA | 11.56s | 3 |  | 5. Binta Dia N'Deye |  SEN | 11.60s | 8 |  | 6. Jariatou George |  GAM | 12.46s | 6 |  | 7. Natalie Martindale |  STV | 12.86s | 7 |  | 8. Lusia Puleanga |  TON | 13.02s | 4 |   
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| Heat 2 10.20h | time | L |  | 1. Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 11.41s | 1 |  | 2. Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 11.44s | 8 |  | 3. Sabine Troger |  AUT | 11.46s | 3 |  | 4. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich |  UKR | 11.52s | 7 |  | 5. Hermin Joseph |  DMN | 11.62s | 5 |  | 6. Lydia De Vega |  PHI | 12.24s | 4 |  | 7. Erin Tierney |  CKI | 13.16s | 6 |  | 8. Wenona Steven |  NAU | 14.70s | 2 |   
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| Heat 3 10.25h | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 11.16s | 4 |  | 2. Elinda Vorster |  RSA | 11.31s | 8 |  | 3. Nicole Mitchell |  JAM | 11.36s | 7 |  | 4. Valerie Jean-Charles |  FRA | 11.46s | 2 |  | 5. Hana Benesova |  CZE | 11.72s | 5 |  | 6. Oumou Sow |  GUI | 12.52s | 6 |  | 7. Feroza Khatton |  BAN | 12.68s | 3 |  | 8. Melvina Wulah |  LBR | 12.70s | 1 |   
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| Heat 4 10.30h | time | L |  | 1. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 11.32s | 4 |  | 2. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 11.36s | 7 |  | 3. Lucrecia Jardim |  POR | 11.47s | 6 |  | 4. Cleide Amaral |  BRA | 11.59s | 3 |  | 5. Heather Samuel |  ANT | 11.64s | 1 |  | 6. Rita Pattipeilohy |  INA | 12.44s | 2 |  | 7. Ismenia Frederico |  CVD | 13.03s | 5 |   
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| Heat 5 10.35h | time | L |  | 1. Mary Onyali |  NGR | 11.23s | 7 |  | 2. Olga Bogoslovskaya |  RUS | 11.40s | 3 |  | 3. Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 11.43s | 1 |  | 4. Jacqueline Poelman |  NED | 11.44s | 4 |  | 5. Desislava Dimitrova |  BUL | 11.55s | 8 |  | 6. Philomina Mensah |  GHA | 11.59s | 5 |  | 7. Shabana Akhtar |  PAK | 12.76s | 6 |  | 8. Ovidia Luis Afonso |  STP | 13.09s | 2 |   
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| Heat 6 10.40h | time | L |  | 1. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |  RUS | 11.31s | 4 |  | 2. Liliana Allen |  CUB | 11.46s | 7 |  | 3. Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | 11.67s | 1 |  | 4. Michelle Seymour |  NZL | 11.68s | 6 |  | 5. Odiah Sidibe |  FRA | 11.69s | 8 |  | 6. Dedra Davis |  BAH | 12.00s | 2 |  | 7. Rachelle Godonou |  BEN | 12.93s | 5 |  | 8. Said Nassianti |  COM | 14.70s | 3 |   
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| Heat 7 10.45h | time | L |  | 1. Melanie Paschke |  GER | 11.31s | 3 |  | 2. Gwen Torrence |  USA | 11.43s | 2 |  | 3. Beverly Kinch |  GBR | 11.43s | 6 |  | 4. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |  FIN | 11.44s | 1 |  | 5. Miriam Ferrer |  CUB | 11.50s | 4 |  | 6. Genevieve Obone |  GAB | 12.57s | 7 |  | 7. Deirdre Caruana |  MLT | 12.60s | 5 |  | 8. Thi Tuyet Mai Nguyen |  VIE | 12.79s | 8 |   
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