| Final 20:25h | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 12.46s | 3 |  | 2. Marina Azyabina |  RUS | 12.60s | 4 |  | 3. Lynda Tolbert-Goode |  USA | 12.67s | 5 |  | 4. Aliuska Lopez |  CUB | 12.73s | 1 |  | 5. Eva Sokolova |  RUS | 12.78s | 6 |  | 6. Dawn Bowles |  USA | 12.90s | 8 |  | 7. Michelle Freeman |  JAM | 12.90s | 7 |  | 8. Cecile Cinelu |  FRA | 12.95s | 2 |   
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| Semi 1 18.30h | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 12.67s | 3 |  | 2. Cecile Cinelu |  FRA | 12.88s | 6 |  | 3. Aliuska Lopez |  CUB | 12.92s | 5 |  | 4. Jackie Agyepong |  GBR | 13.03s | 1 |  | 5. Kristin Patzwahl |  GER | 13.07s | 4 |  | 6. Keturah Anderson |  CAN | 13.34s | 7 |  | 7. Dionne Rose |  JAM | 13.43s | 2 |  | -. Natalya Kolovanova |  UKR | DNF | 8 |   
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| Semi 2 18.36h | time | L |  | 1. Marina Azyabina |  RUS | 12.70s | 4 |  | 2. Lynda Tolbert-Goode |  USA | 12.76s | 3 |  | 3. Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 12.98s | 5 |  | 4. Patricia Girard |  FRA | 13.03s | 6 |  | 5. Gillian Russell |  JAM | 13.12s | 8 |  | 6. Nicole Ramalalanirina |  MAD | 13.16s | 2 |  | 7. Jane Flemming |  AUS | 13.19s | 1 |  | 8. Clova Court |  GBR | 13.37s | 7 |   
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| Semi 3 18.42h | time | L |  | 1. Eva Sokolova |  RUS | 12.76s | 4 |  | 2. Michelle Freeman |  JAM | 12.77s | 3 |  | 3. Dawn Bowles |  USA | 12.84s | 5 |  | 4. Svetla Dimitrova |  BUL | 12.96s | 6 |  | 5. Nadezhda Bodrova |  UKR | 12.98s | 8 |  | 6. Julie Baumann |  SUI | 12.99s | 7 |  | 7. Monica Grefstad |  NOR | 13.37s | 1 |  | 8. Marie-Victoire Preira |  FRA | 13.39s | 2 |   
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| Heat 1 10.30h | time | L |  | 1. Marina Azyabina |  RUS | 12.88s | 4 |  | 2. Julie Baumann |  SUI | 13.10s | 7 |  | 3. Nadezhda Bodrova |  UKR | 13.25s | 6 |  | 4. Marie-Victoire Preira |  FRA | 13.36s | 3 |  | 5. Maria Jose Mardomingo |  ESP | 13.41s | 5 |  | 6. Sonia Paquette |  CAN | 13.51s | 2 |  | 7. Gudrun Arnardottir |  ISL | 13.96s | 1 |   
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| Heat 2 18.37h | time | L |  | 1. Eva Sokolova |  RUS | 12.96s | 6 |  | 2. Keturah Anderson |  CAN | 13.23s | 5 |  | 3. Monica Grefstad |  NOR | 13.29s | 3 |  | 4. Gillian Russell |  JAM | 13.30s | 1 |  | 5. Liliana Nastase |  ROM | 13.41s | 8 |  | 6. Maria Kamrowska |  POL | 13.44s | 4 |  | 7. Natalya Belenkova |  TKM | 14.18s | 7 |  | 8. Ivette Sanchez |  PAN | 15.30s | 2 |   
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| Heat 3 10.44h | time | L |  | 1. Michelle Freeman |  JAM | 12.84s | 7 |  | 2. Dawn Bowles |  USA | 12.89s | 3 |  | 3. Kristin Patzwahl |  GER | 12.98s | 2 |  | 4. Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 13.05s | 4 |  | 5. Nicole Ramalalanirina |  MAD | 13.35s | 1 |  | 6. Sau Ying Chan |  HKG | 13.50s | 5 |  | 7. Seon-Jin Kim |  KOR | 13.99s | 6 |   
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| Heat 4 10.51h | time | L |  | 1. Aliuska Lopez |  CUB | 13.04s | 5 |  | 2. Svetla Dimitrova |  BUL | 13.05s | 3 |  | 3. Dionne Rose |  JAM | 13.27s | 1 |  | 4. Keri Maddox |  GBR | 13.49s | 7 |  | 5. Ina Langenhuisen |  NED | 13.50s | 2 |  | 6. Vania Ferreira |  BRA | 14.23s | 6 |  | -. Sabine Braun |  GER | DNS | 4 |   
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| Heat 5 10.58h | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 12.74s | 4 |  | 2. Cecile Cinelu |  FRA | 13.00s | 6 |  | 3. Jackie Agyepong |  GBR | 13.07s | 1 |  | 4. Jane Flemming |  AUS | 13.19s | 2 |  | 5. Donalda Duprey |  CAN | 13.50s | 7 |  | 6. Ludmila Olijare |  LAT | 13.50s | 5 |  | 7. Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca |  SRI | 13.58s | 3 |   
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| Heat 6 11.05h | time | L |  | 1. Lynda Tolbert-Goode |  USA | 12.90s | 5 |  | 2. Patricia Girard |  FRA | 13.08s | 2 |  | 3. Clova Court |  GBR | 13.26s | 1 |  | 4. Natalya Kolovanova |  UKR | 13.40s | 4 |  | 5. Joyce Melendez |  PUR | 13.41s | 3 |  | 6. Carla Tuzzi |  ITA | 13.54s | 7 |  | 7. Manuela Marxer |  LIE | 13.65s | 6 |   
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