| Final 20:40 | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 21.98s | 4 | | 2. Gwen Torrence |  USA | 22.00s | 6 | | 3. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 22.13s | 3 | | 4. Marie-Jose Perec |  FRA | 22.20s | 7 | | 5. Mary Onyali |  NGR | 22.32s | 2 | | 6. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 22.50s | 8 | | 7. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.50s | 5 | | 8. Dannette Young-Stone | USA | 23.04s | 1 |
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| Semi 1 17.30 | time | L | | 1. Gwen Torrence | USA | 22.20s | 6 | | 2. Irina Privalova | RUS | 22.20s | 5 | | 3. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 22.35s | 7 | | 4. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.49s | 4 | | 5. Cathy Freeman |  AUS | 22.58s | 3 | | 6. Elinda Vorster |  RSA | 22.83s | 1 | | 7. Dahlia Duhaney | JAM | 22.97s | 2 | | 8. Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 23.06s | 8 |
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| Semi 2 17.38 | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.12s | 6 | | 2. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.22s | 5 | | 3. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.35s | 4 | | 4. Dannette Young-Stone | USA | 22.51s | 8 | | 5. Evette De Klerk | RSA | 22.76s | 3 | | 6. Pauline Davis-Thompson |  BAH | 22.94s | 7 | | 7. Silke-Beate Knoll |  GER | 23.07s | 2 | | 8. Michelle Finn | USA | 23.26s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 19.00 | time | L | | 1. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.74s | 3 | | 2. Irina Privalova | RUS | 22.80s | 4 | | 3. Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 23.01s | 8 | | 4. Michelle Finn | USA | 23.24s | 7 | | 5. Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 23.32s | 6 | | 6. Katharine Merry |  GBR | 23.46s | 5 | | 7. Yolanda Steyn | RSA | 23.60s | 2 | | 8. Heather Samuel |  ANT | 24.32s | 1 |
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| Heat 2 19.05 | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.81s | 3 | | 2. Evette De Klerk | RSA | 22.88s | 4 | | 3. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 22.94s | 6 | | 4. Silke-Beate Knoll | GER | 23.04s | 5 | | 5. Sabine Troger |  AUT | 23.17s | 7 | | 6. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |  FIN | 23.24s | 1 | | 7. Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | 23.66s | 8 | | 8. Jennifer Stoute | GBR | 23.95s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 19.10 | time | L | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.73s | 6 | | 2. Gwen Torrence | USA | 22.87s | 7 | | 3. Elinda Vorster | RSA | 22.94s | 5 | | 4. Dahlia Duhaney | JAM | 23.11s | 4 | | 5. Lucrecia Jardim |  POR | 23.16s | 3 | | 6. Stacey Bowen |  CAN | 23.62s | 2 | | 7. Yana Burtasenkova |  MOL | 23.99s | 8 | | 8. Hermin Joseph |  DMN | 24.13s | 1 |
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| Heat 4 19.15 | time | L | | 1. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.51s | 4 | | 2. Cathy Freeman | AUS | 22.80s | 5 | | 3. Dannette Young-Stone | USA | 22.92s | 3 | | 4. Petya Pendareva | BUL | 23.07s | 6 | | 5. Maya Azarashvili |  GEO | 23.33s | 1 | | 6. Jacqueline Poelman |  NED | 23.64s | 7 | | 7. Philomina Mensah |  GHA | 24.05s | 8 | | -. Dora Kyriakou |  CYP | DNS | 2 |
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| Heat 1 10.10 | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 23.39s | 2 | | 2. Katharine Merry | GBR | 23.49s | 3 | | 3. Yolanda Steyn | RSA | 23.80s | 6 | | 4. Yana Burtasenkova | MOL | 23.94s | 7 | | 5. Lusia Puleanga |  TON | 26.40s | 5 | | 6. Nve Ruth Mangue |  GEQ | 28.89s | 1 | | -. Lydia De Vega |  PHI | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 2 10.18 | time | L | | 1. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.94s | 2 | | 2. Cathy Freeman | AUS | 23.28s | 1 | | 3. Elinda Vorster | RSA | 23.43s | 4 | | 4. Stacey Bowen | CAN | 23.66s | 3 | | 5. Hermin Joseph | DMN | 24.29s | 5 | | 6. Deirdre Caruana |  MLT | 25.96s | 7 | | 7. Thi Tuyet Mai Nguyen |  VIE | 26.55s | 6 |
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| Heat 3 10.26 | time | L | | 1. Silke-Beate Knoll | GER | 23.21s | 4 | | 2. Sabine Troger | AUT | 23.66s | 2 | | 3. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen | FIN | 23.69s | 7 | | 4. Georgette Nkoma | CMR | 23.97s | 1 | | 5. Guilhermina Da Cruz |  ANO | 25.16s | 3 | | 6. Natalie Martindale |  STV | 26.77s | 6 | | -. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | DNS | 5 |
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| Heat 4 10.34 | time | L | | 1. Lucrecia Jardim | POR | 23.45s | 6 | | 2. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 23.45s | 5 | | 3. Gwen Torrence | USA | 23.46s | 4 | | 14. Jacqueline Poelman | NED | 23.53s | 2 | | 5. Jennifer Stoute | GBR | 23.83s | 3 | | 6. Mirna El-Laz |  LIB | 26.97s | 1 | | 7. Yaznee Nasheeda |  MLD | 30.24s | 7 |
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| Heat 5 10.42 | time | L | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 23.04s | 5 | | 2. Dahlia Duhaney | JAM | 23.29s | 6 | | 3. Dannette Young-Stone | USA | 23.43s | 1 | | 4. Philomina Mensah | GHA | 23.67s | 7 | | 5. Heather Samuel | ANT | 24.01s | 4 | | 6. Rita Pattipeilohy |  INA | 25.59s | 3 | | -. Mpoka Mokosi |  COD | DNS | 2 |
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| Heat 6 10.50 | time | L | | 1. Mary Onyali | NGR | 23.21s | 3 | | 2. Petya Pendareva | BUL | 23.39s | 8 | | 3. Michelle Finn | USA | 23.83s | 2 | | 4. Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 24.10s | 1 | | 5. Dora Kyriakou | CYP | 24.47s | 5 | | 6. Oumou Sow |  GUI | 25.81s | 4 | | 7. Melvina Wulah |  LBR | 26.11s | 6 | | 8. Shabana Akhtar |  PAK | 26.39s | 7 |
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| Heat 7 10.58 | time | L | | 1. Huei-Chen Wang | TPE | 23.30s | 5 | | 2. Irina Privalova | RUS | 23.39s | 3 | | 3. Evette De Klerk | RSA | 23.43s | 6 | | 4. Maya Azarashvili | GEO | 23.68s | 1 | | 5. Nadjina Kaltouma |  CHA | 26.15s | 4 | | 6. Lasnet Nkouka |  CGO | 26.64s | 2 | -. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-
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