| Final 19:25 | time | L | | 1. Gwen Torrence |  USA | 10.85s | 5 | | 2. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 10.94s | 3 | | 3. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 10.96s | 7 | | 4. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.07s | 4 | | 5. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich |  UKR | 11.07s | 2 | | 6. Melanie Paschke |  GER | 11.10s | 6 | | 7. Mary Onyali |  NGR | 11.15s | 1 | | 8. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.44s | 8 |
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| Heat 1 17.05h | time | L | | 1. Gwen Torrence | USA | 10.84s | 4 | | 2. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10.85s | 5 | | 3. Irina Privalova | RUS | 10.90s | 3 | | 4. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 11.09s | 6 | | 5. Ekaterini Thanou |  GRE | 11.09s | 1 | | 6. Liliana Allen |  CUB | 11.24s | 8 | | 7. Christy Opara-Thompson | NGR | 11.37s | 2 | | 8. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |  FIN | 11.51s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 17.11h | time | L | | 1. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.09s | 5 | | 2. Melanie Paschke | GER | 11.13s | 6 | | 3. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.13s | 4 | | 4. Mary Onyali | NGR | 11.19s | 7 | | 5. Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 11.24s | 3 | | 6. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 11.29s | 1 | | 7. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11.31s | 2 | | 8. Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 11.34s | 8 |
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| Heat 1 16.55h | time | L | | 1. Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 11.26s | 3 | | 2. Melanie Paschke | GER | 11.27s | 6 | | 3. Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 11.33s | 4 | | 4. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 11.35s | 5 | | 5. Hermin Joseph |  DMN | 11.44s | 1 | | 6. Virgen Benavides | CUB | 11.49s | 2 | | 7. Mary Tombiri | NGR | 11.52s | 7 | | 8. Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 11.55s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 17.00h | time | L | | 1. Gwen Torrence | USA | 11.10s | 5 | | 2. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 11.13s | 6 | | 3. Mary Onyali | NGR | 11.22s | 3 | | 4. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11.22s | 1 | | 5. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 11.35s | 4 | | 6. Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 11.37s | 2 | | 7. Gabriele Becker | GER | 11.54s | 8 | | 8. Delphine Combe |  FRA | 11.68s | 7 |
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| Heat 3 17.05h | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | RUS | 11.16s | 5 | | 2. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11.17s | 4 | | 3. Ekaterini Thanou | GRE | 11.28s | 3 | | 4. Christy Opara-Thompson | NGR | 11.41s | 1 | | 5. Eldece Clarke-Lewis |  BAH | 11.49s | 8 | | 6. Heather Samuel |  ANT | 11.51s | 6 | | 7. Susanthika Jayasinghe |  SRI | 11.76s | 2 | | 8. Mirtha Brock |  COL | 11.99s | 7 |
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| Heat 4 17.10h | time | L | | 1. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.03s | 3 | | 2. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.09s | 5 | | 3. Liliana Allen | CUB | 11.25s | 4 | | 4. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen | FIN | 11.31s | 1 | | 5. Paula Dunn-Thomas |  GBR | 11.33s | 6 | | 6. Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | 11.36s | 8 | | 7. Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe |  MAD | 11.46s | 2 | | 8. Frederique Bangue | FRA | 11.55s | 7 |
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| Heat 1 10.00h | time | L | | 1. Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 11.27s | 6 | | 2. Mary Onyali | NGR | 11.44s | 8 | | 3. Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe | MAD | 11.51s | 5 | | 4. Virgen Benavides | CUB | 11.52s | 3 | | 5. Andrea Philipp | GER | 11.66s | 2 | | 6. Stephanie Douglas | GBR | 11.67s | 4 | | 7. Magdalena Ansue Nguema |  GEQ | 13.62s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 10.06h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11.15s | 5 | | 2. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 11.23s | 8 | | 3. Mary Tombiri | NGR | 11.42s | 2 | | 4. Petya Pendareva | BUL | 11.45s | 4 | | 5. Gabriele Becker | GER | 11.54s | 3 | | 6. Rahela Markt |  CRO | 11.87s | 7 | | 7. Sortelina Da Silva |  STP | 13.16s | 6 |
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| Heat 3 10.12h | time | L | | 1. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 11.34s | 7 | | 2. Liliana Allen | CUB | 11.35s | 6 | | 3. Hermin Joseph | DMN | 11.52s | 5 | | 4. Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 11.55s | 3 | | 5. Simmone Jacobs | GBR | 11.60s | 4 | | 6. Jerneja Perc |  SLO | 11.86s | 8 | | 7. Brianie Massaka |  CGO | 12.67s | 2 |
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| Heat 4 10.18h | time | L | | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.26s | 8 | | 2. Heather Samuel | ANT | 11.42s | 3 | | 3. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen | FIN | 11.47s | 4 | | 4. Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | 11.52s | 6 | | 5. Felipa Palacios | COL | 11.63s | 2 | | 6. Damayanthi Darsha-Kobalavithanage | SRI | 11.65s | 5 | | 7. Kate Clarke |  LBR | 13.45s | 1 | | 8. Awa Diarra |  MTN | 13.86s | 7 |
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| Heat 5 10.24h | time | L | | 1. Gwen Torrence | USA | 11.11s | 6 | | 2. Ekaterini Thanou | GRE | 11.27s | 4 | | 3. Christy Opara-Thompson | NGR | 11.31s | 3 | | 4. Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 11.36s | 7 | | 5. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 11.59s | 5 | | 6. Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | 11.80s | 8 | | 7. Shabana Akhtar |  PAK | 12.40s | 2 |
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| Heat 6 10.30 | time | L | | 1. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.18s | 8 | | 2. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 11.32s | 4 | | 3. Mirtha Brock | COL | 11.56s | 1 | | 4. Nora Ivanova | BUL | 11.57s | 3 | | 5. Katia Regina de Jesus Santos |  BRA | 11.68s | 6 | | 6. Odile Singa | FRA | 11.70s | 5 | | 7. Thi Lan Ank Hoang |  VIE | 12.42s | 7 | | -. Desiree Cocks |  ANG | DNS | 2 |
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| Heat 7 10.36h | time | L | | 1. Melanie Paschke | GER | 11.15s | 2 | | 2. Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 11.34s | 6 | | 3. Delphine Combe | FRA | 11.39s | 4 | | 4. Eldece Clarke-Lewis | BAH | 11.40s | 5 | | 5. Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 11.84s | 8 | | 6. Thoumphone Phommasanh |  LAO | 13.86s | 7 | | -. Natalie Jones |  GRN | DNS | 3 |
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| Heat 8 10.42h | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | RUS | 11.28s | 3 | | 2. Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 11.40s | 2 | | 3. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11.52s | 7 | | 4. Frederique Bangue | FRA | 11.54s | 6 | | 5. Cleide Amaral | BRA | 11.57s | 8 | | 6. Judith Boshoff |  NAM | 12.14s | 4 | | -. Antonia DeJesus |  ANO | DNS | 5 |
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