| Final 18.35h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 22.12s | 4 | | 2. Irina Privalova |  RUS | 22.12s | 5 | | 3. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.37s | 3 | | 4. Melanie Paschke |  GER | 22.60s | 7 | | 5. Silke-Beate Knoll | GER | 22.66s | 2 | | 6. Mary Onyali |  NGR | 22.71s | 8 | | 7. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.84s | 1 | | -. Gwen Torrence |  USA | DQ | 6 |
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| Semi 1 16.05h | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | RUS | 22.18s | 4 | | 2. Gwen Torrence | USA | 22.25s | 5 | | 3. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.58s | 3 | | 4. Melanie Paschke | GER | 22.60s | 1 | | 5. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 22.61s | 6 | | 6. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.91s | 2 | | 7. Petya Pendareva |  BUL | 22.92s | 8 | | 8. Paula Dunn-Thomas |  GBR | 23.03s | 7 |
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| Semi 2 16.11h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.25s | 4 | | 2. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.45s | 3 | | 3. Silke-Beate Knoll | GER | 22.57s | 6 | | 4. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.71s | 5 | | 5. Cathy Freeman | AUS | 22.82s | 2 | | 6. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 22.91s | 7 | | 7. Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 22.98s | 8 | | 8. Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 23.33s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 18.40h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.55s | 2 | | 2. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.69s | 4 | | 3. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 22.71s | 3 | | 4. Erika Suchovska |  CZE | 23.13s | 5 | | 5. Viktoriya Fomenko |  UKR | 23.18s | 8 | | 6. Heather Samuel |  ANT | 23.64s | 7 | | 7. Huei-Chen Wang |  TPE | 23.77s | 6 |
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| Heat 2 18.45h | time | L | | 1. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.59s | 5 | | 2. Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 22.90s | 3 | | 3. Cathy Freeman | AUS | 22.90s | 4 | | 4. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 23.30s | 1 | | 5. Patricia Rodriguez |  COL | 23.67s | 6 | | 6. Nora Ivanova | BUL | 23.98s | 2 | | 7. Nadjina Kaltouma |  CHA | 24.57s | 8 | | -. Susanthika Jayasinghe |  SRI | DQ | 7 |
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| Heat 3 18.50h | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | RUS | 22.23s | 7 | | 2. Silke-Beate Knoll | GER | 22.46s | 4 | | 3. Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 22.95s | 6 | | 4. Petya Pendareva | BUL | 22.96s | 2 | | 5. Sevatheda Fynes |  BAH | 23.01s | 5 | | 6. Maguy Nestoret |  FRA | 23.16s | 3 | | -. Heide Seyerling |  RSA | DQ | 8 |
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| Heat 4 18.55h | time | L | | 1. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.46s | 4 | | 2. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22.71s | 2 | | 3. Silke Lichtenhagen | GER | 23.19s | 6 | | 4. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |  FIN | 23.20s | 1 | | 5. Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova |  BLR | 23.33s | 5 | | 6. Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 23.33s | 7 | | 7. Dora Kyriakou |  CYP | 23.77s | 8 | | 8. Marcela Tiscornia |  URU | 24.39s | 3 |
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| Heat 5 19.00h | time | L | | 1. Gwen Torrence | USA | 22.61s | 5 | | 2. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.74s | 3 | | 3. Melanie Paschke | GER | 22.81s | 6 | | 4. Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 22.95s | 4 | | 5. Ekaterini Koffa |  GRE | 23.16s | 2 | | 6. Maya Azarashvili |  GEO | 23.18s | 8 | | 7. Damayanthi Darsha-Kobalavithanage | SRI | 23.45s | 7 |
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