| Final 19:05 | time | L | | 1. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich |  UKR | 22.32s | 5 | | 2. Susanthika Jayasinghe |  SRI | 22.39s | 4 | | 3. Merlene Ottey |  JAM | 22.40s | 3 | | 4. Yekaterina Leshchova |  RUS | 22.50s | 7 | | 5. Inger Miller |  USA | 22.52s | 6 | | 6. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.65s | 1 | | 7. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  AUS | 22.73s | 2 | | 8. Sylviane Felix |  FRA | 22.81s | 8 |
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| Heat 1 19.00h | time | L | | 1. Inger Miller | USA | 22.59s | 5 | | 2. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 22.65s | 2 | | 3. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.69s | 3 | | 4. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22.70s | 4 | | 5. Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22.81s | 7 | | 6. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22.94s | 1 | | 7. Xiaomei Liu |  CHN | 23.03s | 8 | | -. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | DNS | 6 |
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| Heat 2 19.10h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.26s | 3 | | 2. Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 22.33s | 6 | | 3. Sylviane Felix | FRA | 22.57s | 5 | | 4. Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 22.59s | 4 | | 5. Ekaterini Koffa |  GRE | 22.70s | 7 | | 6. Zundra Feagin-Alexander | USA | 22.92s | 2 | | 7. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 23.03s | 1 | | -. Petya Pendareva |  BUL | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 1 18.15h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.65s | 3 | | 2. Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 22.91s | 6 | | 3. Ekaterini Koffa | GRE | 23.05s | 7 | | 4. Xuemei Li | CHN | 23.06s | 4 | | 5. Lucrecia Jardim |  POR | 23.16s | 2 | | 6. Hana Benesova |  CZE | 23.34s | 5 | | 7. Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 23.53s | 1 | | 8. Katharine Merry |  GBR | 23.98s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 18.21h | time | L | | 1. Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 22.47s | 6 | | 2. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.63s | 3 | | 3. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 22.83s | 5 | | 4. Jiankui Yan | CHN | 22.97s | 8 | | 5. Cheryl Taplin | USA | 23.07s | 7 | | 6. Chandra Sturrup |  BAH | 23.07s | 4 | | 7. Katia Benth | FRA | 23.20s | 1 | | 8. Simmone Jacobs | GBR | 23.49s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 18.27h | time | L | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.69s | 4 | | 2. Inger Miller | USA | 22.85s | 3 | | 3. Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22.92s | 5 | | 4. Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 23.13s | 6 | | 5. Melanie Paschke |  GER | 23.22s | 2 | | 6. Felipa Palacios |  COL | 23.34s | 1 | | 7. Alenka Bikar |  SLO | 23.43s | 7 | | 8. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |  FIN | 23.52s | 8 |
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| Heat 4 18.33h | time | L | | 1. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22.45s | 6 | | 2. Sylviane Felix | FRA | 22.56s | 7 | | 3. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 22.56s | 5 | | 4. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22.75s | 1 | | 5. Zundra Feagin-Alexander | USA | 22.81s | 3 | | 6. Petya Pendareva | BUL | 22.90s | 8 | | 7. Xiaomei Liu | CHN | 22.95s | 4 | | 8. Shanta Ghosh | GER | 23.62s | 2 |
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| Heat 1 11.15h | time | L | | 1. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 22.85s | 2 | | 2. Zundra Feagin-Alexander | USA | 22.99s | 3 | | 3. Melanie Paschke | GER | 23.10s | 6 | | 4. Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 23.18s | 4 | | 5. Katharine Merry | GBR | 23.20s | 5 | | 6. Melissa Straker |  BAR | 23.45s | 8 | | 7. Ameerah Bello |  ISV | 24.31s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 11.22h | time | L | | 1. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22.76s | 3 | | 2. Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22.91s | 5 | | 3. Simmone Jacobs | GBR | 23.23s | 4 | | 4. Shanta Ghosh | GER | 23.58s | 7 | | 5. Aida Diop |  SEN | 23.71s | 2 | | 6. Danielle Perpoli |  ITA | 23.96s | 8 | | -. Nadjina Kaltouma |  CHA | DNS | 6 |
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| Heat 3 11.29h | time | L | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.87s | 4 | | 2. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.94s | 7 | | 3. Ekaterini Koffa | GRE | 22.97s | 2 | | 4. Jiankui Yan | CHN | 23.11s | 6 | | 5. Felipa Palacios | COL | 23.15s | 8 | | 6. Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova |  BLR | 23.66s | 5 | | 7. Svetlana Bodritskaya |  KZK | 23.96s | 3 |
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| Heat 4 11.36h | time | L | | 1. Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 22.44s | 7 | | 2. Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 22.47s | 5 | | 3. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.47s | 2 | | 4. Sylviane Felix | FRA | 22.71s | 3 | | 5. Petya Pendareva | BUL | 23.02s | 8 | | 6. Gabriele Rockmeier | GER | 23.22s | 4 | | 7. Patricia Rodriguez | COL | 23.45s | 6 | | 8. Vernetta Lesforis |  STL | 24.27s | 1 |
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| Heat 5 11.43h | time | L | | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 23.08s | 7 | | 2. Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 23.26s | 1 | | 3. Cheryl Taplin | USA | 23.28s | 2 | | 4. Katia Benth | FRA | 23.33s | 4 | | 5. Marina Filipovic |  YUG | 23.54s | 8 | | 6. Heather Samuel |  ANT | 23.93s | 6 | | 7. Sittina Djabiri |  COM | 30.88s | 3 | | -. Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | DNF | 5 |
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| Heat 6 11.50h | time | L | | 1. Inger Miller | USA | 22.55s | 8 | | 2. Xiaomei Liu | CHN | 22.99s | 3 | | 3. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 23.00s | 4 | | 4. Lucrecia Jardim | POR | 23.04s | 1 | | 5. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen | FIN | 23.17s | 7 | | 6. Monika Gachevska | BUL | 23.55s | 2 | | 7. Dora Kyriakou |  CYP | 24.08s | 6 | | 8. Laure Kuetey |  BEN | 25.15s | 5 |
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| Heat 7 11.57h | time | L | | 1. Xuemei Li | CHN | 22.44s | 6 | | 2. Hana Benesova | CZE | 22.76s | 3 | | 3. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22.77s | 8 | | 4. Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22.81s | 7 | | 5. Ladonna Antoine |  CAN | 23.86s | 2 | | 6. Georgette Nkoma |  CMR | 24.53s | 1 | | 7. Rossa Maira |  PNG | 25.02s | 4 | | 8. Fanta Dao |  MLI | 25.35s | 5 |
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