| | | Final 18:10 | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 12.68s | 5 |  | 2. Olga Shishigina |  KZK | 12.80s | 4 |  | 3. Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn |  RUS | 12.85s | 8 |  | 4. Tatyana Reshetnikova |  RUS | 12.87s | 2 |  | 5. Julie Baumann |  SUI | 12.95s | 7 |  | 6. Gillian Russell |  JAM | 12.96s | 6 |  | 7. Dionne Rose |  JAM | 12.98s | 1 |  | 8. Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 13.02s | 3 | 
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 | | Semi 1 18:20 | time | L |  | 1. Gail Devers |  USA | 12.67s | 5 |  | 2. Gillian Russell |  JAM | 12.74s | 4 |  | 3. Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn |  RUS | 12.82s | 3 |  | 4. Julie Baumann |  SUI | 12.86s | 1 |  | 5. Patricia Girard |  FRA | 12.87s | 6 |  | 6. Lidiya Yurkova |  BLR | 12.95s | 2 |  | 7. Jackie Agyepong |  GBR | 13.14s | 8 |  | 8. Michelle Freeman |  JAM | 13.23s | 7 | 
 | | Semi 2 18:26 | time | L |  | 1. Olga Shishigina |  KZK | 12.78s | 3 |  | 2. Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 12.82s | 5 |  | 3. Dionne Rose |  JAM | 12.86s | 6 |  | 4. Tatyana Reshetnikova |  RUS | 12.88s | 4 |  | 5. Marsha Guialdo |  USA | 12.91s | 7 |  | 6. Aliuska Lopez |  CUB | 12.98s | 2 |  | 7. Anne Piquereau |  FRA | 13.09s | 8 |  | 8. Nicole Ramalalanirina |  MAD | 13.24s | 1 | 
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 | | Heat 1 11.05h | Team | Time | L |  | 1. Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | 12.93s | 2 |  | 2. Dionne Rose |  JAM | 12.97s | 7 |  | 3. Anne Piquereau |  FRA | 13.05s | 3 |  | 4. Caren Jung-Sonn |  GER | 13.13s | 4 |  | 5. Carla Tuzzi |  ITA | 13.32s | 6 |  | 6. Sau Ying Chan |  HKG | 13.53s | 5 | 
 | | Heat 2 11.11h | Team | Time | L |  | 1. Tatyana Reshetnikova |  RUS | 13.07s | 2 |  | 2. Marsha Guialdo |  USA | 13.08s | 5 |  | 3. Monique Ewanje-Epee-Tourret |  FRA | 13.13s | 6 |  | 4. Birgit Wolf |  GER | 13.21s | 3 |  | 5. Maria Jose Mardomingo |  ESP | 13.31s | 8 |  | 6. Isabel Abrantes |  POR | 13.77s | 4 |  | -. Hsiu-Ying Hsu |  TPE | DNF | 7 | 
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 | | Heat 3 11.17h | time | L |  | 1. Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn |  RUS | 12.90s | 4 |  | 2. Patricia Girard |  FRA | 12.95s | 6 |  | 3. Michelle Freeman |  JAM | 12.99s | 2 |  | 4. Lidiya Yurkova |  BLR | 13.00s | 3 |  | 5. Odalys Adams |  CUB | 13.33s | 7 |  | 6. Heike Blassneck |  GER | 13.47s | 8 |  | -. Gilda Massa |  PER | DNS | 5 | 
 | | Heat 4 11.23h | time | L |  | 1. Olga Shishigina |  KZK | 12.80s | 5 |  | 2. Aliuska Lopez |  CUB | 13.01s | 6 |  | 3. Jackie Agyepong |  GBR | 13.06s | 4 |  | 4. Nicole Ramalalanirina |  MAD | 13.13s | 2 |  | 5. Doris Williams |  USA | 13.33s | 8 |  | 6. Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca |  SRI | 13.45s | 3 |  | -. Joyce Melendez |  PUR | DNS | 7 | 
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 | | Heat 5 11.29h | time | L |  | 1. Gillian Russell |  JAM | 12.84s | 8 |  | 2. Gail Devers |  USA | 12.85s | 7 |  | 3. Julie Baumann |  SUI | 12.99s | 5 |  | 4. Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska |  UKR | 13.18s | 3 |  | 5. Monica Grefstad |  NOR | 13.30s | 6 |  | 6. Jing Zhou |  CHN | 13.61s | 2 |  | 7. Veronique Linster |  LUX | 13.74s | 4 | 
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