| Final 17:50 | time | L | | 1. Ludmila Engquist | URS | 12.59s | 4 | | 2. Gail Devers | USA | 12.63s | 5 | | 3. Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 12.69s | 6 | | 4. Monique Ewanje-Epee | FRA | 12.84s | 3 | | 5. Julie Baumann | SUI | 12.88s | 2 | | 6. Florence Colle | FRA | 13.01s | 1 | | 7. Aliuska Lopez | CUB | 13.06s | 8 | | 8. Kristin Patzwahl | GER | 13.07s | 7 |
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| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 12.66s | 5 | | 2. Gail Devers | USA | 12.71s | 3 | | 3. Monique Ewanje-Epee | FRA | 12.88s | 4 | | 4. Kristin Patzwahl | GER | 13.11s | 2 | | 5. Michelle Freeman | JAM | 13.17s | 1 | | 6. Sylvia Dethier | BEL | 13.18s | 6 | | 7. Kay Morley-Brown | GBR | 13.24s | 7 | | 8. Odalys Adams | CUB | 13.26s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Ludmila Engquist | URS | 12.52s | 3 | | 2. Aliuska Lopez | CUB | 12.91s | 4 | | 3. Florence Colle | FRA | 12.94s | 1 | | 4. Julie Baumann | SUI | 12.94s | 6 | | 5. Anne Piquereau | FRA | 13.02s | 8 | | 6. Arnita Myricks | USA | 13.12s | 7 | | 7. Maria Jose Mardomingo | ESP | 13.19s | 2 | | 8. Yu Zhang | CHN | 13.24s | 5 |
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| Heats | Thursday 29.08 11:40 |
| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Yu Zhang | CHN | 13.12s | 6 | | 2. Arnita Myricks | USA | 13.12s | 7 | | 3. Anne Piquereau | FRA | 13.20s | 3 | | 4. Lesley-Ann Skeete | GBR | 13.33s | 4 | | 5. Mihaela Stoica-Pogacian | ROM | 13.38s | 2 | | 6. Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat | GER | 13.55s | 5 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 13.02s | 1 | | 2. Odalys Adams | CUB | 13.30s | 2 | | 3. Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 13.41s | 4 | | 4. Liliana Nastase | ROM | 13.41s | 7 | | 5. Donalda Duprey | CAN | 13.75s | 3 | | 6. Carmen Bezanilla | CHI | 14.01s | 6 | | -. Yasmina Azzizi | ALG | DNS | 5 |
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| Heat 3 | time | L | | 1. Gail Devers | USA | 12.77s | 6 | | 2. Michelle Freeman | JAM | 13.10s | 4 | | 3. Florence Colle | FRA | 13.12s | 7 | | 4. Maria Jose Mardomingo | ESP | 13.22s | 2 | | 5. Gloria Uibel-Siebert | GER | 13.29s | 5 | | 6. Bin Luo | CHN | 13.53s | 3 |
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| Heat 4 | time | L | | 1. Monique Ewanje-Epee | FRA | 12.92s | 1 | | 2. Aliuska Lopez | CUB | 13.10s | 4 | | 3. Kay Morley-Brown | GBR | 13.24s | 2 | | 4. Nadezhda Bodrova | URS | 13.34s | 7 | | 5. Brigita Bukovec | YUG | 13.44s | 3 | | 6. Monica Pellegrinelli | SUI | 13.49s | 5 | | 7. Shu-Hwa Wang | TPE | 13.81s | 6 |
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| Heat 5 | time | L | | 1. Ludmila Engquist | URS | 12.66s | 4 | | 2. Julie Baumann | SUI | 12.86s | 7 | | 3. Sylvia Dethier | BEL | 13.07s | 1 | | 4. Kristin Patzwahl | GER | 13.08s | 5 | | 5. Dawn Bowles | USA | 13.41s | 6 | | 6. Michelle Edwards | GBR | 13.50s | 3 | | 7. Ayumi Sasaki | JPN | 13.85s | 2 |
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