| Final 19.45h | time | L | | 1. Inger Miller | USA | 21.77s | 3 | | 2. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.22s | 8 | | 3. Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22.26s | 5 | | 3. Andrea Philipp | GER | 22.26s | 6 | | 5. Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22.28s | 4 | | 6. Fatima Yusuf | NGR | 22.42s | 7 | | 7. Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 22.53s | 1 | | 8. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22.64s | 2 |
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| Heat 1 19.30h | time | L | | 1. Inger Miller | USA | 22.17s | 6 | | 2. Andrea Philipp | GER | 22.25s | 8 | | 3. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.26s | 5 | | 4. Fatima Yusuf | NGR | 22.44s | 3 | | 5. Muriel Hurtis | FRA | 22.52s | 2 | | 6. Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 22.68s | 4 | | 7. Manuela Levorato | ITA | 22.70s | 1 | | 8. Nova Peris-Kneebone | AUS | 22.74s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 19.38h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22.18s | 6 | | 2. Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22.34s | 5 | | 3. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22.50s | 4 | | 4. Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 22.54s | 2 | | 5. Tania VanHeer | AUS | 22.57s | 7 | | 6. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22.75s | 8 | | 7. Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova | BLR | 23.16s | 1 | | -. Marion Jones | USA | DNF | 3 |
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| Heat 1 18.35h | time | L | | 1. Marion Jones | USA | 22.45s | 5 | | 2. Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22.48s | 6 | | 3. Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 22.73s | 4 | | 4. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22.84s | 1 | | 5. Sabrina Mulrain | GER | 22.90s | 2 | | 6. Zuzanna Radecka | POL | 22.96s | 3 | | 7. Lucimar Aparecida De Moura | BRA | 23.14s | 7 | | 8. Wendy Hartman | RSA | 23.28s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 18.41h | time | L | | 1. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.26s | 4 | | 2. Fatima Yusuf | NGR | 22.28s | 5 | | 3. Muriel Hurtis | FRA | 22.31s | 6 | | 4. Manuela Levorato | ITA | 22.60s | 3 | | 5. Nanceen Perry | USA | 22.61s | 1 | | 6. Esther Moller | GER | 22.85s | 8 | | 7. Myriam Mani | CMR | 23.14s | 7 | | 8. Kim Gevaert | BEL | 23.16s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 18.47h | time | L | | 1. Inger Miller | USA | 22.49s | 5 | | 2. Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 22.77s | 6 | | 3. Andrea Philipp | GER | 22.81s | 3 | | 4. Tania Van Heer | AUS | 22.89s | 4 | | 5. Ekaterini Koffa | GRE | 23.28s | 7 | | 6. Joice Maduaka | GBR | 23.33s | 8 | | 7. Felipa Palacios | COL | 23.46s | 1 | | -. Alenka Bikar | SLO | DNS | 2 |
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| Heat 4 18.53h | time | L | | 1. Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22.53s | 6 | | 2. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22.69s | 2 | | 3. Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova | BLR | 22.74s | 5 | | 4. Nova Peris-Kneebone | AUS | 22.76s | 7 | | 5. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22.82s | 3 | | 6. Mercy Nku | NGR | 22.83s | 4 | | 7. Christine Bloomfield | GBR | 23.35s | 1 | | -. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 1 10.45h | time | L | | 1. Tania Van Heer | AUS | 22.67s | 6 | | 2. Andrea Philipp | GER | 22.73s | 3 | | 3. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 23.18s | 7 | | 4. Ekaterini Koffa | GRE | 23.25s | 2 | | 5. Joice Maduaka | GBR | 23.27s | 4 | | 6. Hana Benesova | CZE | 23.84s | 5 |
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| Heat 2 10.51h | time | L | | 1. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.52s | 4 | | 2. Muriel Hurtis | FRA | 22.69s | 6 | | 3. Nanceen Perry | USA | 22.97s | 2 | | 4. Kim Gevaert | BEL | 23.21s | 3 | | 5. Myriam Mani | CMR | 23.37s | 5 | | 6. Heide Seyerling | RSA | 23.59s | 8 | | 7. Lineo Shoai | LES | 25.70s | 7 |
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| Heat 3 10.57h | time | L | | 1. Inger Miller | USA | 22.92s | 4 | | 2. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 23.04s | 8 | | 3. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 23.07s | 6 | | 4. Lucimar Aparecida De Moura | BRA | 23.34s | 7 | | 5. Aida Diop | SEN | 23.38s | 2 | | 6. Louise Ayetotche | CIV | 23.54s | 3 | | 7. Julia Alba | ESP | 23.73s | 5 |
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| Heat 4 11.03h | time | L | | 1. Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22.80s | 7 | | 2. Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 22.88s | 6 | | 3. Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22.98s | 5 | | 4. Esther Moller | GER | 23.16s | 3 | | 5. Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 23.19s | 2 | | -. Irina Privalova | RUS | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 5 11.09h | time | L | | 1. Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22.68s | 8 | | 2. Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova | BLR | 22.85s | 7 | | 3. Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 22.89s | 2 | | 4. Nova Peris-Kneebone | AUS | 22.93s | 4 | | 5. Sabrina Mulrain | GER | 23.07s | 3 | | 6. Ciara Sheehy | IRL | 23.54s | 5 | | 7. Marcia Daniel | DMN | 24.48s | 6 |
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| Heat 6 11.15h | time | L | | 1. Marion Jones | USA | 22.69s | 5 | | 2. Fatima Yusuf | NGR | 22.72s | 8 | | 3. Manuela Levorato | ITA | 22.91s | 7 | | 4. Felipa Palacios | COL | 23.20s | 2 | | 5. Damayanthi Darsha-Kobalavuthanage | SRI | 23.57s | 4 | | 6. M'Mah Toure | GUI | 26.35s | 3 | | -. Heather Samuel | ANT | DNS | 6 |
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| Heat 7 11.21h | time | L | | 1. Mercy Nku | NGR | 22.84s | 6 | | 2. Zuzanna Radecka | POL | 23.01s | 2 | | 3. Wendy Hartman | RSA | 23.27s | 5 | | 4. Christine Bloomfield | GBR | 23.31s | 8 | | 5. Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen | FIN | 23.43s | 7 | | 6. Lyubov Perepelova | UZB | 23.74s | 3 | | -. Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | DNS | 4 |
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