| Final 21.30h | time | L | | 1. Marion Jones |  USA | 22.39s | 5 | | 2. Debbie Ferguson |  BAH | 22.52s | 4 | | 3. LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 22.85s | 7 | | 4. Cydonie Mothersill |  CAY | 22.88s | 1 | | 5. Juliet Campbell |  JAM | 22.99s | 2 | | 6. Alenka Bikar |  SLO | 23.00s | 8 | | 7. Myriam Leonie Mani |  CMR | 23.15s | 6 | | DQ. Kelli White | USA | 22.56s | 3 |
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| Heat 1 18.47h | time | L | | 1. Marion Jones | USA | 22.40s | 3 | | 2. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22.68s | 6 | | 3. K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha |  SRI | 22.88s | 5 | | 4. Birgit Rockmeier |  GER | 22.97s | 4 | | 5. Johanna Manninen |  FIN | 23.11s | 1 | | 6. Manuela Levorato |  ITA | 23.13s | 8 | | 7. Fabe Dia |  FRA | 23.14s | 7 | | 8. Kim Gevaert |  BEL | 23.29s | 2 |
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| Semi 2 18.55h | time | L | | 1. Myriam Leonie Mani | CMR | 22.59s | 6 | | 2. LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 22.63s | 3 | | 3. Cydonie Mothersill | CAY | 22.63s | 4 | | 4. Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22.76s | 7 | | 5. Aida Diop |  SEN | 22.94s | 5 | | 6. Natalya Safronnikova |  BLR | 23.02s | 8 | | 7. Lauren Hewitt |  AUS | 23.05s | 1 | | 8. Louise Ayetotche |  CIV | 23.47s | 2 |
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| Semi 3 19.03h | time | L | | 1. Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22.39s | 4 | | 2. Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |  NGR | 22.80s | 6 | | 3. Inger Miller | USA | 22.82s | 7 | | 4. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.84s | 3 | | 5. Sarah Reilly |  IRL | 23.24s | 1 | | 6. Irina Khabarova |  RUS | 23.43s | 8 | | -. Kelli White | USA | DQ | 5 | | -. Gaby Rockmeier | GER | DNF | 2 |
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| Heat 1 20.19h | time | L | | 1. K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha | SRI | 22.88s | 5 | | 2. Birgit Rockmeier | GER | 23.01s | 7 | | 3. Kim Gevaert | BEL | 23.10s | 1 | | 4. Irina Khabarova | RUS | 23.25s | 2 | | 5. Natalya Safronnikova | BLR | 23.30s | 3 | | 6. Liliana Allen |  MEX | 23.32s | 8 | | 7. Aleen Bailey | JAM | 23.70s | 6 | | 8. Kaitinano Mwemweata |  KIR | 28.76s | 4 |
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| Heat 2 20.25h | time | L | | 1. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22.73s | 3 | | 2. Aida Diop | SEN | 22.91s | 6 | | 3. Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 23.07s | 1 | | 4. LaDonna Antoine |  CAN | 23.76s | 8 | | 5. Gabriela Patterson |  CRC | 24.37s | 4 | | 6. Ann Mooney |  PNG | 25.34s | 2 | | -. Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | DQ | 7 | | -. Kelli White | USA | DQ | 5 |
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| Heat 3 20.31h | time | L | | 1. Marion Jones | USA | 22.70s | 5 | | 2. Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 23.00s | 1 | | 3. Sarah Reilly | IRL | 23.02s | 4 | | 4. Louise Ayetotche | CIV | 23.15s | 7 | | 5. Lyubov Perepelova |  UZB | 24.03s | 8 | | 6. Karin Mayr |  AUT | 24.38s | 2 | | 7. Ekundayo Williams |  SLE | 25.35s | 6 | | -. Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | DQ | 3 |
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| Heat 4 20.37h | time | L | | 1. LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 22.82s | 3 | | 2. Myriam Leonie Mani | CMR | 22.82s | 1 | | 3. Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | NGR | 22.87s | 7 | | 4. Johanna Manninen | FIN | 22.93s | 8 | | 5. Gaby Rockmeier | GER | 22.95s | 6 | | 6. Fabe Dia | FRA | 23.07s | 5 | | -. Valma Bass |  SKN | DNS | 2 | | -. Nadjina Kaltouma |  CHA | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 5 20.43h | time | L | | 1. Cydonie Mothersill | CAY | 22.54s | 7 | | 2. Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22.88s | 6 | | 3. Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22.93s | 8 | | 4. Inger Miller | USA | 22.98s | 3 | | 5. Manuela Levorato | ITA | 23.23s | 1 | | 6. Felipa Palacios |  COL | 23.40s | 2 | | 7. Natasha Mayers |  VIN | 24.91s | 4 | | 8. Marcia Daniel |  DMA | 25.04s | 5 |
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