| 1 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11,21 | Q | |
| 2 | Irina Slyusar | URS | 11,32 | Q | |
| 3 | Beverly Kinch | GBR | 11,50 | Q | |
| 4 | Claudete Alves Pina | BRA | 11,71 | q | |
| 5 | Jatamsuren Otgonchineg | MGL | 12,26 | NR | |
| 6 | Jane Thondojee | MRI | 12,36 | ||
| 7 | Tili Fata | SAM | 13,31 |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | URS | 11,14 | Q | |
| 2 | Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki | FIN | 11,24 | Q | |
| 3 | Kerry Johnson | AUS | 11,26 | Q | |
| 4 | Cristina Castro | ESP | 11,55 | q | |
| 5 | Rosanna Browne | ANG | 12,04 | NR | |
| 6 | Jabou Jawo | GAM | 12,42 | ||
| 7 | Faouzia Djaffar | COM | 14,69 |
| 1 | Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11,16 | Q | |
| 2 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,22 | Q | |
| 3 | Yumei Tian | CHN | 11,55 | Q | |
| 4 | Sabine Richter | GER | 11,64 | q | |
| 5 | Mariama Ouiminga | BKF | 12,26 | NR | |
| 6 | Joy-Ann Eli | BAR | 12,42 | ||
| 7 | Sherlette Barrow | BIZ | 12,66 | ||
| 8 | Mpoka Mokosi | COD | 12,99 |
| 1 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11,45 | Q | |
| 2 | Laurence Bily | FRA | 11,51 | Q | |
| 3 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 11,72 | Q | |
| 4 | Huei-Chen Wang | TPE | 11,77 | q | |
| 5 | Truong Hoang My Linh | VIE | 12,02 | ||
| 6 | Gisele Ongollo | GAB | 12,32 | ||
| 7 | Denise Ouabangui | CAF | 12,69 | NR | |
| 8 | Erin Tierney | CKI | 13,45 |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GER | 11,23 | Q |
| 2 | Beatrice Utondu | NGR | 11,51 | Q |
| 3 | Stephanie Douglas | GBR | 11,66 | Q |
| 4 | Govindasamy Shanti | MAS | 11,80 | q |
| 5 | Gailey Dube | ZIM | 12,25 | |
| 6 | Deirdre Caruana | MLT | 12,71 | |
| 7 | Lusia Puleanga | TON | 13,21 |
| 1 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 11,27 | Q | |
| 2 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 11,32 | Q | |
| 3 | Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 11,54 | Q | |
| 4 | Lalao Ravaonirina | MAD | 11,74 | q | |
| 5 | Aminata Konate | GUI | 12,19 | NR | |
| 6 | Feroza Khatton | BAN | 12,67 | ||
| 7 | Laure Kuetey | BEN | 13,01 | ||
| 8 | Trudy Duburiya | NAU | 14,34 |
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11,06 | Q |
| 2 | Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 11,42 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Kovtun | URS | 11,44 | Q |
| 4 | Rossella Tarolo | ITA | 11,64 | q |
| 5 | Michelle Seymour | NZL | 11,77 | q |
| 6 | Fornie Conteh | SLE | 13,72 | |
| Miss Sabra | AFG | DNS |
| 1 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 11,51 | Q | |
| 2 | Liliana Allen | CUB | 11,59 | Q | |
| 3 | Rufina Ubah | NGR | 11,72 | Q | |
| 4 | Karen Clarke | CAN | 11,98 | ||
| 5 | Rita Alcazar | PAN | 12,49 | ||
| 6 | Fathimath Fezleen | MLD | 14,08 | ||
| 7 | Tehani Kirby | NMA | 15,12 | NR |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GER | 10,91 | Q |
| 2 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11,21 | Q |
| 3 | Irina Slyusar | URS | 11,30 | Q |
| 4 | Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 11,47 | Q |
| 5 | Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 11,51 | |
| 6 | Yumei Tian | CHN | 11,52 | |
| 7 | Claudete Alves Pina | BRA | 11,81 | |
| 8 | Lalao Ravaonirina | MAD | 11,81 |
| 1 | Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11,09 | Q |
| 2 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,12 | Q |
| 3 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 11,20 | Q |
| 4 | Natalya Kovtun | URS | 11,43 | Q |
| 5 | Laurence Bily | FRA | 11,45 | |
| 6 | Stephanie Douglas | GBR | 11,58 | |
| 7 | Sabine Richter | GER | 11,66 | |
| 8 | Huei-Chen Wang | TPE | 11,79 |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | URS | 11,22 | Q |
| 2 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 11,30 | Q |
| 3 | Beatrice Utondu | NGR | 11,40 | Q |
| 4 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11,41 | Q |
| 5 | Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki | FIN | 11,52 | |
| 6 | Rossella Tarolo | ITA | 11,75 | |
| 7 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 11,80 | |
| 8 | Govindasamy Shanti | MAS | 11,89 |
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10,89 | Q |
| 2 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 10,99 | Q |
| 3 | Kerry Johnson | AUS | 11,27 | Q |
| 4 | Liliana Allen | CUB | 11,40 | Q |
| 5 | Beverly Kinch | GBR | 11,45 | |
| 6 | Rufina Ubah | NGR | 11,54 | |
| 7 | Cristina Castro | ESP | 11,71 | |
| 8 | Michelle Seymour | NZL | 11,87 |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GER | 10,94 | Q |
| 2 | Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11,08 | Q |
| 3 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,13 | Q |
| 4 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11,16 | Q |
| 5 | Kerry Johnson | AUS | 11,38 | |
| 6 | Irina Slyusar | URS | 11,42 | |
| 7 | Liliana Allen | CUB | 11,53 | |
| 8 | Beatrice Utondu | NGR | 11,58 |
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10,78 | Q |
| 2 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 10,85 | Q |
| 3 | Irina Privalova | URS | 10,99 | Q |
| 4 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 11,10 | Q |
| 5 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 11,19 | |
| 6 | Natalya Kovtun | URS | 11,37 | |
| 7 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11,46 | |
| 8 | Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 11,51 |