| 1 | Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 11,27 | Q | |
| 2 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 11,44 | Q | |
| 3 | Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe | MAD | 11,51 | Q | |
| 4 | Virgen Benavides | CUB | 11,52 | q | |
| 5 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 11,66 | ||
| 6 | Stephanie Douglas | GBR | 11,67 | ||
| 7 | Magdalena Ansue Nguema | GEQ | 13,62 | NR |
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11,15 | Q |
| 2 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 11,23 | Q |
| 3 | Mary Tombiri | NGR | 11,42 | Q |
| 4 | Petya Pendareva | BUL | 11,45 | q |
| 5 | Gabriele Becker | GER | 11,54 | q |
| 6 | Rahela Markt | CRO | 11,87 | |
| 7 | Sortelina Da Silva | STP | 13,16 |
| 1 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 11,34 | Q |
| 2 | Liliana Allen | CUB | 11,35 | Q |
| 3 | Hermin Joseph | DMN | 11,52 | Q |
| 4 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 11,55 | q |
| 5 | Simmone Jacobs | GBR | 11,60 | |
| 6 | Jerneja Perc | SLO | 11,86 | |
| 7 | Brianie Massaka | CGO | 12,67 |
| 1 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,26 | Q | |
| 2 | Heather Samuel | ANT | 11,42 | Q | |
| 3 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen | FIN | 11,47 | Q | |
| 4 | Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | 11,52 | q | |
| 5 | Felipa Palacios | COL | 11,63 | ||
| 6 | Damayanthi Darsha-Kobalavithanage | SRI | 11,65 | ||
| 7 | Kate Clarke | LBR | 13,45 | ||
| 8 | Awa Diarra | MTN | 13,86 | NR |
| 1 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 11,11 | Q | |
| 2 | Ekateríni Thánou | GRE | 11,27 | Q | NR |
| 3 | Christy Opara-Thompson | NGR | 11,31 | Q | |
| 4 | Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 11,36 | q | |
| 5 | Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 11,59 | ||
| 6 | Georgette Nkoma | CMR | 11,80 | ||
| 7 | Shabana Akhtar | PAK | 12,40 |
| 1 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11,18 | Q |
| 2 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 11,32 | Q |
| 3 | Mirtha Brock | COL | 11,56 | Q |
| 4 | Nora Ivanova | BUL | 11,57 | |
| 5 | Katia Regina De Jesus Santos | BRA | 11,68 | |
| 6 | Odile Singa | FRA | 11,70 | |
| 7 | Thi Lan Ank Hoang | VIE | 12,42 | |
| Desiree Cocks | ANG | DNS |
| 1 | Melanie Paschke | GER | 11,15 | Q |
| 2 | Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 11,34 | Q |
| 3 | Delphine Combe | FRA | 11,39 | Q |
| 4 | Eldece Clarke-Lewis | BAH | 11,40 | q |
| 5 | Huei-Chen Wang | TPE | 11,84 | |
| 6 | Thoumphone Phommasanh | LAO | 13,86 | |
| Natalie Jones | GRN | DNS |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | RUS | 11,28 | Q |
| 2 | Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 11,40 | Q |
| 3 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11,52 | Q |
| 4 | Frédérique Bangué | FRA | 11,54 | q |
| 5 | Cleide Amaral | BRA | 11,57 | |
| 6 | Judith Boshoff | NAM | 12,14 | |
| Antonia De Jesus | ANO | DNS |
| 1 | Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 11,26 | Q |
| 2 | Melanie Paschke | GER | 11,27 | Q |
| 3 | Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 11,33 | Q |
| 4 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 11,35 | Q |
| 5 | Hermin Joseph | DMN | 11,44 | |
| 6 | Virgen Benavides | CUB | 11,49 | |
| 7 | Mary Tombiri | NGR | 11,52 | |
| 8 | Petya Pendareva | BUL | 11,55 |
| 1 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 11,10 | Q |
| 2 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 11,13 | Q |
| 3 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 11,22 | Q |
| 4 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11,22 | Q |
| 5 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | RUS | 11,35 | |
| 6 | Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 11,37 | |
| 7 | Gabriele Becker | GER | 11,54 | |
| 8 | Delphine Combe | FRA | 11,68 |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | RUS | 11,16 | Q |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11,17 | Q |
| 3 | Ekateríni Thánou | GRE | 11,28 | Q |
| 4 | Christy Opara-Thompson | NGR | 11,41 | Q |
| 5 | Eldece Clarke-Lewis | BAH | 11,49 | |
| 6 | Heather Samuel | ANT | 11,51 | |
| 7 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 11,76 | |
| 8 | Mirtha Brock | COL | 11,99 |
| 1 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11,03 | Q |
| 2 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,09 | Q |
| 3 | Liliana Allen | CUB | 11,25 | Q |
| 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen | FIN | 11,31 | Q |
| 5 | Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 11,33 | |
| 6 | Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | 11,36 | |
| 7 | Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe | MAD | 11,46 | |
| 8 | Frédérique Bangué | FRA | 11,55 |
| 1 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 10,84 | Q | |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10,85 | Q | |
| 3 | Irina Privalova | RUS | 10,90 | Q | |
| 4 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 11,09 | Q | |
| 5 | Ekateríni Thánou | GRE | 11,09 | NR | |
| 6 | Liliana Allen | CUB | 11,24 | ||
| 7 | Christy Opara-Thompson | NGR | 11,37 | ||
| 8 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen | FIN | 11,51 |
| 1 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11,09 | Q |
| 2 | Melanie Paschke | GER | 11,13 | Q |
| 3 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,13 | Q |
| 4 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 11,19 | Q |
| 5 | Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 11,24 | |
| 6 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 11,29 | |
| 7 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11,31 | |
| 8 | Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 11,34 |