| 1 | Tania Van Heer | AUS | 22,67 | Q |
| 2 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 22,73 | Q |
| 3 | Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 23,18 | Q |
| 4 | Ekateríni Kóffa | GRE | 23,25 | Q |
| 5 | Joice Maduaka | GBR | 23,27 | q |
| 6 | Hana Beneová | CZE | 23,84 |
| 1 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22,52 | Q |
| 2 | Muriel Hurtis | FRA | 22,69 | Q |
| 3 | Nanceen Perry | USA | 22,97 | Q |
| 4 | Kim Gevaert | BEL | 23,21 | Q |
| 5 | Myriam Mani | CMR | 23,37 | q |
| 6 | Heide Seyerling | RSA | 23,59 | |
| 7 | Lineo Shoai | LES | 25,70 |
| 1 | Inger Miller | USA | 22,92 | Q |
| 2 | Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 23,04 | Q |
| 3 | Juliet Campbell | JAM | 23,07 | Q |
| 4 | Lucimar Aparecida De Moura | BRA | 23,34 | Q |
| 5 | Aïda Diop | SEN | 23,38 | |
| 6 | Louise Ayetotche | CIV | 23,54 | |
| 7 | Julia Alba | ESP | 23,73 |
| 1 | Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22,80 | Q |
| 2 | Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 22,88 | Q |
| 3 | Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22,98 | Q |
| 4 | Esther Möller | GER | 23,16 | Q |
| 5 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | 23,19 | q |
| Irina Privalova | RUS | DNS |
| 1 | Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22,68 | Q | |
| 2 | Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova | BLR | 22,85 | Q | NR |
| 3 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 22,89 | Q | |
| 4 | Nova Peris-Kneebone | AUS | 22,93 | Q | |
| 5 | Sabrina Mulrain | GER | 23,07 | q | |
| 6 | Ciara Sheehy | IRL | 23,54 | ||
| 7 | Marcia Daniel | DMN | 24,48 |
| 1 | Marion Jones | USA | 22,69 | Q |
| 2 | Fatima Yusuf | NGR | 22,72 | Q |
| 3 | Manuela Levorato | ITA | 22,91 | Q |
| 4 | Felipa Palacios | COL | 23,20 | Q |
| 5 | Damayanthi Darsha-Kobalavithanage | SRI | 23,57 | |
| 6 | M'Mah Toure | GUI | 26,35 | |
| Heather Samuel | ANT | DNS |
| 1 | Mercy Nku | NGR | 22,84 | Q |
| 2 | Zuzanna Radecka | POL | 23,01 | Q |
| 3 | Wendy Hartman | RSA | 23,27 | Q |
| 4 | Christine Bloomfield | GBR | 23,31 | Q |
| 5 | Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen | FIN | 23,43 | |
| 6 | Lyubov Perepelova | UZB | 23,74 | |
| Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | DNS |
| 1 | Marion Jones | USA | 22,45 | Q |
| 2 | Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22,48 | Q |
| 3 | Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 22,73 | Q |
| 4 | Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22,84 | Q |
| 5 | Sabrina Mulrain | GER | 22,90 | |
| 6 | Zuzanna Radecka | POL | 22,96 | |
| 7 | Lucimar Aparecida De Moura | BRA | 23,14 | |
| 8 | Wendy Hartman | RSA | 23,28 |
| 1 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22,26 | Q | |
| 2 | Fatima Yusuf | NGR | 22,28 | Q | |
| 3 | Muriel Hurtis | FRA | 22,31 | Q | |
| 4 | Manuela Levorato | ITA | 22,60 | Q | NR |
| 5 | Nanceen Perry | USA | 22,61 | ||
| 6 | Esther Möller | GER | 22,85 | ||
| 7 | Myriam Mani | CMR | 23,14 | ||
| 8 | Kim Gevaert | BEL | 23,16 |
| 1 | Inger Miller | USA | 22,49 | Q |
| 2 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 22,77 | Q |
| 3 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 22,81 | Q |
| 4 | Tania Van Heer | AUS | 22,89 | Q |
| 5 | Ekateríni Kóffa | GRE | 23,28 | |
| 6 | Joice Maduaka | GBR | 23,33 | |
| 7 | Felipa Palacios | COL | 23,46 | |
| Alenka Bikar | SLO | DNS |
| 1 | Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22,53 | Q | |
| 2 | Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22,69 | Q | |
| 3 | Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova | BLR | 22,74 | Q | NR |
| 4 | Nova Peris-Kneebone | AUS | 22,76 | Q | |
| 5 | Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22,82 | ||
| 6 | Mercy Nku | NGR | 22,83 | ||
| 7 | Christine Bloomfield | GBR | 23,35 | ||
| Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich | UKR | DNS |
| 1 | Inger Miller | USA | 22,17 | Q |
| 2 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 22,25 | Q |
| 3 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 22,26 | Q |
| 4 | Fatima Yusuf | NGR | 22,44 | Q |
| 5 | Muriel Hurtis | FRA | 22,52 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 22,68 | |
| 7 | Manuela Levorato | ITA | 22,70 | |
| 8 | Nova Peris-Kneebone | AUS | 22,74 |
| 1 | Merlene Frazer | JAM | 22,18 | Q |
| 2 | Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 22,34 | Q |
| 3 | Juliet Campbell | JAM | 22,50 | Q |
| 4 | Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 22,54 | Q |
| 5 | Tania Van Heer | AUS | 22,57 | |
| 6 | Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22,75 | |
| 7 | Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova | BLR | 23,16 | |
| Marion Jones | USA | DNF |