| 1 | Cydonie Mothersill | CAY | 23,72 | Q |
| 2 | LaTasha Colander | USA | 23,89 | Q |
| 3 | LaVerne Jones | ISV | 24,12 | Q |
| 4 | Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 24,20 | |
| 5 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | JAM | 24,20 | |
| 6 | Yelena Bolsun | RUS | 24,30 | |
| 7 | Karin Mayr-Krifka | AUT | 24,61 |
| 1 | Yuliya Gushchina | RUS | 22,53 | Q | |
| 2 | Allyson Felix | USA | 22,68 | Q | |
| 3 | Kim Gevaert | BEL | 22,78 | Q | |
| 4 | Natalya Sologub | BLR | 23,16 | q | |
| 5 | Maryna Maydanova | UKR | 23,31 | q | |
| 6 | Tracy Hamblet Joseph | CRC | 24,84 | ||
| 7 | Gertrudis Luna | GEQ | 26,28 | NR |
| 1 | Fabienne Feraez | BEN | 23,72 | Q |
| 2 | Irina Khabarova | RUS | 23,78 | Q |
| 3 | Rachelle Boone-Smith | USA | 23,78 | Q |
| 4 | Christine Amertil | BAH | 23,88 | |
| 5 | Vida Anim | GHA | 24,16 | |
| 6 | Mae Koime | PNG | 25,31 | |
| 7 | Gcinile Moyane | SWZ | 27,79 |
| 1 | Christine Arron | FRA | 22,89 | Q |
| 2 | Veronica Campbell | JAM | 23,28 | Q |
| 3 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura | BRA | 23,36 | Q |
| 4 | Geraldine Pillay | RSA | 23,58 | q |
| 5 | Alenka Bikar | SLO | 23,77 | q |
| 6 | Mercy Nku | NGR | 23,99 |
| 1 | Christine Arron | FRA | 22,45 | Q |
| 2 | Rachelle Boone-Smith | USA | 22,69 | Q |
| 3 | LaTasha Colander | USA | 22,69 | Q |
| 4 | Cydonie Mothersill | CAY | 23,13 | Q |
| 5 | Irina Khabarova | RUS | 23,26 | |
| 6 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura | BRA | 23,42 | |
| 7 | Maryna Maydanova | UKR | 23,78 | |
| 8 | Geraldine Pillay | RSA | 24,22 |
| 1 | Allyson Felix | USA | 22,90 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Gevaert | BEL | 22,97 | Q |
| 3 | Veronica Campbell | JAM | 23,02 | Q |
| 4 | Yuliya Gushchina | RUS | 23,10 | Q |
| 5 | Fabienne Feraez | BEN | 23,29 | |
| 6 | Natalya Sologub | BLR | 23,62 | |
| 7 | LaVerne Jones | ISV | 23,62 | |
| 8 | Alenka Bikar | SLO | 23,94 |