| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Oksana Stepicheva |  Unified Team | 23.18s | | 3 | | 2. Iolanda Oanta |  Romania | 23.23s | | 4 | | 3. Sabine Tröger |  Austria | 23.35s | | 6 | | 4. Natalya Voronova | Unified Team | 23.38s | | 5 | | 5. Tsvetanka Ilieva |  Bulgaria | 23.85s | | 1 | | 6. Sanna Hernesniemi |  Finland | 23.97s | | 2 |
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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Oksana Stepicheva | Unified Team | 23.20s | Q | | 2. Iolanda Oanta | Romania | 23.20s | Q | | 4. Sabine Tröger | Austria | 23.53s | Q | | 5. Regula Anliker-Aebi |  Switzerland | 23.69s | | | 7. Karin de Lange |  Netherlands | 23.75s | | | 11.Monika ŀpičková |  Czechoslovakia | 24.20s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Natalya Voronova | Unified Team | 23.47s | Q | | 5. Tsvetanka Ilieva | Bulgaria | 23.69s | Q | | 8. Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.89s | Q | | 9. Sølvi Olsen |  Norway | 24.16s | | | 10.Muriel Leroy |  France | 24.16s | | | -. Donatella Dal Bianco |  Italy | DNS | |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.69s | Q | | 5. Sabine Tröger | Austria | 23.75s | Q | | 10.Karin de Lange | Netherlands | 23.90s | Q | | 12.Donatella Dal Bianco | Italy | 24.02s | q | | 13.Anja Böhme |  Germany | 24.12s | | | 15.Cristina Regalo |  Portugal | 24.68s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Oksana Stepicheva | Unified Team | 23.11s | Q | | 3. Iolanda Oanta | Romania | 23.61s | Q | | 6. Muriel Leroy | France | 23.79s | Q | | 9. Sølvi Olsen | Norway | 23.84s | q | | 11.Regula Anliker-Aebi | Switzerland | 23.94s | q |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Natalya Voronova | Unified Team | 23.50s | Q | | 7. Tsvetanka Ilieva | Bulgaria | 23.80s | Q | | 8. Monika ŀpičková | Czechoslovakia | 23.83s | Q | | 14.Daniela Ferrian | Italy | 24.46s | | | 15.Michelle Carroll |  Ireland | 24.68s | | | 17.Virgínia Gomes | Portugal | 24.99s | |
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