| Final 19:30 | time | L | | 1. Sally Gunnell |  GBR | 52.74s | 4 | | 2. Sandra Farmer-Patrick |  USA | 52.79s | 6 | | 3. Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova |  RUS | 53.48s | 5 | | 4. Kim Batten | USA | 53.84s | 7 | | 5. Tonja Buford-Bailey | USA | 54.55s | 2 | | 6. Deon Hemmings |  JAM | 54.99s | 3 | | 7. Rosey Edeh |  CAN | 55.19s | 1 | | 8. Natalya Torshina |  KZK | 55.78s | 8 |
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| Semi 1 18.05h | time | L | | 1. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 53.95s | 6 | | 2. Tonja Buford-Bailey | USA | 54.38s | 5 | | 3. Heike Meissner |  GER | 54.64s | 2 | | 4. Anna Chuprina-Knoroz | RUS | 55.12s | 4 | | 5. Tatyana Kurochkina |  BLR | 55.64s | 3 | | 6. Debbie-Ann Parris | JAM | 55.80s | 7 | | 7. Sylwia Pachut |  POL | 56.31s | 1 | | 8. Nicoleta Carutasu |  ROM | 56.61s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 18.12h | time | L | | 1. Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova | RUS | 53.71s | 5 | | 2. Kim Batten | USA | 54.20s | 6 | | 3. Natalya Torshina | KZK | 54.53s | 4 | | 4. Rosey Edeh | CAN | 54.53s | 3 | | 5. Silvia Rieger | GER | 54.90s | 7 | | 6. Monica Westen |  SWE | 55.88s | 1 | | 7. Ann Maenhout |  BEL | 56.14s | 8 | | 8. Jacqui Parker | GBR | 56.68s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 18.19h | time | L | | 1. Sandra Farmer-Patrick | USA | 53.88s | 3 | | 2. Deon Hemmings | JAM | 54.12s | 6 | | 3. Tatyana Ledovskaya | BLR | 54.60s | 5 | | 4. Olga M. Nazarova | RUS | 55.51s | 4 | | 5. Gowry Retchakan-Hodge | GBR | 55.96s | 2 | | 6. Donalda Duprey | CAN | 56.16s | 7 | | 7. Frida Johansson | SWE | 56.48s | 1 | | 8. Lana Uys |  RSA | 57.40s | 8 |
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| Heat 1 10.40h | time | L | | 1. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 55.06s | 7 | | 2. Silvia Rieger | GER | 56.30s | 3 | | 3. Frida Johansson | SWE | 56.81s | 1 | | 4. Nicoleta Carutasu | ROM | 57.13s | 2 | | 5. Monika Warnicka | POL | 57.38s | 6 | | 6. Anabella Von Kesselstat |  ARG | 57.82s | 5 | | 7. Zuzana Machotkova |  CZE | 59.53s | 4 |
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| Heat 2 10.48h | time | L | | 1. Tatyana Ledovskaya | BLR | 55.37s | 6 | | 2. Heike Meissner | GER | 55.84s | 4 | | 3. Debbie-Ann Parris | JAM | 56.19s | 2 | | 4. Ann Maenhout | BEL | 56.48s | 5 | | 5. Lana Uys | RSA | 56.55s | 1 | | 6. Marta Moreira |  POR | 58.06s | 3 | | 7. Jupira Maurina Da Graca |  BRA | 58.79s | 7 |
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| Heat 3 10.56h | time | L | | 1. Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova | RUS | 54.68s | 4 | | 2. Tonja Buford-Bailey | USA | 55.42s | 5 | | 3. Rosey Edeh | CAN | 55.70s | 3 | | 4. Monica Westen | SWE | 56.34s | 6 | | 5. Jacqui Parker | GBR | 56.93s | 8 | | 6. Linda Kisabaka | GER | 57.02s | 7 | | 7. Marjut Toyli |  FIN | 1:00.16 | 1 | | 8. Ivette Sanchez |  PAN | 1:07.89 | 2 |
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| Heat 4 11.04h | time | L | | 1. Olga M. Nazarova | RUS | 55.31s | 2 | | 2. Sandra Farmer-Patrick | USA | 55.70s | 5 | | 3. Deon Hemmings | JAM | 55.94s | 6 | | 4. Gowry Retchakan-Hodge | GBR | 56.31s | 3 | | 5. Sylwia Pachut | POL | 56.92s | 4 | | 6. Miriam Alonso |  ESP | 58.62s | 7 | | 7. Alejandra Quintanar |  MEX | 1:00.04 | 1 |
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| Heat 5 11.12h | time | L | | 1. Kim Batten | USA | 55.37s | 5 | | 2. Natalya Torshina | KZK | 55.51s | 1 | | 3. Anna Chuprina-Knoroz | RUS | 55.54s | 4 | | 4. Tatyana Kurochkina | BLR | 55.69s | 7 | | 5. Donalda Duprey | CAN | 56.80s | 2 | | 6. Mary-Estelle Kapalu |  VAN | 1:00.29 | 8 | | -. Nezha Bidouane |  MAR | DNF | 3 | | -. Yana Burtasenkova |  MOL | DNS | 6 |
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