Final | | time | | L | 1. Galina Malchugina | Russia | 22.41s | | 5 | 2. Silke Knoll | Germany | 22.96s | | 4 | 3. Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.43s | | 3 | 4. Hana Benešová | Czechia | 23.67s | | 2 | 5. Giada Gallina | Italy | 23.79s | | 6 | 6. Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 23.89s | | 1 |
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| First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
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| First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Semi 1 | | time | | 1. Silke Knoll | Germany | 22.94s | Q | 3. Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.41s | Q | 7. Giada Gallina | Italy | 23.84s | Q | 8. Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.88s | | 9. Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.91s | | -. Olga Bogoslovskaya | Russia | DNF | | Heat 1 | | time | | 9. Giada Gallina | Italy | 23.75s | Q | 12.Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 24.15s | Q | -. Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | DQ | | -. Natalya Anisimova | Russia | DNS | | -. Maia Azarashvili | Georgia | DNS | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 2. Galina Malchugina | Russia | 23.05s | Q | 4. Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 23.67s | Q | 5. Hana Benešová | Czechia | 23.70s | Q | 6. Maria Staafgård | Sweden | 23.73s | | 10.Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 23.95s | | 11.Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 24.38s | | Heat 2 | | time | | 1. Silke Knoll | Germany | 23.19s | Q | 4. Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.55s | Q | 11.Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 23.78s | q | 13.Marika Johansson | Sweden | 24.17s | | 15.María del Carmen García | Spain | 24.82s | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 2. Galina Malchugina | Russia | 23.20s | Q | 5. Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 23.60s | Q | 6. Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.62s | q | 7. Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.71s | q | -. Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | DNS | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 3. Maria Staafgård | Sweden | 23.47s | Q, NR | 8. Olga Bogoslovskaya | Russia | 23.74s | Q | 9. Hana Benešová | Czechia | 23.75s | q | 14.ũva Barati | Hungary | 24.32s | | -. Marie-José Pérec | France | DNS | |
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