| 1 | Irina Privalova | RUS | 7,22 | Q |
| 2 | Patricia Girard | FRA | 7,35 | Q |
| 3 | Melinda Gainesford-Taylor | AUS | 7,36 | Q |
| 4 | Patricia Foufoué Ziga | CIV | 7,39 | q |
| 5 | Sanna Hernesniemi | FIN | 7,39 | q |
| 6 | N'Deye Binta Dia | SEN | 7,46 | |
| 7 | Jacqueline Poelman | NED | 7,46 | |
| 8 | Éva Barati | HUN | 7,63 |
| 1 | Teresa Neighbours | USA | 7,32 | Q |
| 2 | Sisko Hanhijoki | FIN | 7,37 | Q |
| 3 | Karen Clarke | CAN | 7,44 | Q |
| 4 | Sarah Wüest | SUI | 7,44 | |
| 5 | Beatrice Utondu | NGR | 7,46 | |
| 6 | Catherine Freeman | AUS | 7,48 | |
| Merlene Ottey | JAM | DNS | ||
| Gail Prescod | VIN | DNS |
| 1 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | UKR | 7,22 | Q | |
| 2 | Liliana Allen | CUB | 7,33 | Q | |
| 3 | Olga Boguslavskaya | RUS | 7,37 | Q | |
| 4 | Marcia Richardson | GBR | 7,38 | q | |
| 5 | Melanie Paschke | GER | 7,42 | ||
| 6 | Michelle Carroll | IRL | 7,47 | ||
| 7 | Wang Huei-Chen | TPE | 7,52 | ||
| 8 | Elvira Dyabarova | AZE | 7,68 | NR |
| 1 | Gail Devers | USA | 7,18 | Q | |
| 2 | Beverly Kinch | GBR | 7,33 | Q | |
| 3 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | NED | 7,34 | Q | |
| 4 | Sabine Tröger | AUT | 7,39 | q | |
| 5 | Marcel Sylvia Winkler | RSA | 7,46 | NR | |
| 6 | Keturah Anderson | CAN | 7,58 | ||
| 7 | Chen Zhaojing | CHN | 7,63 | ||
| Christy Opara-Thompson | NGR | DNS |