| 1 | Melinda Gainesford | AUS | 22,88 | Q |
| 2 | Natalya Voronova | RUS | 22,91 | Q |
| 3 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 22,95 | Q |
| 4 | Ekaterini Koffa | GRE | 23,82 | |
| 5 | Maya Azarashvili | GEO | 23,88 | |
| Carlette Guidry | USA | DNS |
| 1 | Pauline Davis | BAH | 22,94 | Q |
| 2 | Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 23,03 | Q |
| 3 | Silke Lichtenhagen | GER | 23,11 | Q |
| 4 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 23,16 | |
| 5 | Viktoriya Fomenko | UKR | 23,47 | |
| 6 | Jacqueline Poelman | NED | 24,07 |