| 1 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | |
52,74 | WR |
| 2 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | USA | |
52,79 | AR |
| 3 | Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova | RUS | |
53,48 | |
| 4 | Kim Batten | USA | 53,84 | ||
| 5 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | USA | 54,55 | ||
| 6 | Deon Hemmings | JAM | 54,99 | ||
| 7 | Rosey Edeh | CAN | 55,19 | ||
| 8 | Natalya Torshina | KZK | 55,78 |