| | "Rank","Heat","Athlete","Nationality","Time","Notes" |
| | "1","1","Natalya Ivanova","Russia","23.11","Q" |
| | "2","1","Elodie Ouédraogo","Belgium","23.23","Q" |
| | "3","2","Yelena Yakovleva","Russia","23.37","Q" |
| | "4","1","Monika Bejnar","Poland","23.39","Q, SB" |
| | "5","1","Nataliya Pyhyda","Ukraine","23.40","Q, SB" |
| | "6","2","LaVerne Jones-Ferrette","United States Virgin Islands","23.49","Q" |
| | "7","1","Alena Neumiarzhitskaya","Belarus","23.52","" |
| | "8","1","Adrienne Power","Canada","23.62","" |
| | "9","2","Grażyna Prokopek","Poland","23.69","Q" |
| | "10","2","Nikolett Listár","Hungary","23.87","Q" |
| | "11","2","Emily Maher","Ireland","23.89","" |
| | "12","1","Ruth Grajeda","Mexico","23.96","" |
| | "13","2","Edita Kavaliauskienė","Lithuania","24.09","" |
| | "14","2","Raquel da Costa","Brazil","24.18","" |
| | "15","2","Kim Wall","Great Britain","24.31","" |
| | "16","1","Doris Tomasini","Italy","24.40","" |
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