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