Semi 1 | time | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | France | 51.96s | 2. Yelena Andreyeva | Russia | 52.36s | 3. Daniela Spasova | Bulgaria | 52.43s | 4. Melanie Neef | Great Britain | 52.55s | 5. Charlotta Johansson | Sweden | 52.89s | 6. Linda Keough | Great Britain | 53.63s | 7. Nadezda Kostovalova | Czechia | 53.75s | -. Sandra Myers | Spain | DNF |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 51.84s | 2. Anja Rucker | Germany | 51.84s | 3. Phylis Smith | Great Britain | 51.90s | 4. Francine Landre | France | 51.92s | 5. Solvi Meinseth | Norway | 52.60s | 6. Tatyana Zakharova | Russia | 52.99s | 7. Evelyne Elien | France | 53.05s | 8. Hana Benesova | Czechia | 53.66s |
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