| Final | time | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec |  France | 50.33s | | 2. Svetlana Goncharenko |  Russia | 51.24s | | 3. Phylis Smith |  Great Britain | 51.30s | | 4. Yelena Andreyeva | Russia | 51.65s | | 5. Anja Rucker |  Germany | 51.85s | | 6. Melanie Neef | Great Britain | 52.10s | | 7. Daniela Spasova |  Bulgaria | 52.25s | | 8. Francine Landre | France | 52.57s |
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| 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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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Phylis Smith | Great Britain | 51.87s | | 2. Marie-Jose Perec | France | 51.87s | | 3. Daniela Spasova | Bulgaria | 52.56s | | 4. Charlotta Johansson | Sweden | 52.91s | | 5. Tatyana Zakharova | Russia | 53.18s | | 6. Elzbieta Kilinska |  Poland | 53.19s | | 7. Tamara Kupriyanovich |  Belarus | 53.42s | | 8. Dora Kyriakou |  Cyprus | 53.75s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Yelena Andreyeva | Russia | 51.73s | | 2. Sandra Myers | Spain | 51.93s | | 3. Melanie Neef | Great Britain | 52.44s | | 4. Evelyne Elien | France | 52.54s | | 5. Nadezda Kostovalova | Czechia | 52.75s | | 6. Uta Rohlander | Germany | 53.30s | | 7. Heidi Suomi |  Finland | 53.50s | | 8. Patrizia Spuri |  Italy | 54.35s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Francine Landre | France | 51.92s | | 2. Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 51.96s | | 3. Anja Rucker | Germany | 52.09s | | 4. Solvi Meinseth | Norway | 52.49s | | 5. Hana Benesova | Czechia | 52.87s | | 6. Linda Keough | Great Britain | 52.95s | | 7. Danielle Perpoli | Italy | 53.81s | | 8. Anna Kozak | Belarus | 53.83s |
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