| Final 18:20 | time | L | | 1. Katrin Krabbe | GER | 10.99s | 3 | | 2. Gwen Torrence | USA | 11.03s | 5 | | 3. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11.06s | 4 | | 4. Irina Privalova | URS | 11.16s | 6 | | 5. Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11.30s | 1 | | 6. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.33s | 8 | | 7. Mary Onyali | NGR | 11.39s | 7 | | 8. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.52s | 2 |
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| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Katrin Krabbe | GER | 10.94s | 5 | | 2. Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11.08s | 3 | | 3. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.13s | 6 | | 4. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.16s | 4 | | 5. Kerry Johnson | AUS | 11.38s | 7 | | 6. Irina Slyusar | URS | 11.42s | 2 | | 7. Liliana Allen | CUB | 11.53s | 8 | | 8. Beatrice Utondu | NGR | 11.58s | 1 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10.78s | 6 | | 2. Gwen Torrence | USA | 10.85s | 3 | | 3. Irina Privalova | URS | 10.99s | 4 | | 4. Mary Onyali | NGR | 11.10s | 5 | | 5. Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 11.19s | 2 | | 6. Natalya Kovtun | URS | 11.37s | 8 | | 7. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11.46s | 7 | | 8. Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 11.51s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Katrin Krabbe | GER | 10.91s | 5 | | 2. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.21s | 6 | | 3. Irina Slyusar | URS | 11.30s | 4 | | 4. Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 11.47s | 3 | | 5. Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 11.51s | 2 | | 6. Yumei Tian | CHN | 11.52s | 8 | | 7. Claudete Alves Pina | BRA | 11.81s | 1 | | 8. Lalao Ravaonirina | MAD | 11.81s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11.09s | 6 | | 2. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.12s | 3 | | 3. Mary Onyali | NGR | 11.20s | 5 | | 4. Natalya Kovtun | URS | 11.43s | 4 | | 5. Laurence Bily | FRA | 11.45s | 8 | | 6. Stephanie Douglas | GBR | 11.58s | 1 | | 7. Sabine Richter | GER | 11.66s | 2 | | 8. Huei-Chen Wang | TPE | 11.79s | 7 |
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| Heat 3 | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | URS | 11.22s | 3 | | 2. Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 11.30s | 4 | | 3. Beatrice Utondu | NGR | 11.40s | 2 | | 4. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11.41s | 5 | | 5. Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki | FIN | 11.52s | 6 | | 6. Rossella Tarolo | ITA | 11.75s | 1 | | 7. Andrea Philipp | GER | 11.80s | 8 | | 8. Govindasamy Shanti | MAS | 11.89s | 7 |
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| Heat 4 | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10.89s | 5 | | 2. Gwen Torrence | USA | 10.99s | 4 | | 3. Kerry Johnson | AUS | 11.27s | 3 | | 4. Liliana Allen | CUB | 11.40s | 8 | | 5. Beverly Kinch | GBR | 11.45s | 6 | | 6. Rufina Ubah | NGR | 11.54s | 2 | | 7. Cristina Castro | ESP | 11.71s | 1 | | 8. Michelle Seymour | NZL | 11.87s | 7 |
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| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 11.21s | 1 | | 2. Irina Slyusar | URS | 11.32s | 3 | | 3. Beverly Kinch | GBR | 11.50s | 6 | | 4. Claudete Alves Pina | BRA | 11.71s | 7 | | 5. Jatamsuren Otgonchineg | MGL | 12.26s | 4 | | 6. Jane Thondojee | MRI | 12.36s | 2 | | 7. Tili Fata | SAM | 13.31s | 5 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Irina Privalova | URS | 11.14s | 2 | | 2. Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki | FIN | 11.24s | 3 | | 3. Kerry Johnson | AUS | 11.26s | 1 | | 4. Cristina Castro | ESP | 11.55s | 5 | | 5. Rosanna Browne | ANG | 12.04s | 4 | | 6. Jabou Jawo | GAM | 12.42s | 6 | | 7. Faouzia Djaffar | COM | 14.69s | 7 |
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| Heat 3 | time | L | | 1. Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11.16s | 3 | | 2. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.22s | 1 | | 3. Yumei Tian | CHN | 11.55s | 7 | | 4. Sabine Richter | GER | 11.64s | 5 | | 5. Mariama Ouiminga | BKF | 12.26s | 6 | | 6. Joy-Ann Eli | BAR | 12.42s | 8 | | 7. Sherlette Barrow | BIZ | 12.66s | 4 | | 8. Mpoka Mokosi | COD | 12.99s | 2 |
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| Heat 4 | time | L | | 1. Beverly McDonald | JAM | 11.45s | 6 | | 2. Laurence Bily | FRA | 11.51s | 5 | | 3. Andrea Philipp | GER | 11.72s | 3 | | 4. Huei-Chen Wang | TPE | 11.77s | 2 | | 5. Truong Hoang My Linh | VIE | 12.02s | 7 | | 6. Gisele Ongollo | GAB | 12.32s | 1 | | 7. Denise Ouabangui | CAF | 12.69s | 4 | | 8. Erin Tierney | CKI | 13.45s | 8 |
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| Heat 5 | time | L | | 1. Katrin Krabbe | GER | 11.23s | 1 | | 2. Beatrice Utondu | NGR | 11.51s | 4 | | 3. Stephanie Douglas | GBR | 11.66s | 5 | | 4. Govindasamy Shanti | MAS | 11.80s | 2 | | 5. Gailey Dube | ZIM | 12.25s | 3 | | 6. Deirdre Caruana | MLT | 12.71s | 6 | | 7. Lusia Puleanga | TON | 13.21s | 7 |
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| Heat 6 | time | L | | 1. Mary Onyali | NGR | 11.27s | 7 | | 2. Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 11.32s | 4 | | 3. Paula Dunn-Thomas | GBR | 11.54s | 2 | | 4. Lalao Ravaonirina | MAD | 11.74s | 6 | | 5. Aminata Konate | GUI | 12.19s | 3 | | 6. Feroza Khatton | BAN | 12.67s | 1 | | 7. Laure Kuetey | BEN | 13.01s | 8 | | 8. Trudy Duburiya | NAU | 14.34s | 5 |
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| Heat 7 | time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11.06s | 1 | | 2. Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 11.42s | 2 | | 3. Natalya Kovtun | URS | 11.44s | 4 | | 4. Rossella Tarolo | ITA | 11.64s | 6 | | 5. Michelle Seymour | NZL | 11.77s | 3 | | 6. Fornie Conteh | SLE | 13.72s | 5 | | -. Miss Sabra | AFG | DNS | 7 |
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| Heat 8 | time | L | | 1. Gwen Torrence | USA | 11.51s | 3 | | 2. Liliana Allen | CUB | 11.59s | 2 | | 3. Rufina Ubah | NGR | 11.72s | 7 | | 4. Karen Clarke | CAN | 11.98s | 6 | | 5. Rita Alcazar | PAN | 12.49s | 5 | | 6. Fathimath Fezleen | MLD | 14.08s | 1 | | 7. Tehani Kirby | NMA | 15.12s | 4 |
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