| Final | Team | Time | L | 100m | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.12s | 3 | 11.38s 5. | | 2. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.24s | 5 | 11.28s 1. | | 3. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.38s | 4 | 11.37s 4. | | 4. Inger Miller | USA | 22.41s | 7 | 11.36s 3. | | 5. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.45s | 6 | 11.56s 8. | | 6. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22.54s | 8 | 11.32s 2. | | 7. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 22.60s | 1 | 11.51s 7. | | 8. Carlette Guidry | USA | 22.61s | 2 | 11.41s 6. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.07s | 4 | | 2. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.16s | 3 | | 3. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 22.24s | 5 | | 4. Inger Miller | USA | 22.33s | 7 | | 5. Dannette Young | USA | 22.49s | 6 | | 6. Cathy Freeman | AUS | 22.78s | 2 | | 7. Natalya Safronnikova | BLR | 22.98s | 1 | | -. Irina Privalova | RUS | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.08s | 4 | | 2. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.35s | 6 | | 3. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22.54s | 5 | | 4. Carlette Guidry | USA | 22.56s | 3 | | 5. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22.76s | 2 | | 6. Melanie Paschke | GER | 22.81s | 7 | | 7. Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22.82s | 8 | | 8. Katerina Koffa | GRE | 23.20s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Carlette Guidry | USA | 22.51s | 3 | | 2. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22.81s | 6 | | 3. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22.91s | 4 | | 4. Natalya Safronnikova | BLR | 23.15s | 2 | | 5. Sanna Hernesniemi | FIN | 23.38s | 1 | | 6. Monika Gachevska | BUL | 23.44s | 8 | | 7. Ameerah Bello | ISV | 23.66s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.61s | 4 | | 2. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.69s | 3 | | 3. Melanie Paschke | GER | 22.84s | 5 | | 4. Katerina Koffa | GRE | 23.04s | 7 | | 5. Katharine Merry | GBR | 23.17s | 6 | | 6. Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | 23.26s | 8 | | 7. Jiankui Yan | CHN | 23.30s | 1 | | 8. Viktoriya Fomenko | UKR | 23.44s | 2 |
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| Heat 3 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.24s | 3 | | 2. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.37s | 5 | | 3. Inger Miller | USA | 22.57s | 6 | | 4. Cathy Freeman | AUS | 22.74s | 1 | | 5. Lucrecia Jardim | POR | 22.88s | 4 | | 6. Simmone Jacobs | GBR | 22.96s | 7 | | 7. Sandra Myers | ESP | 23.20s | 2 | | 8. Heather Samuel | ANT | 23.54s | 8 |
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| Heat 4 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Dannette Young | USA | 22.53s | 6 | | 2. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 22.62s | 4 | | 3. Irina Privalova | RUS | 22.82s | 3 | | 4. Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22.89s | 5 | | 5. Myra Mayberry | PUR | 23.48s | 8 | | 6. Patricia Rodriguez | COL | 23.50s | 1 | | 7. Calister Ubah | NGR | 23.62s | 7 | | 8. Zhanna Pintusevych | UKR | 23.68s | 2 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Carlette Guidry | USA | 22.37s | 5 | | 2. Mary Onyali | NGR | 22.42s | 8 | | 3. Melanie Paschke | GER | 22.93s | 3 | | 4. Patricia Rodriguez | COL | 23.13s | 2 | | 5. Jiankui YAN | CHN | 23.21s | 1 | | 6. Myra Mayberry | PUR | 23.23s | 7 | | 7. Zlatka Georgieva | BUL | 24.05s | 4 | | 8. Laure Kuetey | BEN | 25.57s | 6 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Dannette Young | USA | 22.65s | 2 | | 2. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22.70s | 7 | | 3. Lucrecia Jardim | POR | 22.95s | 5 | | 4. Viktoriya Fomenko | UKR | 23.18s | 1 | | 5. Sandra Myers | ESP | 23.18s | 6 | | 6. Calister Ubah | NGR | 23.34s | 3 | | 7. Dora Kyriakou | CYP | 23.85s | 4 | | 8. M'mah Toure | GUI | 26.64s | 8 |
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| Heat 3 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 23.03s | 6 | | 2. Irina Privalova | RUS | 23.16s | 2 | | 3. Cathy Freeman | AUS | 23.25s | 1 | | 4. Sanna Hernesniemi | FIN | 23.35s | 7 | | 5. Mireille Donders | SUI | 23.52s | 8 | | 6. Maia Azarashvili | GEO | 23.63s | 5 | | 7. Felipa Palacios | COL | 24.12s | 4 | | 8. Lineo Shoai | LES | 26.25s | 3 |
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| Heat 4 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22.92s | 7 | | 2. Katharine Merry | GBR | 23.14s | 1 | | 3. Monika Gachevska | BUL | 23.30s | 6 | | 4. Heather Samuel | ANT | 23.34s | 5 | | 5. Ameerah Bello | ISV | 23.45s | 4 | | 6. Xiujie Du | CHN | 23.69s | 3 | | 7. Guilhermina Cruz | ANG | 24.92s | 8 | | -. Marina Trandenkova | RUS | DNS | 2 |
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| Heat 5 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Galina Malchugina | RUS | 22.63s | 1 | | 2. Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 22.63s | 7 | | 3. Beverly Mcdonald | JAM | 23.04s | 6 | | 4. Zhanna Pintusevych | UKR | 23.15s | 5 | | 5. Simmone Jacobs | GBR | 23.36s | 2 | | 6. Tara Perry | CAN | 23.46s | 3 | | 7. Marina Zivkovic | YUG | 23.51s | 4 | | 8. Nadjina Kaltouma | CHA | 24.47s | 8 |
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| Heat 6 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 22.62s | 5 | | 2. Inger Miller | USA | 22.74s | 3 | | 3. Alenka Bikar | SLO | 22.88s | 7 | | 4. Katerina Koffa | GRE | 23.09s | 4 | | 5. Natalya Safronnikova | BLR | 23.14s | 8 | | 6. Sevatheda Fynes | BAH | 23.39s | 2 | | 7. Georgette Nkoma | CMR | 23.68s | 1 | | 8. Lyudmila Dmitriadi | UZB | 24.88s | 6 |
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