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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 31, 1996
Date Finished: July 31, 1996
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist |
| Silver: | Brigita Bukovec |
| Bronze: | Patricia Girard-Léno |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Freeman | 27 | Jamaica | JAM | 12.61 | 0,179 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Brigita Bukovec | 26 | Slovenia | SLO | 12.63 | 0,180 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Lynda Tolbert-Goode | 28 | United States | USA | 12.77 | 0,166 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Angie Thorp | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 12.80 | 0,159 | 2 | |
| 5 | Julie Rocheleau-Baumann | 32 | Switzerland | SUI | 12.90 | 0,179 | 8 | |
| 6 | Nicole Ramalalanirina | 24 | Madagascar | MAD | 13.01 | 0,145 | 6 | |
| 7 | Kristin Patzwahl | 31 | Germany | GER | 13.05 | 0,159 | 1 | |
| AC [3] | Nataliya Shekhodanova | 24 | Russia | RUS | [12.67] | 0,187 | 7 | QU/DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | RT | L | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist | 32 | Sweden | SWE | 0,173 | 5 | 12.51 | QU |
| 2 | Patricia Girard-Léno | 28 | France | FRA | 0,160 | 2 | 12.59 | QU |
| 3 | Gail Devers | 29 | United States | USA | 0,181 | 6 | 12.62 | QU |
| 4 | Dionne Rose | 26 | Jamaica | JAM | 0,163 | 3 | 12.64 | QU |
| 5 | Aliuska López | 26 | Cuba | CUB | 0,175 | 4 | 12.70 | |
| 6 | Yuliya Graudyn | 25 | Russia | RUS | 0,148 | 7 | 12.74 | |
| 7 | María José Mardomingo | 27 | Spain | ESP | 0,170 | 1 | 12.89 | |
| AC | Svetla Dimitrova | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | 0,123 | 8 | DNF |