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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 28, 2000
Date Finished: September 28, 2000
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Pauline Davis-Thompson |
| Silver: | Susanthika Jayasinghe |
| Bronze: | Beverly McDonald |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | 24 | Bahamas | BAH | 22.62 | 0,191 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Beverly McDonald | 30 | Jamaica | JAM | 22.70 | 0,250 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok | 28 | Ukraine | UKR | 22.74 | 0,171 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Felipa Palacios | 24 | Colombia | COL | 23.11 | 0,189 | 1 | |
| 5 | Mercy Nku | 24 | Nigeria | NGR | 23.40 | 0,222 | 8 | |
| 6 | Lauren Hewitt | 21 | Australia | AUS | 23.44 | 0,290 | 7 | |
| 7 | Myriam Mani | 27 | Cameroon | CMR | 23.47 | 0,180 | 6 | |
| AC [1] | Marion Jones | 24 | United States | USA | [22.40] | [0.233] | 5 | QU/DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | 34 | Bahamas | BAH | 22.38 | 0,227 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | 24 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 22.45 | 0,253 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | 28 | Australia | AUS | 22.61 | 0,226 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Cathy Freeman | 27 | Australia | AUS | 22.71 | 0,262 | 2 | QU |
| 5 | Louise Ayétotché | 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 22.76 | 0,219 | 4 | |
| 6 | Torri Edwards | 23 | United States | USA | 23.06 | 0,170 | 7 | |
| 7 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | 21 | France | FRA | 23.13 | 0,208 | 8 | |
| 8 | Nanceen Perry | 23 | United States | USA | 23.16 | 0,159 | 1 |