Heats

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +2.7 m/s, Heat 4: +5.5 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kathy Smallwood	England	22.73	Q
2	2	June Griffith	Guyana	23.02	Q
3	1	Denise Boyd	Australia	23.03	Q
4	4	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.17	Q
5	3	Hannah Afriye	Ghana	23.35	Q
6	4	Sonia Lannaman	England	23.36	Q
7	2	Kim Robertson	New Zealand	23.38	Q
8	1	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.43	Q
9	3	Colleen Beazley	Australia	23.50	Q
10	4	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.66	Q
11	2	Maureen Gottschalk	Jamaica	23.69	q
12	3	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.77	Q
13	1	Margot Wells	Scotland	23.81	Q
13	2	Angella Taylor	Canada	23.81
15	5	Beverley Goddard	England	23.85	Q
16	5	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	23.88	Q
17	3	Angela Bailey	Canada	23.91
18	1	Janice Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	23.96
19	1	Freida Nicholls	Barbados	24.07
20	2	Esther Hope	Trinidad and Tobago	24.19
21	5	Linda McCurry	Northern Ireland	24.24	Q
22	4	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	24.25
23	1	Esther Otieno	Kenya	24.43
24	2	Georgiana Freeman	Gambia	24.52
25	4	Normalee Murray	Jamaica	24.53
26	5	Nzaeli Kyomo	Tanzania	24.75
27	4	Candy Ford	Bermuda	24.86
28	3	Carmeta Drummond	Jamaica	24.94
29	1	Caroline Delancy	Turks and Caicos Islands	25.02
30	2	Marie-France Mamedy	Mauritius	25.08
31	5	Marilyn Bradley	Trinidad and Tobago	25.71
32	3	Jabou Jawo	Gambia	26.38
33	4	Joyce John	Sierra Leone	26.44
34	5	Amie N'Dow	Gambia	26.56
	3	Donna Burgess	Bermuda	DNF
	3	Mossy Ally	Tanzania	DNS
	4	Grace Bakari	Ghana	DNS
	5	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	DNS
	5	Fay Nixon	Scotland	DNS

Semifinals

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kathy Smallwood	England	22.99	Q
2	2	Denise Boyd	Australia	23.03	Q
3	2	Beverley Goddard	England	23.17	Q
4	2	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.37	Q
5	2	Colleen Beazley	Australia	23.42	Q
6	1	Sonia Lannaman	England	23.43	Q
7	2	June Griffith	Guyana	23.44
8	1	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.58	Q
9	2	Kim Robertson	New Zealand	23.59
10	1	Linda McCurry	Northern Ireland	23.62	Q
11	1	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.64
12	2	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	23.93
13	1	Margot Wells	Scotland	24.29
14	2	Maureen Gottschalk	Jamaica	24.62
	1	Hannah Afriye	Ghana	DNS
	1	Raelene Boyle	Australia	DNS

Final

Held on 10 August

Wind: +5.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Denise Boyd	Australia	22.82
	1	Sonia Lannaman	England	22.89
	7	Colleen Beazley	Australia	22.93
4	6	Beverley Goddard	England	22.95
5	8	Kathy Smallwood	England	22.96
6	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.28
7	3	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.47
8	2	Linda McCurry	Northern Ireland	23.71