1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Katrin Krabbe East Germany
Silver	Diana Dietz East Germany
Bronze	Liliana Allen Cuba

Results

Final

30 July
Wind: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	22.34 w
	Diana Dietz	East Germany	22.88 w
	Liliana Allen	Cuba	22.97 w
4	Esther Jones	United States	23.00 w
5	Angelika Haggenmüller	West Germany	23.36 w
6	Oksana Kovalyova	Soviet Union	23.64 w
7	Revolie Campbell	Jamaica	23.66 w
8	Nadezhda Chistyakova	Soviet Union	24.26 w

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Esther Jones	United States	23.24 w	Q
2	Angelika Haggenmüller	West Germany	23.26 w	Q
3	Nadezhda Chistyakova	Soviet Union	23.80 w	q
4	Natacha Cilirié	France	23.89 w
5	Tarja Leveelahti	Finland	24.00 w
6	Katerína Kóffa	Greece	24.31 w
7	Carine Finck	Belgium	24.47 w
	Orlene McIntosh	Jamaica	DNS w

Semifinal 2

Wind: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	22.97 w	Q
2	Oksana Kovalyova	Soviet Union	23.89 w	Q
3	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	23.90 w
4	Anne Leseur	France	24.28 w
5	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	24.32 w
6	Jupira da Graça	Brazil	24.34 w
7	Diana Strasser	Austria	24.80 w
	Rachel Kirby	United Kingdom	DNS w

Semifinal 3

Wind: +2.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Diana Dietz	East Germany	23.31 w	Q
2	Liliana Allen	Cuba	23.37 w	Q
3	Revolie Campbell	Jamaica	23.74 w	q
4	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	23.96 w
5	Kendra Mackey	United States	23.96 w
6	Daniela Plescan	Romania	24.02 w
7	Petra Osterwalder	Switzerland	24.32 w
8	Cristina Castro	Spain	24.38 w

Heats

29 July

Heat 1

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liliana Allen	Cuba	23.61	Q
2	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	23.84	Q
3	Katerína Kóffa	Greece	24.31	q
4	Wang Ping	China	24.44
5	Annique Goudemond	Netherlands	24.62
6	Claudia Riquelme	Chile	25.37
7	Anna Cherry	Saint Lucia	25.59

Heat 2

Wind: +2.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Diana Dietz	East Germany	23.21 w	Q
2	Angelika Haggenmüller	West Germany	23.33 w	Q
3	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	24.00 w	q
4	Carine Finck	Belgium	24.29 w	q
5	Cristina Castro	Spain	24.37 w	q
6	Ana Valdivia	Cuba	24.72 w
7	Jacqueline Sophia	Netherlands Antilles	25.18 w
8	Oumou Sow	Guinea	26.32 w

Heat 3

Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Revolie Campbell	Jamaica	23.74	Q
2	Daniela Plescan	Romania	24.23	Q
3	Annerose Scholsberg	Netherlands	24.42
4	Karen Clarke	Canada	24.43
5	Kylie Hanigan	Australia	24.52
6	Ndèye Aminata Niang	Senegal	25.25
7	Grace Ofori	Ghana	25.30

Heat 4

Wind: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Oksana Kovalyova	Soviet Union	23.56 w	Q
2	Natacha Cilirié	France	23.85 w	Q
3	Diana Strasser	Austria	24.05 w	q
4	Chen Ya-Li	Chinese Taipei	24.52 w
5	Kathleen Lithgow	United Kingdom	24.60 w
6	Christine Duvergé	Mauritius	25.47 w
7	Oreh Coker	Sierra Leone	27.21 w

Heat 5

Wind: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Orlene McIntosh	Jamaica	23.85	Q
2	Kendra Mackey	United States	24.00	Q
3	Jupira da Graça	Brazil	24.28	q
4	Rachel Kirby	United Kingdom	24.32	q
5	Marina Filipović	Yugoslavia	24.83
6	Terry Daley	U.S. Virgin Islands	25.02
7	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	25.36
8	Mariama Ouiminga	Burkina Faso	26.88

Heat 6

Wind: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anne Leseur	France	23.96	Q
2	Tarja Leveelahti	Finland	24.05	Q
3	Nadezhda Chistyakova	Soviet Union	24.05	q
4	Li Guilian	China	24.64
5	Kerri Kinnane	Australia	24.75
6	Kinga Fodor	Hungary	25.49

Heat 7

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Esther Jones	United States	23.47	Q
2	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	24.11	Q
3	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	24.53
4	Stacy Bowen	Canada	25.12
5	Marta Onate	Spain	25.25
	Deirdre Caruana	Malta	DQ

Heat 8

Wind: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	23.30 w	Q
2	Petra Osterwalder	Switzerland	24.19 w	Q
3	Sabine Kirchmaier	Austria	24.42 w
4	Gili Dishon	Israel	25.55 w
5	Muyegbe Mabala	Zaire	27.05 w
	Barbara Witola	Zambia	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 55 athletes from 40 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Austria (2)
• Bahamas (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Brazil (1)
• Burkina Faso (1)
• Canada (2)
• Chile (1)
• China (2)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Colombia (1)
• Cuba (2)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Ghana (1)
• Greece (1)
• Guinea (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Israel (1)
• Jamaica (2)
• Malta (1)
• Mauritius (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (1)
• Saint Lucia (1)
• Senegal (1)
• Sierra Leone (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)
• U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)
• Zaire (1)
• Zambia (1)