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.^[1][2]

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)