1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Heide Seÿerling  South Africa
Silver	Lakeisha Backus  United States
Bronze	Tatyana Tkalich  Ukraine

Results

Final

23 July
Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Heide Seÿerling	South Africa	22.80 w
	Lakeisha Backus	United States	22.86 w
	Tatyana Tkalich	Ukraine	23.35 w
4	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	23.59 w
5	Sylviane Félix	France	23.61 w
6	Fabé Dia	France	23.67 w
7	Huang Mei	China	24.11 w
	Astia Walker	Jamaica	DQ

Semifinals

23 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heide Seÿerling	South Africa	23.36	Q
2	Lakeisha Backus	United States	23.51	Q
3	Sylviane Félix	France	23.90	Q
4	Huang Mei	China	24.15	Q
5	Melissa Straker	Barbados	24.36
6	Tonique Williams	Bahamas	24.45
7	Tatyana Kotelnikova	Uzbekistan	24.51
8	Susan Williams	United Kingdom	24.72

Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Astia Walker	Jamaica	23.46	Q
2	Tatyana Tkalich	Ukraine	23.63	Q
3	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	23.84	Q
4	Fabé Dia	France	23.84	Q
5	Karen Boone	United States	24.03
6	Štepánka Klapácová	Czech Republic	24.14
7	Bindee Goon Chew	Australia	24.57
8	Militza Castro	Puerto Rico	24.62

Quarterfinals

22 July

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lakeisha Backus	United States	23.74 w	Q
2	Huang Mei	China	24.00 w	Q
3	Tonique Williams	Bahamas	24.11 w	Q
4	Melissa Straker	Barbados	24.28 w	Q
5	Janette Wise	New Zealand	24.67 w
6	Cathy Rejouis	Canada	24.84 w
	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	DQ
	Cydonie Mothersill	Cayman Islands	DNS

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heide Seÿerling	South Africa	23.51	Q
2	Sylviane Félix	France	23.75	Q
3	Militza Castro	Puerto Rico	24.23	Q
4	Bindee Goon Chew	Australia	24.38	Q
5	Radana Volná	Czech Republic	24.43
6	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	24.45
7	Fabiana Cosolo	Italy	24.63
8	Monica Marin	Spain	24.74

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Astia Walker	Jamaica	23.55	Q
2	Štepánka Klapácová	Czech Republic	23.98	Q
3	Karen Boone	United States	24.25	Q
4	Tatyana Kotelnikova	Uzbekistan	24.28	Q
5	Esmari Le Roux	South Africa	24.63
6	Elona Reinalda	Australia	24.69
7	Natalya Drozdova	Russia	24.73
8	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	25.20

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	23.67	Q
2	Tatyana Tkalich	Ukraine	23.77	Q
3	Fabé Dia	France	24.35	Q
4	Susan Williams	United Kingdom	24.45	Q
5	Valentina Cuccia	Italy	24.55
6	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	24.58
7	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	24.68
8	Marion Wagner	Germany	24.70

Heats

22 July

Heat 1

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heide Seÿerling	South Africa	23.86	Q
2	Bindee Goon Chew	Australia	24.58	Q
3	Karen Boone	United States	24.60	Q
4	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	24.68	Q
5	Mercy Nku	Nigeria	24.97
6	Marie Westerlund	Sweden	25.12
7	Bina Shrestha	Nepal	28.45

Heat 2

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	23.77	Q
2	Huang Mei	China	24.43	Q
3	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	24.57	Q
4	Cathy Rejouis	Canada	24.65	Q
5	Monica Marin	Spain	24.66	q
6	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	24.68	q
7	Daniele Janzen	Brazil	24.95
8	Kaltouma Nadjina	Chad	24.99

Heat 3

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	24.14	Q
2	Tatyana Kotelnikova	Uzbekistan	24.21	Q
3	Militza Castro	Puerto Rico	24.52	Q
4	Marion Wagner	Germany	24.64	Q
5	Cydonie Mothersill	Cayman Islands	24.65	q
6	Sunna Gestsdóttir	Iceland	25.24
	Sinead Dudgeon	United Kingdom	DQ

Heat 4

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sylviane Félix	France	23.82	Q
2	Štepánka Klapácová	Czech Republic	24.11	Q
3	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	24.28	Q
4	Tonique Williams	Bahamas	24.43	Q
5	Esmari Le Roux	South Africa	24.52	q
6	Elona Reinalda	Australia	24.79	q
7	Mame Twumasi	Canada	24.87
8	Verica Dimitrovska	North Macedonia	26.32

Heat 5

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lakeisha Backus	United States	23.77	Q
2	Fabé Dia	France	24.24	Q
3	Valentina Cuccia	Italy	24.43	Q
4	Susan Williams	United Kingdom	24.51	Q
5	Natalya Drozdova	Russia	24.56	q
6	Radana Volná	Czech Republic	24.61	q

Heat 6

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Astia Walker	Jamaica	23.49	Q
2	Tatyana Tkalich	Ukraine	23.77	Q
3	Melissa Straker	Barbados	24.39	Q
4	Fabiana Cosolo	Italy	24.57	Q
5	Janette Wise	New Zealand	24.59	q
6	Onica Fraser	Guyana	25.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Bahamas (2)
•  Barbados (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Cayman Islands (1)
•  Chad (1)
•  China (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  North Macedonia (1)
•    Nepal (1)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Nigeria (1)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)
•  Uzbekistan (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1994 Lisbon POR Jul 20-24, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 August 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015