# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 15 and 16 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Shalonda Solomon United States |
| Silver | Anneisha McLaughlin Jamaica |
| Bronze | Nickesha Anderson Jamaica |

## Results
### Final

16 July Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Shalonda Solomon | United States | 22.82 |
| | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica | 23.21 |
| | Nickesha Anderson | Jamaica | 23.46 |
| 4 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.46 |
| 5 | Shana Cox | United States | 23.63 |
| 6 | Maike Dix | Germany | 24.01 |
| 7 | Seyi Omojuwa | Nigeria | 24.11 |
| 8 | Aurélie Kamga | France | 24.17 |

### Semifinals

15 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nickesha Anderson | Jamaica | 23.55 | Q |
| 2 | Aurélie Kamga | France | 23.89 | Q |
| 3 | Shana Cox | United States | 23.90 | q |
| 4 | Danijela Grgić | Croatia | 24.19 | |
| 5 | Franciela Krasucki | Brazil | 24.22 | |
| 6 | Marta Jeschke | Poland | 24.51 | |
| 7 | Carline Muir | Canada | 24.55 | |
| 8 | Rebecca Negus | Australia | 24.62 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shalonda Solomon | United States | 23.13 | Q |
| 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.53 | Q |
| 3 | Sara Battke | Germany | 24.23 | |
| 4 | Sari Keskitalo | Finland | 24.48 | |
| 5 | Isabel Le Roux | South Africa | 24.60 | |
| 6 | Mandy Crowe | Ireland | 24.69 | |
| 7 | Kaoru Matsuda | Japan | 25.00 | |
| | Elisabeth Slettum | Norway | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica | 23.41 | Q |
| 2 | Maike Dix | Germany | 23.76 | Q |
| 3 | Seyi Omojuwa | Nigeria | 23.81 | q |
| 4 | Viktoriya Talko | Russia | 23.96 | |
| 5 | Michelle Cutmore | Australia | 24.02 | |
| 6 | Nelly Banco | France | 24.16 | |
| 7 | Tezdzhan Naimova | Bulgaria | 24.44 | |
| 8 | Sherry Fletcher | Grenada | 24.61 | |

### Heats

15 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mandy Crowe | Ireland | 24.18 | Q |
| 2 | Isabel Le Roux | South Africa | 24.24 | Q |
| 3 | Danijela Grgić | Croatia | 24.26 | Q |
| 4 | Rebecca Negus | Australia | 24.35 | q |
| 5 | Gretta Taslakian | Lebanon | 24.52 | |
| 6 | Emily Johnson | Canada | 24.53 | |
| 7 | Pınar Saka | Turkey | 25.43 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nickesha Anderson | Jamaica | 23.52 | Q |
| 2 | Seyi Omojuwa | Nigeria | 23.69 | Q |
| 3 | Sara Battke | Germany | 23.73 | Q |
| 4 | Sari Keskitalo | Finland | 24.07 | q |
| 5 | Carline Muir | Canada | 24.34 | q |
| 6 | Anja Puc | Slovenia | 24.72 | |
| 7 | Céline Pace | Malta | 25.08 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aurélie Kamga | France | 23.37 | Q |
| 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.41 | Q |
| 3 | Maike Dix | Germany | 23.79 | Q |
| 4 | Michelle Cutmore | Australia | 24.20 | q |
| 5 | Zudikey Rodríguez | Mexico | 24.99 | |
| 6 | Gaileen van der Westhuizen | South Africa | 25.49 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shalonda Solomon | United States | 23.14 | Q |
| 2 | Marta Jeschke | Poland | 24.02 | Q |
| 3 | Franciela Krasucki | Brazil | 24.13 | Q |
| 4 | Elisabeth Slettum | Norway | 24.40 | q |
| 5 | Desarie Walwyn | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24.89 | |
| 6 | Zsófia Rózsa | Hungary | 25.20 | |
| 7 | Steina Fleming | British Virgin Islands | 26.41 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica | 23.27 | Q |
| 2 | Viktoriya Talko | Russia | 24.02 | Q |
| 3 | Kaoru Matsuda | Japan | 24.48 | Q |
| 4 | Jana Polívková | Czech Republic | 24.51 | |
| 5 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia | 24.63 | |
| 6 | Giulia Arcioni | Italy | 24.75 | |
| | Yomara Hinestroza | Colombia | DQ | IAAF rule 163.3 |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nelly Banco | France | 23.85 | Q |
| 2 | Shana Cox | United States | 23.91 | Q |
| 3 | Sherry Fletcher | Grenada | 24.36 | Q |
| 4 | Tezdzhan Naimova | Bulgaria | 24.38 | q |
| 5 | Monique Williams | New Zealand | 24.43 | |
| 6 | Tamara Rigby | Bahamas | 24.69 | |
| 7 | Miriama Radiniwaimaro | Fiji | 25.43 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Brazil (1)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Grenada (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (1)
* Lebanon (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mexico (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United States (2)