# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Muriel Hurtis France |
| Silver | Shakedia Jones United States |
| Bronze | Sarah Wilhelmy United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

1 August Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Muriel Hurtis | France | 23.22 |
| | Shakedia Jones | United States | 23.39 |
| | Sarah Wilhelmy | United Kingdom | 23.56 |
| 4 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 23.68 |
| 5 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 23.72 |
| 6 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 23.76 |
| 7 | Edyta Rela | Poland | 23.80 |
| 8 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 23.99 |

### Semifinals

1 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 23.58 | Q |
| 2 | Sarah Wilhelmy | United Kingdom | 23.62 | Q |
| 3 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 23.67 | Q |
| 4 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 23.79 | Q |
| 5 | Petronella Árva | Hungary | 23.81 | |
| 6 | Myra Combs | United States | 23.84 | |
| 7 | Anna Pacholak | Poland | 24.21 | |
| 8 | Nadia Imalouan | France | 24.24 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 23.26 | Q |
| 2 | Shakedia Jones | United States | 23.35 | Q |
| 3 | Edyta Rela | Poland | 23.75 | Q |
| 4 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 23.79 | Q |
| 5 | Atia Weekes | Canada | 23.81 | |
| 6 | Enikő Szabó | Hungary | 23.93 | |
| 7 | Jenny Kallur | Sweden | 24.01 | |
| 8 | Ólga Kaidantzí | Greece | 24.63 | |

### Quarterfinals

31 July

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Atia Weekes | Canada | 23.45 | Q |
| 2 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 23.56 | Q |
| 3 | Myra Combs | United States | 23.59 | Q |
| 4 | Ólga Kaidantzí | Greece | 24.02 | Q |
| 5 | Olga Nikitenko | Kazakhstan | 24.28 | |
| 6 | Lucy-Ann Richards | Barbados | 24.44 | |
| 7 | Hazel-Ann Regis | Grenada | 24.56 | |
| 8 | Paula Osorio | Chile | 24.65 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sarah Wilhelmy | United Kingdom | 23.69 | Q |
| 2 | Petronella Árva | Hungary | 23.81 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Pacholak | Poland | 23.85 | Q |
| 4 | Nadia Imalouan | France | 23.91 | Q |
| 5 | Cathleen Tschirch | Germany | 24.14 | |
| 6 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 24.28 | |
| | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |
| | Leticia Mutta | Tanzania | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 23.50 | Q |
| 2 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 23.52 | Q |
| 3 | Enikő Szabó | Hungary | 23.70 | Q |
| 4 | Jenny Kallur | Sweden | 23.80 | Q |
| 5 | Isabel Roussow | South Africa | 23.84 | |
| 6 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 24.36 | |
| 7 | Tamicka Clarke | Bahamas | 24.62 | |
| 8 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.79 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shakedia Jones | United States | 23.70 | Q |
| 2 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 23.80 | Q |
| 3 | Edyta Rela | Poland | 23.90 | Q |
| 4 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 24.00 | Q |
| 5 | Zeng Xiujun | China | 24.07 | |
| 6 | Rebecca White | United Kingdom | 24.40 | |
| 7 | Delphine Carmagnole | Mauritius | 24.64 | |
| 8 | Ciara Sheehy | Ireland | 24.71 | |

### Heats

31 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 23.14 | Q |
| 2 | Isabel Roussow | South Africa | 24.01 | Q |
| 3 | Enikő Szabó | Hungary | 24.10 | Q |
| 4 | Cathleen Tschirch | Germany | 24.34 | Q |
| 5 | Delphine Carmagnole | Mauritius | 24.48 | q |
| 6 | Sandra Reategui | Peru | 24.85 | |
| 7 | Kadiatou Camara | Mali | 25.88 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 24.05 | Q |
| 2 | Shakedia Jones | United States | 24.39 | Q |
| 3 | Ólga Kaidantzí | Greece | 24.60 | Q |
| 4 | Hazel-Ann Regis | Grenada | 25.07 | Q |
| 5 | Bozidarka Crncan | Croatia | 25.18 | |
| 6 | Aminata Bangura | Sierra Leone | 26.70 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sarah Wilhelmy | United Kingdom | 23.52 | Q |
| 2 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 23.63 | Q |
| 3 | Jenny Kallur | Sweden | 23.89 | Q |
| 4 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.36 | Q |
| 5 | Paula Osorio | Chile | 24.45 | q |
| 6 | Tamicka Clarke | Bahamas | 24.71 | q |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anna Pacholak | Poland | 23.96 | Q |
| 2 | Myra Combs | United States | 24.11 | Q |
| 3 | Leticia Mutta | Tanzania | 24.40 | Q |
| 4 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 24.44 | Q |
| 5 | Nino Bagashvili | Georgia | 24.75 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Funmilola Ogundana | Nigeria | 23.84 | Q |
| 2 | Olga Nikitenko | Kazakhstan | 24.50 | Q |
| 3 | Rebecca White | United Kingdom | 24.57 | Q |
| 4 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 24.60 | Q |
| 5 | Cornelia Kupa | Italy | 24.72 | |
| | Justine Bayiga | Uganda | DNF | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Atia Weekes | Canada | 23.84 | Q |
| 2 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 24.06 | Q |
| 3 | Lucy-Ann Richards | Barbados | 24.67 | Q |
| 4 | Ciara Sheehy | Ireland | 24.74 | Q |
| 5 | Carika Potgieter | South Africa | 24.97 | |
| 6 | Hung Siu-Ting | Chinese Taipei | 25.35 | |
| 7 | Hiranisha Rasimuddin | Singapore | 25.93 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edyta Rela | Poland | 23.65 | Q |
| 2 | Nadia Imalouan | France | 23.79 | Q |
| 3 | Petronella Árva | Hungary | 23.80 | Q |
| 4 | Zeng Xiujun | China | 23.84 | Q |
| 5 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.50 | q |
| 6 | Rondelle Ryan | Australia | 24.82 | |
| 7 | Bernardette Damgoua | Cameroon | 25.80 | |
| 8 | Phetsamone Paseuthxay | Laos | 27.58 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Australia (1)
* Bahamas (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chile (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (1)
* Grenada (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Laos (1)
* Mali (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (2)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Tanzania (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)