# 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Diane Smith United Kingdom |
| Silver | Zundra Feagin United States |
| Bronze | Lucrécia Jardim Portugal |

## Results
### Final

11 August Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Diane Smith | United Kingdom | 23.10 |
| | Zundra Feagin | United States | 23.13 |
| | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.26 |
| 4 | Revolie Campbell | Jamaica | 23.42 |
| 5 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 23.61 |
| 6 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 23.81 |
| 7 | Angela Burnham | United States | 23.82 |
| 8 | Julia Duporty | Cuba | 23.91 |

### Semifinals

10 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diane Smith | United Kingdom | 23.64 | Q |
| 2 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 23.95 | Q |
| 3 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 24.02 | |
| 4 | Gabi Rockmeier | West Germany | 24.24 | |
| 5 | Denisse Sharpe | Argentina | 24.55 | |
| 6 | Carla Popa | Romania | 24.62 | |
| 7 | Gabriella Szabó | Hungary | 24.84 | |
| | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Revolie Campbell | Jamaica | 23.36 | Q |
| 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.44 | Q |
| 3 | Angela Burnham | United States | 23.84 | q |
| 4 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 23.89 | |
| 5 | Marissa Smith | Ireland | 24.09 | |
| 6 | Anja Böhme | West Germany | 24.18 | |
| 7 | Donna Fraser | United Kingdom | 24.19 | |
| 8 | Victoria Ljungberg | Sweden | 24.24 | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zundra Feagin | United States | 23.66 | Q |
| 2 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 23.77 | Q |
| 3 | Julia Duporty | Cuba | 23.87 | q |
| 4 | Monique Bogaards | Netherlands | 24.08 | |
| 5 | Katarzyna Zakrzewska | Poland | 24.26 | |
| 6 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 24.49 | |
| 7 | Nicoleta Filip | Romania | 24.81 | |
| 8 | Lisette Ferri | Spain | 25.06 | |

### Heats

10 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Revolie Campbell | Jamaica | 23.51 | Q |
| 2 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 24.41 | Q |
| 3 | Donna Fraser | United Kingdom | 24.44 | Q |
| 4 | Katarzyna Zakrzewska | Poland | 24.57 | q |
| 5 | Doris Auer | Austria | 24.95 | |
| 6 | Nadine Benoit | Mauritius | 25.41 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zundra Feagin | United States | 23.67 | Q |
| 2 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 23.93 | Q |
| 3 | Nicoleta Filip | Romania | 24.76 | Q |
| 4 | Nadine Halliday | Canada | 25.07 | |
| 5 | Cristina Veiga | Spain | 25.13 | |
| 6 | Rosanna Browne | Anguilla | 25.46 | |
| 7 | Claudete Pina | Brazil | 25.58 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Angela Burnham | United States | 24.05 | Q |
| 2 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 24.19 | Q |
| 3 | Gabi Rockmeier | West Germany | 24.27 | Q |
| 4 | Marissa Smith | Ireland | 24.32 | q |
| 5 | Denisse Sharpe | Argentina | 24.37 | q |
| 6 | Gabriella Szabó | Hungary | 24.76 | q |
| 7 | Georgia Paspalli | Cyprus | 25.04 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.83 | Q |
| 2 | Diane Smith | United Kingdom | 23.93 | Q |
| 3 | Anja Böhme | West Germany | 24.20 | Q |
| 4 | Monique Bogaards | Netherlands | 24.34 | q |
| 5 | Victoria Ljungberg | Sweden | 24.50 | q |
| 6 | Rosa Magaly Segovia | Colombia | 25.00 | |
| 7 | Stalo Konstantinou | Cyprus | 25.21 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 23.44 | Q |
| 2 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.77 | Q |
| 3 | Julia Duporty | Cuba | 23.88 | Q |
| 4 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 23.92 | q |
| 5 | Carla Popa | Romania | 24.25 | q |
| 6 | Lisette Ferri | Spain | 24.90 | q |
| 7 | Deirdre Caruana | Malta | 26.33 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Anguilla (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Bahamas (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (2)
* Finland (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)