# 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.

## 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 |
| | 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)