# 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sabrina Kelly United States |
| Silver | Aspen Burkett United States |
| Bronze | Philomena Mensah Ghana |

## Results
### Final

21 July Wind: +2.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sabrina Kelly | United States | 11.36 |
| | Aspen Burkett | United States | 11.40 |
| | Philomena Mensah | Ghana | 11.43 |
| 4 | Katerína Thánou | Greece | 11.46 |
| 5 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.48 |
| 6 | Kerry-Ann Richards | Jamaica | 11.56 |
| 7 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.57 |
| 8 | Dainelky Pérez | Cuba | 11.58 |

### Semifinals

21 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philomena Mensah | Ghana | 11.39 | Q |
| 2 | Sabrina Kelly | United States | 11.48 | Q |
| 3 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.51 | Q |
| 4 | Kerry-Ann Richards | Jamaica | 11.52 | Q |
| 5 | Huang Mei | China | 11.60 | |
| 6 | Heide Seÿerling | South Africa | 11.62 | |
| 7 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 11.77 | |
| 8 | Esther Möller | Germany | 11.89 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aspen Burkett | United States | 11.38 | Q |
| 2 | Katerína Thánou | Greece | 11.43 | Q |
| 3 | Dainelky Pérez | Cuba | 11.50 | Q |
| 4 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.52 | Q |
| 5 | Gabriele Becker | Germany | 11.66 | |
| 6 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 11.77 | |
| 7 | Beverley Langley | Jamaica | 11.80 | |
| 8 | Viktoriya Tokonbayeva | Kazakhstan | 12.02 | |

### Quarterfinals

20 July

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philomena Mensah | Ghana | 11.49 | Q |
| 2 | Dainelky Pérez | Cuba | 11.67 | Q |
| 3 | Beverley Langley | Jamaica | 11.71 | Q |
| 4 | Esther Möller | Germany | 11.78 | Q |
| 5 | Marie Joëlle Dogbo | France | 11.81 | |
| 6 | Tomomi Kaneko | Japan | 11.91 | |
| 7 | Mame Twumasi | Canada | 11.95 | |
| 8 | Monica Giolli | Italy | 12.01 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aspen Burkett | United States | 11.48 | Q |
| 2 | Kerry-Ann Richards | Jamaica | 11.66 | Q |
| 3 | Huang Mei | China | 11.67 | Q |
| 4 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 11.70 | Q |
| 5 | Tatyana Kotelnikova | Uzbekistan | 11.84 | |
| 6 | Štepánka Klapácová | Czech Republic | 11.89 | |
| 7 | Ayanna Hutchinson | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.93 | |
| 8 | Kelly Miller | New Zealand | 12.22 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +2.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sabrina Kelly | United States | 11.50 w | Q |
| 2 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.55 w | Q |
| 3 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 11.56 w | Q |
| 4 | Gabriele Becker | Germany | 11.64 w | Q |
| 5 | Chen Shu-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 11.76 w | |
| 6 | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 11.81 w | |
| 7 | Esmari Le Roux | South Africa | 12.05 w | |
| 8 | Natalya Drozdova | Russia | 12.06 w | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katerína Thánou | Greece | 11.54 | Q |
| 2 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.56 | Q |
| 3 | Heide Seÿerling | South Africa | 11.64 | Q |
| 4 | Viktoriya Tokonbayeva | Kazakhstan | 11.90 | Q |
| 5 | Radana Volná | Czech Republic | 12.02 | |
| 6 | Jane Arnott | New Zealand | 12.06 | |
| 7 | Roberta Bettio | Italy | 12.08 | |
| 8 | Tonya Vassileva | Bulgaria | 12.26 | |

### Heats

20 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philomena Mensah | Ghana | 11.63 | Q |
| 2 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 11.89 | Q |
| 3 | Štepánka Klapácová | Czech Republic | 11.92 | Q |
| 4 | Chen Shu-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 11.94 | Q |
| 5 | Monica Giolli | Italy | 11.98 | q |
| 6 | Tomomi Kaneko | Japan | 12.10 | q |
| 7 | Elvira Dzhabarova | Azerbaijan | 12.31 | |
| 8 | Esther Foufoué | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.53 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kerry-Ann Richards | Jamaica | 11.59 | Q |
| 2 | Sabrina Kelly | United States | 11.61 | Q |
| 3 | Katerína Thánou | Greece | 11.72 | Q |
| 4 | Roberta Bettio | Italy | 11.98 | Q |
| 5 | Tonya Vassileva | Bulgaria | 12.07 | q |
| 6 | Kelly Miller | New Zealand | 12.14 | q |
| 7 | Ulrika Larsson | Sweden | 12.21 | |
| 8 | Baek Myeong-Ju | South Korea | 12.72 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marie Joëlle Dogbo | France | 11.69 | Q |
| 2 | Huang Mei | China | 11.73 | Q |
| 3 | Beverley Langley | Jamaica | 11.82 | Q |
| 4 | Jane Arnott | New Zealand | 11.96 | Q |
| 5 | Tatyana Kotelnikova | Uzbekistan | 11.97 | q |
| 6 | Radana Volná | Czech Republic | 12.00 | q |
| 7 | Sara Pelliccioni | San Marino | 14.13 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heide Seÿerling | South Africa | 11.67 | Q |
| 2 | Aspen Burkett | United States | 11.68 | Q |
| 3 | Gabriele Becker | Germany | 11.75 | Q |
| 4 | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 11.98 | Q |
| 5 | Zinaida Loginova | Moldova | 12.22 | |
| 6 | Mirenda Francourt | Seychelles | 12.39 | |
| 7 | Sortelina Pires | São Tomé and Príncipe | 13.19 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 11.63 | Q |
| 2 | Dainelky Pérez | Cuba | 11.80 | Q |
| 3 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 11.83 | Q |
| 4 | Mame Twumasi | Canada | 12.11 | Q |
| 5 | Esmari Le Roux | South Africa | 12.19 | q |
| 6 | Alemitu Dissassa | Ethiopia | 13.06 | |
| 7 | Bina Shrestha | Nepal | 13.78 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.66 | Q |
| 2 | Viktoriya Tokonbayeva | Kazakhstan | 11.97 | Q |
| 3 | Esther Möller | Germany | 12.00 | Q |
| 4 | Ayanna Hutchinson | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.11 | Q |
| 5 | Natalya Drozdova | Russia | 12.15 | q |
| 6 | Ana Caicedo | Ecuador | 12.51 | |
| 7 | Rachel Rogers | Fiji | 12.73 | |
| 8 | Natalie Martindale | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.92 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahamas (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Fiji (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Ghana (1)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Nepal (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Russia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* San Marino (1)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)