# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Diana Dietz East Germany |
| Silver | Katrin Krabbe East Germany |
| Bronze | Liliana Allen Cuba |

## Results
### Final

28 July Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Diana Dietz | East Germany | 11.18 |
| | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 11.23 |
| | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.36 |
| 4 | Esther Jones | United States | 11.45 |
| 5 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 11.57 |
| 6 | Angela Burnham | United States | 11.73 |
| 7 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 11.74 |
| 8 | Anzhela Golovchenko | Soviet Union | 11.77 |

### Semifinals

28 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.49 | Q |
| 2 | Esther Jones | United States | 11.53 | Q |
| 3 | Magalie Simioneck | France | 11.75 | |
| 4 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica | 11.90 | |
| 5 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 11.93 | |
| 6 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.96 | |
| 7 | Ge Weidong | China | 12.12 | |
| 8 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 12.14 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 11.34 | Q |
| 2 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 11.65 | Q |
| 3 | Stephi Douglas | United Kingdom | 11.79 | |
| 4 | Cristina Castro | Spain | 11.88 | |
| 5 | Carine Finck | Belgium | 11.96 | |
| 6 | Cécile Peyre | France | 11.97 | |
| 7 | Sonia Vigati | Italy | 12.04 | |
| 8 | Nadezhda Rotach | Soviet Union | 12.20 | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diana Dietz | East Germany | 11.25 | Q |
| 2 | Anzhela Golovchenko | Soviet Union | 11.64 | Q |
| 3 | Angela Burnham | United States | 11.67 | q |
| 4 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 11.73 | q |
| 5 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 11.83 | |
| 6 | Katerína Kóffa | Greece | 11.91 | |
| 7 | Luo Zhonghua | China | 12.00 | |
| 8 | Monique Bogaards | Netherlands | 12.14 | |

### Heats

27 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luo Zhonghua | China | 11.73 | Q |
| 2 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica | 11.74 | Q |
| 3 | Nadezhda Rotach | Soviet Union | 11.87 | q |
| 4 | Charmaine Gilgeous | Canada | 11.93 | |
| 5 | Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 12.12 | |
| 6 | Erin Tierney | Cook Islands | 12.65 | |
| 7 | Deirdre Caruana | Malta | 12.66 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Magalie Simioneck | France | 11.63 | Q |
| 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.76 | Q |
| 3 | Chen Ya-Li | Chinese Taipei | 11.94 | |
| 4 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 12.05 | |
| 5 | Rita Gomes | Brazil | 12.18 | |
| 6 | Muyegbe Mabala | Zaire | 13.04 | |
| 7 | Malia Makisi | Tonga | 13.76 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stephi Douglas | United Kingdom | 11.50 w | Q |
| 2 | Angela Burnham | United States | 11.59 w | Q |
| 3 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 11.77 w | q |
| 4 | Monique Bogaards | Netherlands | 11.90 w | q |
| 5 | Patricia Foufoué | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.09 w | |
| 6 | Oumou Sow | Guinea | 12.59 w | |
| 7 | Carol Quiros Delgado | Costa Rica | 12.65 w | |
| | Rajab Intarsar | Sudan | DQ | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Esther Jones | United States | 11.34 w | Q |
| 2 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 11.58 w | Q |
| 3 | Sonia Vigati | Italy | 11.63 w | q |
| 4 | Cécile Peyre | France | 11.73 w | q |
| 5 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 11.77 w | q |
| 6 | Monique Dunstan | Australia | 11.91 w | |
| 7 | Monica Rahanitraniriana | Madagascar | 12.55 w | |
| 8 | Dorothy Isidore | Seychelles | 13.32 w | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +2.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.47 w | Q |
| 2 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 11.66 w | Q |
| 3 | Katerína Kóffa | Greece | 11.77 w | q |
| 4 | Monika Schoy | West Germany | 12.00 w | |
| 5 | Barbara Witola | Zambia | 12.11 w | |
| 6 | Terry Daley | U.S. Virgin Islands | 12.16 w | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 11.22 | Q |
| 2 | Anzhela Golovchenko | Soviet Union | 11.70 | Q |
| 3 | Carine Finck | Belgium | 11.75 | q |
| 4 | Kerri Kinnane | Australia | 12.02 | |
| 5 | Ndèye Aminata Niang | Senegal | 12.35 | |
| 6 | Oreh Coker | Sierra Leone | 13.01 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: +2.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diana Dietz | East Germany | 11.18 w | Q |
| 2 | Cristina Castro | Spain | 11.66 w | Q |
| 3 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 11.70 w | q |
| 4 | Ge Weidong | China | 11.81 w | q |
| 5 | Felicia Amajali | Nigeria | 11.92 w | |
| 6 | Súsanna Helgadóttir | Iceland | 12.00 w | |
| 7 | Gili Dishon | Israel | 12.19 w | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 39 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Cuba (2)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malta (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Tonga (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* West Germany (1)
* Zaire (1)
* Zambia (1)