# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.

## Medalists

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

## Results
### Final

30 July Wind: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 22.34 w |
| | Diana Dietz | East Germany | 22.88 w |
| | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 22.97 w |
| 4 | Esther Jones | United States | 23.00 w |
| 5 | Angelika Haggenmüller | West Germany | 23.36 w |
| 6 | Oksana Kovalyova | Soviet Union | 23.64 w |
| 7 | Revolie Campbell | Jamaica | 23.66 w |
| 8 | Nadezhda Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 24.26 w |

### Semifinals

29 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +2.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Esther Jones | United States | 23.24 w | Q |
| 2 | Angelika Haggenmüller | West Germany | 23.26 w | Q |
| 3 | Nadezhda Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 23.80 w | q |
| 4 | Natacha Cilirié | France | 23.89 w | |
| 5 | Tarja Leveelahti | Finland | 24.00 w | |
| 6 | Katerína Kóffa | Greece | 24.31 w | |
| 7 | Carine Finck | Belgium | 24.47 w | |
| | Orlene McIntosh | Jamaica | DNS w | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +2.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 22.97 w | Q |
| 2 | Oksana Kovalyova | Soviet Union | 23.89 w | Q |
| 3 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 23.90 w | |
| 4 | Anne Leseur | France | 24.28 w | |
| 5 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 24.32 w | |
| 6 | Jupira da Graça | Brazil | 24.34 w | |
| 7 | Diana Strasser | Austria | 24.80 w | |
| | Rachel Kirby | United Kingdom | DNS w | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: +2.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diana Dietz | East Germany | 23.31 w | Q |
| 2 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 23.37 w | Q |
| 3 | Revolie Campbell | Jamaica | 23.74 w | q |
| 4 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 23.96 w | |
| 5 | Kendra Mackey | United States | 23.96 w | |
| 6 | Daniela Plescan | Romania | 24.02 w | |
| 7 | Petra Osterwalder | Switzerland | 24.32 w | |
| 8 | Cristina Castro | Spain | 24.38 w | |

### Heats

29 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +2.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 23.61 | Q |
| 2 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 23.84 | Q |
| 3 | Katerína Kóffa | Greece | 24.31 | q |
| 4 | Wang Ping | China | 24.44 | |
| 5 | Annique Goudemond | Netherlands | 24.62 | |
| 6 | Claudia Riquelme | Chile | 25.37 | |
| 7 | Anna Cherry | Saint Lucia | 25.59 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +2.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diana Dietz | East Germany | 23.21 w | Q |
| 2 | Angelika Haggenmüller | West Germany | 23.33 w | Q |
| 3 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 24.00 w | q |
| 4 | Carine Finck | Belgium | 24.29 w | q |
| 5 | Cristina Castro | Spain | 24.37 w | q |
| 6 | Ana Valdivia | Cuba | 24.72 w | |
| 7 | Jacqueline Sophia | Netherlands Antilles | 25.18 w | |
| 8 | Oumou Sow | Guinea | 26.32 w | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Revolie Campbell | Jamaica | 23.74 | Q |
| 2 | Daniela Plescan | Romania | 24.23 | Q |
| 3 | Annerose Scholsberg | Netherlands | 24.42 | |
| 4 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 24.43 | |
| 5 | Kylie Hanigan | Australia | 24.52 | |
| 6 | Ndèye Aminata Niang | Senegal | 25.25 | |
| 7 | Grace Ofori | Ghana | 25.30 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oksana Kovalyova | Soviet Union | 23.56 w | Q |
| 2 | Natacha Cilirié | France | 23.85 w | Q |
| 3 | Diana Strasser | Austria | 24.05 w | q |
| 4 | Chen Ya-Li | Chinese Taipei | 24.52 w | |
| 5 | Kathleen Lithgow | United Kingdom | 24.60 w | |
| 6 | Christine Duvergé | Mauritius | 25.47 w | |
| 7 | Oreh Coker | Sierra Leone | 27.21 w | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Orlene McIntosh | Jamaica | 23.85 | Q |
| 2 | Kendra Mackey | United States | 24.00 | Q |
| 3 | Jupira da Graça | Brazil | 24.28 | q |
| 4 | Rachel Kirby | United Kingdom | 24.32 | q |
| 5 | Marina Filipović | Yugoslavia | 24.83 | |
| 6 | Terry Daley | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25.02 | |
| 7 | Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 25.36 | |
| 8 | Mariama Ouiminga | Burkina Faso | 26.88 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anne Leseur | France | 23.96 | Q |
| 2 | Tarja Leveelahti | Finland | 24.05 | Q |
| 3 | Nadezhda Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 24.05 | q |
| 4 | Li Guilian | China | 24.64 | |
| 5 | Kerri Kinnane | Australia | 24.75 | |
| 6 | Kinga Fodor | Hungary | 25.49 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Esther Jones | United States | 23.47 | Q |
| 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 24.11 | Q |
| 3 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 24.53 | |
| 4 | Stacy Bowen | Canada | 25.12 | |
| 5 | Marta Onate | Spain | 25.25 | |
| | Deirdre Caruana | Malta | DQ | |

#### Heat 8

Wind: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 23.30 w | Q |
| 2 | Petra Osterwalder | Switzerland | 24.19 w | Q |
| 3 | Sabine Kirchmaier | Austria | 24.42 w | |
| 4 | Gili Dishon | Israel | 25.55 w | |
| 5 | Muyegbe Mabala | Zaire | 27.05 w | |
| | Barbara Witola | Zambia | DQ | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 55 athletes from 40 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Austria (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Cuba (2)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Ghana (1)
* Greece (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Israel (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* West Germany (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zaire (1)
* Zambia (1)