# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria |
| Silver | Mary Onyali Nigeria |
| Bronze | Katrin Krabbe East Germany |

## Results
### Final

19 July Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 23.11 |
| | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 23.30 |
| | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 23.31 |
| 4 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 23.46 |
| 5 | Oksana Kovalyova | Soviet Union | 23.60 |
| 6 | Ina Cordes | West Germany | 23.65 |
| 7 | Muriel Leroy | France | 23.69 |
| | Tatyana Chebykina | Soviet Union | DNF |

### Semifinals

18 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 23.60 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Chebykina | Soviet Union | 23.96 | Q |
| 3 | Claudia Lepping | West Germany | 23.98 | |
| 4 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 24.42 | |
| 5 | Stephanie Taylor | Canada | 24.71 | |
| 6 | Toshie Kitada | Japan | 24.81 | |
| 7 | Diane Dunrod | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24.85 | |
| | Tamaris Fiebig | East Germany | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 23.35 | Q |
| 2 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 23.43 | Q |
| 3 | Maicel Malone | United States | 23.72 | |
| 4 | Sallyanne Short | United Kingdom | 24.20 | |
| 5 | Katie Anderson | Canada | 24.38 | |
| 6 | Dorota Krawczak | Poland | 24.67 | |
| 7 | Donatella Dal Bianco | Italy | 24.68 | |
| 8 | Ayako Nomura | Japan | 25.00 | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oksana Kovalyova | Soviet Union | 23.56 | Q |
| 2 | Ina Cordes | West Germany | 23.59 | Q |
| 3 | Muriel Leroy | France | 23.65 | q |
| 4 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 23.69 | q |
| 5 | Hayley Clements | United Kingdom | 23.92 | |
| 6 | Daniela Weegerová | Czechoslovakia | 24.05 | |
| 7 | Corina Rosioru | Romania | 24.06 | |
| 8 | Mónika Mádai | Hungary | 24.69 | |

### Heats

18 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maicel Malone | United States | 23.74 | Q |
| 2 | Daniela Weegerová | Czechoslovakia | 24.30 | Q |
| 3 | Dorota Krawczak | Poland | 24.42 | Q |
| 4 | Jupira da Graça | Brazil | 25.03 | |
| 5 | Carol Quiros Delgado | Costa Rica | 26.54 | |
| 6 | Fhelin-Chantal Ngokangath | Congo | 27.18 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 23.50 | Q |
| 2 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 24.25 | Q |
| 3 | Katie Anderson | Canada | 24.45 | Q |
| 4 | Mónika Mádai | Hungary | 24.78 | q |
| 5 | Chen Ya-Li | Chinese Taipei | 24.99 | |
| 6 | Soledad Bacarezza | Chile | 25.69 | |
| 7 | Coumba Diarra Thidune | Senegal | 26.28 | |
| 8 | Rosanna Browne | Anguilla | 26.46 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 23.22 | Q |
| 2 | Oksana Kovalyova | Soviet Union | 23.61 | Q |
| 3 | Ina Cordes | West Germany | 24.03 | Q |
| 4 | Ayako Nomura | Japan | 24.89 | q |
| 5 | Zuleyka Beard | Panama | 25.18 | |
| 6 | Christine Duvergé | Mauritius | 25.48 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 23.78 | Q |
| 2 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 24.14 | Q |
| 3 | Stephanie Taylor | Canada | 24.58 | Q |
| 4 | Diane Dunrod | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24.77 | q |
| 5 | Sharon Mifsud | Gibraltar | 26.05 | |
| 6 | Leung Wai Kwan | Hong Kong | 27.30 | |
| 7 | Fowzia Ibrahim Jilaow | Somalia | 28.43 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Muriel Leroy | France | 23.48 | Q |
| 2 | Hayley Clements | United Kingdom | 23.90 | Q |
| 3 | Donatella Dal Bianco | Italy | 24.06 | Q |
| 4 | Patricia Serret | Mauritius | 25.28 | |
| 5 | Rita Gomes | Brazil | 25.36 | |
| 6 | Ausa Mwendachabe | Zambia | 26.12 | |
| 7 | Guilhermina da Cruz | Angola | 26.21 | |
| 8 | Zaide Uao | Philippines | 26.57 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Claudia Lepping | West Germany | 24.35 | Q |
| 2 | Corina Rosioru | Romania | 24.48 | Q |
| 3 | Toshie Kitada | Japan | 24.68 | Q |
| 4 | Dagmar Hölbl | Austria | 25.12 | |
| 5 | Katerína Kóffa | Greece | 25.67 | |
| 6 | Alexandra Scerri | Malta | 27.08 | |
| 7 | Dorothy Isidore | Seychelles | 27.16 | |
| 8 | Denise Ephraim | Nauru | 28.80 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tamaris Fiebig | East Germany | 23.92 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Chebykina | Soviet Union | 24.03 | Q |
| 3 | Sallyanne Short | United Kingdom | 24.23 | Q |
| 4 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland | 25.85 | |
| 5 | Anna Cherry | Saint Lucia | 26.32 | |
| 6 | Valeria López | Ecuador | 26.67 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 39 countries participated in the event.
* Angola (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Austria (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Congo (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Ecuador (1)
* France (1)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (2)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (2)
* Nauru (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Panama (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Somalia (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)
* Zambia (1)