# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Tina Iheagwam Nigeria |
| Silver | Caryl Smith United States |
| Bronze | Maicel Malone United States |

## Results
### Final

17 July Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Tina Iheagwam | Nigeria | 11.34 |
| | Caryl Smith | United States | 11.46 |
| | Maicel Malone | United States | 11.49 |
| 4 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 11.49 |
| 5 | Claudia Lepping | West Germany | 11.56 |
| 6 | Muriel Leroy | France | 11.60 |
| 7 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.69 |
| | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | DQ |

### Semifinals

17 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caryl Smith | United States | 11.59 | Q |
| 2 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.64 | Q |
| 3 | Claudia Lepping | West Germany | 11.67 | q |
| 4 | Sharon Dolby | United Kingdom | 11.85 | |
| 5 | Ina Morgenstern | East Germany | 11.86 | |
| 6 | Dorota Krawczak | Poland | 12.05 | |
| 7 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 12.17 | |
| 8 | Dagmar Hölbl | Austria | 12.22 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tina Iheagwam | Nigeria | 11.44 | Q |
| 2 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 11.55 | Q |
| 3 | Maicel Malone | United States | 11.65 | q |
| 4 | Corina Rosioru | Romania | 11.86 | |
| 5 | Ina Cordes | West Germany | 11.89 | |
| 6 | Joan Booth | United Kingdom | 12.03 | |
| 7 | Méryem Oumezdi | Morocco | 12.24 | |
| | Yolanda Díaz | Spain | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: +2.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.42 w | Q |
| 2 | Muriel Leroy | France | 11.51 w | Q |
| 3 | Katie Anderson | Canada | 11.72 w | |
| 4 | Olga Kosyakova | Soviet Union | 11.73 w | |
| 5 | Toshie Kitada | Japan | 11.91 w | |
| 6 | Buenaventura Santana | Dominican Republic | 11.99 w | |
| 7 | Melissa Moore | Australia | 12.00 w | |
| 8 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 12.09 w | |

### Heats

16 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caryl Smith | United States | 11.68 | Q |
| 2 | Ina Morgenstern | East Germany | 11.82 | Q |
| 3 | Sharon Dolby | United Kingdom | 11.86 | Q |
| 4 | Melissa Moore | Australia | 12.14 | q |
| 5 | Dorothy Isidore | Seychelles | 13.31 | |
| 6 | Denise Ephraim | Nauru | 13.70 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maicel Malone | United States | 11.65 | Q |
| 2 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 11.79 | Q |
| 3 | Yolanda Díaz | Spain | 12.02 | Q |
| 4 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland | 12.62 | |
| 5 | Maria Luna | Brazil | 12.71 | |
| 6 | Leung Wai Kwan | Hong Kong | 13.34 | |
| 7 | Ani Bakalia | Lebanon | 13.49 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Muriel Leroy | France | 11.71 | Q |
| 2 | Méryem Oumezdi | Morocco | 12.37 | Q |
| 3 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 12.39 | Q |
| 4 | Rita Gomes | Brazil | 12.60 | |
| 5 | Sharon Mifsud | Gibraltar | 12.90 | |
| 6 | Alexandra Scerri | Malta | 13.27 | |
| 7 | Zaide Uao | Philippines | 13.29 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tina Iheagwam | Nigeria | 11.68 | Q |
| 2 | Buenaventura Santana | Dominican Republic | 12.02 | Q |
| 3 | Dagmar Hölbl | Austria | 12.14 | Q |
| 4 | Nicole Charles | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.28 | |
| 5 | Soledad Bacarezza | Chile | 12.57 | |
| 6 | Sara Rossini | San Marino | 12.89 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.62 | Q |
| 2 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.68 | Q |
| 3 | Claudia Lepping | West Germany | 11.73 | Q |
| 4 | Toshie Kitada | Japan | 11.98 | q |
| 5 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 12.10 | q |
| 6 | Aïda Diop | Senegal | 12.88 | |
| 7 | Cathy Rasehei | Papua New Guinea | 13.07 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olga Kosyakova | Soviet Union | 11.82 | Q |
| 2 | Ina Cordes | West Germany | 11.85 | Q |
| 3 | Dorota Krawczak | Poland | 12.07 | Q |
| 4 | Stephanie Taylor | Canada | 12.49 | |
| 5 | Coumba Diarra Thidune | Senegal | 12.76 | |
| 6 | Rosanna Browne | Anguilla | 12.98 | |
| 7 | Fhelin-Chantal Ngokangath | Congo | 13.17 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katie Anderson | Canada | 11.82 | Q |
| 2 | Corina Rosioru | Romania | 11.90 | Q |
| 3 | Joan Booth | United Kingdom | 12.08 | Q |
| 4 | Ayako Nomura | Japan | 12.32 | |
| 5 | Zuleyka Beard | Panama | 12.36 | |
| 6 | K.H. Salaimma | India | 12.49 | |
| 7 | Carol Quiros Delgado | Costa Rica | 12.87 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.
* Anguilla (1)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Congo (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* East Germany (2)
* France (2)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Iceland (1)
* India (1)
* Japan (2)
* Lebanon (1)
* Malta (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Nauru (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Panama (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* San Marino (1)
* Senegal (2)
* Seychelles (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)