# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 200 metres

The girls' 200 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12, 13 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Irene Ekelund Sweden | Ángela Tenorio Ecuador | Ariana Washington United States |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Marion Jones (USA) | 22.58 | New Orleans, United States | 22 June 1992 |
| Championship Record | Aymée Martínez (CUB) | 22.99 | Marrakech, Morocco | 17 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Ariana Washington (USA) | 23.18 | Norwalk, United States | 24 May 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) next 3 fastest (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Hannah Cunliffe | United States | 23.80 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Jonielle Smith | Jamaica | 24.30 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Tobi Amusan | Nigeria | 24.50 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Bryannill Cardona | Venezuela | 24.69 | SB |
| 5 | 1 | Laurence Jones | Luxembourg | 24.92 | PB |
| 6 | 5 | Õilme Võro | Estonia | 25.19 | PB |
| 7 | 3 | Tirana Mitchell | Guyana | 25.69 | |
| 8 | 2 | Vlatka Sekirnik | Croatia | 26.06 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 23.73 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Lisa Mayer | Germany | 23.85 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Anna Schena | Italy | 24.61 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Raquel Tjernagel | Canada | 24.61 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Jonel Lacey | British Virgin Islands | 24.65 | q, PB |
| 6 | 7 | Sofia Duarte | Portugal | 25.32 | |
| 7 | 1 | Taylor Sharpe | Canada | 25.60 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mzinde Ruvarashe | Zimbabwe | 25.91 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany | 23.74 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Seika Aoyama | Japan | 23.78 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Kaja Debevec | Slovenia | 24.78 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Wang Xuan | China | 24.79 | |
| 5 | 8 | Loushanya Nemour | Bahamas | 25.03 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Zouaouia Berhil | Algeria | 25.30 | |
| 7 | 3 | Liliya Manasipova | Uzbekistan | 25.83 | |
| | 4 | Drita Islami | North Macedonia | DQ | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Irene Ekelund | Sweden | 23.02 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 3 | Letícia de Souza | Brazil | 24.11 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Deborah Adewumi Adewale | Nigeria | 24.15 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Micaela Moroni | Italy | 24.58 | q, PB |
| 5 | 7 | Andrea Školová | Czech Republic | 24.77 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ivana Macanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.09 | PB |
| 7 | 6 | Ulfa Silpiana | Indonesia | 25.09 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Lyubov Ushakova | Kazakhstan | 25.59 | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Shannon Hylton | Great Britain | 23.58 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Nelda Huggins | British Virgin Islands | 24.24 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 8 | Noelia Martínez | Argentina | 24.40 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Ge Manqi | China | 24.74 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Luan Gabriel | Dominica | 24.90 | |
| 6 | 2 | Joy Mphatho | Botswana | 25.43 | PB |
| 7 | 5 | Romana Kharchenko | Ukraine | 25.62 | PB |
| 8 | 4 | Cecilia Tamayo | Mexico | 31.78 | |

### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kayelle Clarke | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.42 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Veronika Paličková | Czech Republic | 24.43 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Shanti Pereira | Singapore | 24.54 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 7 | Dutee Chand | India | 24.68 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Mateja Jambrović | Croatia | 24.68 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Katiuska Millán | Venezuela | 25.32 | |
| 7 | 6 | Tjaša Sirc | Slovenia | 25.63 | |
| | 3 | Fathin Mohd Yusuf | Malaysia | DNS | |

### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Ariana Washington | United States | 23.72 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Saqukine Cameron | Jamaica | 24.35 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Jenae Ambrose | Bahamas | 24.40 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Simoné du Plooy | South Africa | 24.98 | |
| 5 | 5 | Astrid Balanta | Colombia | 25.34 | |
| 6 | 1 | Rumeshika Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | 25.52 | |
| 7 | 8 | Annelouise Jensen | Denmark | 25.64 | |
| | 7 | Basant Mohamed Awd A | Egypt | DNS | |

## Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ariana Washington | United States | 23.19 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 23.35 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lisa Mayer | Germany | 23.75 | q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Letícia de Souza | Brazil | 23.98 | q, PB |
| 5 | 8 | Deborah Adewumi Adewale | Nigeria | 24.06 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Noelia Martínez | Argentina | 24.43 | |
| 7 | 2 | Micaela Moroni | Italy | 24.56 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Kaja Debevec | Slovenia | 24.81 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany | 23.72 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Shannon Hylton | Great Britain | 23.94 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Seika Aoyama | Japan | 24.01 | |
| 4 | 7 | Saqukine Cameron | Jamaica | 24.34 | |
| 5 | 6 | Nelda Huggins | British Virgin Islands | 24.65 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jenae Ambrose | Bahamas | 25.05 | |
| 7 | 2 | Anna Schena | Italy | 25.07 | |
| 8 | 1 | Raquel Tjernagel | Canada | 25.36 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Irene Ekelund | Sweden | 23.56 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Hannah Cunliffe | United States | 23.63 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Jonielle Smith | Jamaica | 24.13 | |
| 4 | 5 | Kayelle Clarke | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.54 | |
| 5 | 1 | Shanti Pereira | Singapore | 24.76 | |
| 6 | 7 | Veronika Paličková | Czech Republic | 25.08 | |
| | 8 | Tobi Amusan | Nigeria | DQ | |
| | 2 | Jonel Lacey | British Virgin Islands | DNS | |

## Final

Wind: –0,1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Irene Ekelund | Sweden | 22.92 | CR, NJR, WYL |
| 2 | 3 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 23.13 | PB |
| 3 | 5 | Ariana Washington | United States | 23.20 | |
| 4 | 8 | Hannah Cunliffe | United States | 23.44 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany | 23.53 | |
| 6 | 7 | Shannon Hylton | United Kingdom | 23.64 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lisa Mayer | Germany | 24.12 | |
| 8 | 1 | Letícia de Souza | Brazil | 24.46 | |