# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 24 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sylviane Félix France |
| Silver | Lauren Hewitt Australia |
| Bronze | Nora Ivanova Bulgaria |

## Results
### Final

24 August Wind: -2.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.16 |
| | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 23.32 |
| | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 23.59 |
| 4 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 23.75 |
| 5 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.79 |
| 6 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 23.81 |
| 7 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 23.88 |
| 8 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 23.89 |

### Semifinals

24 August

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.59 | Q |
| 2 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 23.69 | Q |
| 3 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 23.99 | Q |
| 4 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 24.00 | Q |
| 5 | Crystal Cox | United States | 24.24 | |
| 6 | Jitka Burianová | Czech Republic | 24.43 | |
| 7 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 24.51 | |
| 8 | Chen Shu-Chuan | Chinese Taipei | 24.60 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 23.68 | Q |
| 2 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.76 | Q |
| 3 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 23.84 | Q |
| 4 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 23.89 | Q |
| 5 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica | 24.33 | |
| 6 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 24.34 | |
| 7 | Štepánka Klapácová | Czech Republic | 24.43 | |
| | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | DNS | |

### Quarterfinals

23 August

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 23.68 | Q |
| 2 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 23.77 | Q |
| 3 | Crystal Cox | United States | 24.17 | Q |
| 4 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica | 24.23 | Q |
| 5 | Sarah Wilhelmy | United Kingdom | 24.29 | |
| 6 | Sabrina Mulrain | Germany | 24.40 | |
| 7 | Tomomi Suzuki | Japan | 24.49 | |
| | Irina Kartacheva | Ukraine | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.71 | Q |
| 2 | Chen Shu-Chuan | Chinese Taipei | 24.18 | Q |
| 3 | Jitka Burianová | Czech Republic | 24.27 | Q |
| 4 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 24.52 | Q |
| 5 | Rebecca Murphy | New Zealand | 24.66 | |
| 6 | Tina Matul | Slovenia | 24.68 | |
| | Chen Yuxiang | China | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sylviane Félix | France | 24.05 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 24.11 | Q |
| 3 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 24.16 | Q |
| 4 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 24.29 | Q |
| 5 | Chrísoula Goudenoúdhi | Greece | 24.77 | |
| 6 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.87 | |
| 7 | Isabel Roussow | South Africa | 25.02 | |
| 8 | Margaret Fox | Canada | 25.06 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -3.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 23.94 | Q |
| 2 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 24.11 | Q |
| 3 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 24.20 | Q |
| 4 | Štepánka Klapácová | Czech Republic | 24.44 | Q |
| 5 | Victoria Shipman | United Kingdom | 24.48 | |
| 6 | Biljana Mitrović | Yugoslavia | 24.72 | |
| 7 | Natasha Quan-Vie | Canada | 25.09 | |
| 8 | Monika Gosciniak | Germany | 25.27 | |

### Heats

23 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chen Yuxiang | China | 23.96 | Q |
| 2 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 24.10 | Q |
| 3 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.39 | Q |
| 4 | Jitka Burianová | Czech Republic | 24.41 | Q |
| 5 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica | 24.42 | q |
| 6 | Rebecca Murphy | New Zealand | 24.57 | q |
| 7 | Marcia Daniel | Dominica | 25.80 | |
| 8 | Chamanthi Maligaspe | Sri Lanka | 26.71 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 23.78 | Q |
| 2 | Crystal Cox | United States | 23.93 | Q |
| 3 | Chrísoula Goudenoúdhi | Greece | 24.41 | Q |
| 4 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 24.47 | Q |
| 5 | Natasha Quan-Vie | Canada | 24.60 | q |
| 6 | Tina Matul | Slovenia | 24.63 | q |
| 7 | Manuela Grillo | Italy | 24.80 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 23.91 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 24.00 | Q |
| 3 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 24.26 | Q |
| 4 | Štepánka Klapácová | Czech Republic | 24.28 | Q |
| 5 | Isabel Roussow | South Africa | 24.39 | q |
| 6 | Biljana Mitrović | Yugoslavia | 24.61 | q |
| 7 | Paola Restrepo | Colombia | 25.00 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.41 | Q |
| 2 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 23.98 | Q |
| 3 | Tomomi Suzuki | Japan | 24.36 | Q |
| 4 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 24.49 | Q |
| 5 | Margaret Fox | Canada | 24.74 | q |
| 6 | Desiree Cooks | Anguilla | 25.71 | |
| 7 | Vaso Papaioannou | Cyprus | 25.81 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.86 | Q |
| 2 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 24.08 | Q |
| 3 | Sabrina Mulrain | Germany | 24.45 | Q |
| 4 | Sarah Wilhelmy | United Kingdom | 24.54 | Q |
| 5 | Justine Bayiga | Uganda | 24.75 | |
| 6 | Li Xuemei | China | 25.03 | |
| 7 | Kasiani Dimopoúlou | Greece | 25.26 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 23.95 | Q |
| 2 | Monika Gosciniak | Germany | 24.11 | Q |
| 3 | Victoria Shipman | United Kingdom | 24.18 | Q |
| 4 | Chen Shu-Chuan | Chinese Taipei | 24.20 | Q |
| 5 | Irina Kartacheva | Ukraine | 24.73 | q |
| 6 | Tanya Oxley | Barbados | 24.92 | |
| 7 | Clara Córdoba | Colombia | 25.42 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 43 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada (2)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Dominica (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)