# 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vernicha James United Kingdom |
| Silver | Anneisha McLaughlin Jamaica |
| Bronze | Sanya Richards United States |

## Results
### Final

19 July Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Vernicha James | United Kingdom | 22.93 |
| | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica | 22.94 |
| | Sanya Richards | United States | 23.09 |
| 4 | Vincenza Calì | Italy | 23.25 |
| 5 | Allyson Felix | United States | 23.48 |
| 6 | Nickesha Anderson | Jamaica | 23.59 |
| 7 | Amy Spencer | United Kingdom | 23.76 |
| 8 | Ashley Purnell | Canada | 23.97 |

### Semifinals

19 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sanya Richards | United States | 23.33 | Q |
| 2 | Nickesha Anderson | Jamaica | 23.52 | Q |
| 3 | Ashley Purnell | Canada | 23.80 | q |
| 4 | Nikolett Listár | Hungary | 24.10 | |
| 5 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 24.12 | |
| 6 | Tiandra Ponteen | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24.67 | |
| 7 | Claire Bergin | Ireland | 24.97 | |
| 8 | Virginie Michanol | France | 25.35 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vernicha James | United Kingdom | 23.07 | Q |
| 2 | Allyson Felix | United States | 23.73 | Q |
| 3 | April Brough | New Zealand | 24.09 | |
| 4 | Johanna Kedzierski | Germany | 24.31 | |
| 5 | Petya Borisova | Bulgaria | 24.48 | |
| 6 | Phara Anacharsis | France | 24.68 | |
| 7 | Elina Korjansalo | Finland | 24.97 | |
| | Lyn-Marie Cox | Barbados | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica | 23.39 | Q |
| 2 | Vincenza Calì | Italy | 23.42 | Q |
| 3 | Amy Spencer | United Kingdom | 23.65 | q |
| 4 | Iuliana Belcheva | Bulgaria | 24.15 | |
| 5 | Ann Cathrine Bakken | Norway | 24.28 | |
| 6 | Carla Bosco | Finland | 24.29 | |
| 7 | Janina Schwidde | Germany | 24.67 | |
| 8 | Jenny Ljunggren | Sweden | 24.74 | |

### Heats

18 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vincenza Calì | Italy | 23.27 | Q |
| 2 | Nickesha Anderson | Jamaica | 23.34 | Q |
| 3 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 23.98 | Q |
| 4 | Phara Anacharsis | France | 24.14 | Q |
| 5 | Jenny Ljunggren | Sweden | 24.30 | q |
| 6 | Megan Clarke | Canada | 24.69 | |
| 7 | Gabriela Patterson | Costa Rica | 24.69 | |
| 8 | Imma Sabate | Andorra | 28.02 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sanya Richards | United States | 23.13 | Q |
| 2 | Ashley Purnell | Canada | 23.28 | Q |
| 3 | Ann Cathrine Bakken | Norway | 24.20 | Q |
| 4 | Elina Korjansalo | Finland | 24.77 | Q |
| 5 | Delphine Atangana | Cameroon | 24.96 | |
| 6 | Rina Fujimaki | Japan | 25.03 | |
| | Virgil Hodge | Saint Kitts and Nevis | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vernicha James | United Kingdom | 23.14 | Q |
| 2 | Iuliana Belcheva | Bulgaria | 24.12 | Q |
| 3 | Johanna Kedzierski | Germany | 24.16 | Q |
| 4 | Tiandra Ponteen | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24.29 | Q |
| 5 | Virginie Michanol | France | 24.49 | q |
| 6 | Daniela Riderelli | Chile | 24.69 | |
| | Josephine Ngaluafe | Australia | DNF | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +2.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Allyson Felix | United States | 23.77 | Q |
| 2 | April Brough | New Zealand | 23.94 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolett Listár | Hungary | 24.08 | Q |
| 4 | Claire Bergin | Ireland | 24.36 | Q |
| 5 | Gayane Beglaryan | Uzbekistan | 25.11 | |
| | Katrin Käärt | Estonia | DNF | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica | 23.30 | Q |
| 2 | Amy Spencer | United Kingdom | 23.46 | Q |
| 3 | Lyn-Marie Cox | Barbados | 23.86 | Q |
| 4 | Carla Bosco | Finland | 24.11 | Q |
| 5 | Janina Schwidde | Germany | 24.37 | q |
| 6 | Petya Borisova | Bulgaria | 24.61 | q |
| 7 | Joan van den Akker | Netherlands | 25.06 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Andorra (1)
* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)