1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Muriel Hurtis  France
Silver	Shakedia Jones  United States
Bronze	Sarah Wilhelmy  United Kingdom

Results

Final

1 August
Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Muriel Hurtis	France	23.22
	Shakedia Jones	United States	23.39
	Sarah Wilhelmy	United Kingdom	23.56
4	Johanna Manninen	Finland	23.68
5	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	23.72
6	Joan Ekah	Nigeria	23.76
7	Edyta Rela	Poland	23.80
8	Funmilola Ogundana	Nigeria	23.99

Semifinals

1 August

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johanna Manninen	Finland	23.58	Q
2	Sarah Wilhelmy	United Kingdom	23.62	Q
3	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	23.67	Q
4	Joan Ekah	Nigeria	23.79	Q
5	Petronella Árva	Hungary	23.81
6	Myra Combs	United States	23.84
7	Anna Pacholak	Poland	24.21
8	Nadia Imalouan	France	24.24

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Muriel Hurtis	France	23.26	Q
2	Shakedia Jones	United States	23.35	Q
3	Edyta Rela	Poland	23.75	Q
4	Funmilola Ogundana	Nigeria	23.79	Q
5	Atia Weekes	Canada	23.81
6	Enikő Szabó	Hungary	23.93
7	Jenny Kallur	Sweden	24.01
8	Ólga Kaidantzí	Greece	24.63

Quarterfinals

31 July

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Atia Weekes	Canada	23.45	Q
2	Funmilola Ogundana	Nigeria	23.56	Q
3	Myra Combs	United States	23.59	Q
4	Ólga Kaidantzí	Greece	24.02	Q
5	Olga Nikitenko	Kazakhstan	24.28
6	Lucy-Ann Richards	Barbados	24.44
7	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	24.56
8	Paula Osorio	Chile	24.65

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sarah Wilhelmy	United Kingdom	23.69	Q
2	Petronella Árva	Hungary	23.81	Q
3	Anna Pacholak	Poland	23.85	Q
4	Nadia Imalouan	France	23.91	Q
5	Cathleen Tschirch	Germany	24.14
6	Emily Maher	Ireland	24.28
	Fana Ashby	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS
	Leticia Mutta	Tanzania	DNS

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joan Ekah	Nigeria	23.50	Q
2	Muriel Hurtis	France	23.52	Q
3	Enikő Szabó	Hungary	23.70	Q
4	Jenny Kallur	Sweden	23.80	Q
5	Isabel Roussow	South Africa	23.84
6	Lyubov Perepelova	Uzbekistan	24.36
7	Tamicka Clarke	Bahamas	24.62
8	Sonia Williams	Antigua and Barbuda	24.79

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shakedia Jones	United States	23.70	Q
2	Johanna Manninen	Finland	23.80	Q
3	Edyta Rela	Poland	23.90	Q
4	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	24.00	Q
5	Zeng Xiujun	China	24.07
6	Rebecca White	United Kingdom	24.40
7	Delphine Carmagnole	Mauritius	24.64
8	Ciara Sheehy	Ireland	24.71

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Muriel Hurtis	France	23.14	Q
2	Isabel Roussow	South Africa	24.01	Q
3	Enikő Szabó	Hungary	24.10	Q
4	Cathleen Tschirch	Germany	24.34	Q
5	Delphine Carmagnole	Mauritius	24.48	q
6	Sandra Reategui	Peru	24.85
7	Kadiatou Camara	Mali	25.88

Heat 2

Wind: -1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johanna Manninen	Finland	24.05	Q
2	Shakedia Jones	United States	24.39	Q
3	Ólga Kaidantzí	Greece	24.60	Q
4	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	25.07	Q
5	Bozidarka Crncan	Croatia	25.18
6	Aminata Bangura	Sierra Leone	26.70

Heat 3

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sarah Wilhelmy	United Kingdom	23.52	Q
2	Joan Ekah	Nigeria	23.63	Q
3	Jenny Kallur	Sweden	23.89	Q
4	Sonia Williams	Antigua and Barbuda	24.36	Q
5	Paula Osorio	Chile	24.45	q
6	Tamicka Clarke	Bahamas	24.71	q

Heat 4

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anna Pacholak	Poland	23.96	Q
2	Myra Combs	United States	24.11	Q
3	Leticia Mutta	Tanzania	24.40	Q
4	Lyubov Perepelova	Uzbekistan	24.44	Q
5	Nino Bagashvili	Georgia	24.75

Heat 5

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Funmilola Ogundana	Nigeria	23.84	Q
2	Olga Nikitenko	Kazakhstan	24.50	Q
3	Rebecca White	United Kingdom	24.57	Q
4	Emily Maher	Ireland	24.60	Q
5	Cornelia Kupa	Italy	24.72
	Justine Bayiga	Uganda	DNF

Heat 6

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Atia Weekes	Canada	23.84	Q
2	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	24.06	Q
3	Lucy-Ann Richards	Barbados	24.67	Q
4	Ciara Sheehy	Ireland	24.74	Q
5	Carika Potgieter	South Africa	24.97
6	Hung Siu-Ting	Chinese Taipei	25.35
7	Hiranisha Rasimuddin	Singapore	25.93

Heat 7

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Edyta Rela	Poland	23.65	Q
2	Nadia Imalouan	France	23.79	Q
3	Petronella Árva	Hungary	23.80	Q
4	Zeng Xiujun	China	23.84	Q
5	Fana Ashby	Trinidad and Tobago	24.50	q
6	Rondelle Ryan	Australia	24.82
7	Bernardette Damgoua	Cameroon	25.80
8	Phetsamone Paseuthxay	Laos	27.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

•  Antigua and Barbuda (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Bahamas (1)
•  Barbados (1)
•  Cameroon (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Chile (1)
•  China (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (2)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Grenada (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Laos (1)
•  Mali (1)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Nigeria (2)
•  Peru (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Sierra Leone (1)
•  Singapore (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Tanzania (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Uganda (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)
•  Uzbekistan (1)