1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July.

Medalists

Gold	Heide Seÿerling
Silver	Lakeisha Backus
Bronze	Tatyana Tkalich

Results

Final

23 July
Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		22.80 w
	align=left		align=left		22.86 w
	align=left		align=left		23.35 w
4	align=left		align=left		23.59 w
5	align=left		align=left		23.61 w
6	align=left		align=left		23.67 w
7	align=left		align=left		24.11 w
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Semifinals

23 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.36	Q
2	align=left		align=left		23.51	Q
3	align=left		align=left		23.90	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.15	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.36
6	align=left		align=left		24.45
7	align=left		align=left		24.51
8	align=left		align=left		24.72

Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.46	Q
2	align=left		align=left		23.63	Q
3	align=left		align=left		23.84	Q
4	align=left		align=left		23.84	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.03
6	align=left		align=left		24.14
7	align=left		align=left		24.57
8	align=left		align=left		24.62

Quarterfinals

22 July

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.74 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		24.00 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.11 w	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.28 w	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.67 w
6	align=left		align=left		24.84 w
	align=left		align=left		DQ
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.51	Q
2	align=left		align=left		23.75	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.23	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.38	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.43
6	align=left		align=left		24.45
7	align=left		align=left		24.63
8	align=left		align=left		24.74

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.55	Q
2	align=left		align=left		23.98	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.25	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.28	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.63
6	align=left		align=left		24.69
7	align=left		align=left		24.73
8	align=left		align=left		25.20

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.67	Q
2	align=left		align=left		23.77	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.35	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.45	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.55
6	align=left		align=left		24.58
7	align=left		align=left		24.68
8	align=left		align=left		24.70

Heats

22 July

Heat 1

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.86	Q
2	align=left		align=left		24.58	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.60	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.68	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.97
6	align=left		align=left		25.12
7	align=left		align=left		28.45

Heat 2

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.77	Q
2	align=left		align=left		24.43	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.57	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.65	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.66	q
6	align=left		align=left		24.68	q
7	align=left		align=left		24.95
8	align=left		align=left		24.99

Heat 3

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		24.14	Q
2	align=left		align=left		24.21	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.52	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.64	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.65	q
6	align=left		align=left		25.24
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 4

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.82	Q
2	align=left		align=left		24.11	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.28	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.43	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.52	q
6	align=left		align=left		24.79	q
7	align=left		align=left		24.87
8	align=left		align=left		26.32

Heat 5

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.77	Q
2	align=left		align=left		24.24	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.43	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.51	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.56	q
6	align=left		align=left		24.61	q

Heat 6

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		23.49	Q
2	align=left		align=left		23.77	Q
3	align=left		align=left		24.39	Q
4	align=left		align=left		24.57	Q
5	align=left		align=left		24.59	q
6	align=left		align=left		25.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.