The women's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.

Medalists Gold Sheniqua Ferguson Silver Meritzer Williams Bronze Janelle Redhead

Results

Final 11 July Wind: -0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sheniqua Ferguson 23.24 Meritzer Williams 23.40 Janelle Redhead 23.52 4 Souheir Bouali 23.58 5 Tiffany Townsend 23.64 6 Jamile Samuel 23.76 7 Anna Kiełbasińska 23.95 8 Jura Levy 23.95

Semifinals 10 July

Semifinal 1 Wind: -1.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Meritzer Williams 23.77 Q 2 Jura Levy 23.92 Q 3 Shaunna Thompson 23.95 4 Olivia Tauro 24.12 5 Weronika Wedler 24.17 6 Constance Mkenku 24.29 7 Sade Greene 24.32 8 Lara Hoffmann 24.55

Semifinal 2 Wind: -1.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tiffany Townsend 23.65 Q 2 Anna Kiełbasińska 23.80 Q 3 Kimberley Hyacinthe 23.81 4 Ruth Spelmeyer 23.81 5 Nivea Smith 23.84 6 Gabriela Laleva 24.07 7 Alena Tamkova 24.07 8 Niamh Whelan 24.24

Semifinal 3 Wind: -0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Janelle Redhead 23.47 Q 2 Sheniqua Ferguson 23.49 Q 3 Jamile Samuel 23.57 q 4 Souheir Bouali 23.67 q 5 Ashton Purvis 23.68 6 Andreea Ogrăzeanu 24.00 7 Liona Rebernik 24.37 Trisha-Ann Hawthorne DNS

Heats 10 July

Heat 1 Wind: +0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Janelle Redhead 23.66 Q 2 Ashton Purvis 23.98 Q 3 Lara Hoffmann 24.20 Q 4 Tameka Williams 24.55 5 Allison Peter 24.61 6 Tameka Rawlins 24.66 7 Natalya Tukova 25.33

Heat 2 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tiffany Townsend 23.70 Q 2 Andreea Ogrăzeanu 24.14 Q 3 Liona Rebernik 24.30 Q 4 Loreanne Kuhurima 24.41 5 Sofia Hellberg-Jonsén 25.05 6 Vanina Nguen 25.13 7 Olga Bludova 25.55

Heat 3 Wind: -1.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Meritzer Williams 23.64 Q 2 Olivia Tauro 24.09 Q 3 Constance Mkenku 24.11 Q 4 Jamile Samuel 24.13 q 5 Folake Akinyemi 24.50 6 Jacqueline Gasser 24.83 7 Athchima Engchuan 26.05

Heat 4 Wind: -0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shaunna Thompson 23.85 Q 2 Anna Kiełbasińska 23.89 Q 3 Trisha-Ann Hawthorne 24.12 Q 4 Alyssa Conley 24.44 5 Nyoka Giles 24.58 6 Margot Viot 24.59 7 Meliz Redif 24.64 8 Marta Maffioletti 24.73

Heat 5 Wind: +1.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nivea Smith 23.67 Q 2 Souheir Bouali 23.81 Q 3 Ruth Spelmeyer 23.88 Q 4 Niamh Whelan 24.02 q 5 Yelizaveta Bryzhina 24.31 6 Lara Corradini 24.91 7 Kirsten Niuwendam 25.10

Heat 6 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jura Levy 23.82 Q 2 Sade Greene 24.10 Q 3 Gabriela Laleva 24.38 Q 4 Wendy Pascal 24.68 5 Tassporn Wannakit 24.86 6 Carmen Sánchez 24.92 7 Valentine Arrieta 24.93

Heat 7 Wind: -1.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sheniqua Ferguson 23.74 Q 2 Kimberley Hyacinthe 24.00 Q 3 Alena Tamkova 24.04 Q 4 Weronika Wedler 24.14 q 5 Viktorya Pyatachenko 24.53 6 Estela García 24.67 7 Yen Tai-Ting 25.57 8 Shashipraba Jayasinghe 25.62

Participation According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 34 countries participated in the event.

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