2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

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.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Sheniqua Ferguson  Bahamas
Silver	Meritzer Williams  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bronze	Janelle Redhead  Grenada

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	23.24
	Meritzer Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	23.40
	Janelle Redhead	Grenada	23.52
4	Souheir Bouali	Algeria	23.58
5	Tiffany Townsend	United States	23.64
6	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	23.76
7	Anna Kiełbasińska	Poland	23.95
8	Jura Levy	Jamaica	23.95

Semifinals

10 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Meritzer Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	23.77	Q
2	Jura Levy	Jamaica	23.92	Q
3	Shaunna Thompson	United Kingdom	23.95
4	Olivia Tauro	Australia	24.12
5	Weronika Wedler	Poland	24.17
6	Constance Mkenku	South Africa	24.29
7	Sade Greene	Barbados	24.32
8	Lara Hoffmann	Germany	24.55

Semifinal 2

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tiffany Townsend	United States	23.65	Q
2	Anna Kiełbasińska	Poland	23.80	Q
3	Kimberley Hyacinthe	Canada	23.81
4	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany	23.81
5	Nivea Smith	Bahamas	23.84
6	Gabriela Laleva	Bulgaria	24.07
7	Alena Tamkova	Russia	24.07
8	Niamh Whelan	Ireland	24.24

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Janelle Redhead	Grenada	23.47	Q
2	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	23.49	Q
3	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	23.57	q
4	Souheir Bouali	Algeria	23.67	q
5	Ashton Purvis	United States	23.68
6	Andreea Ogrezeanu	Romania	24.00
7	Liona Rebernik	Slovenia	24.37
	Trisha-Ann Hawthorne	Jamaica	DNS

Heats

10 July

Heat 1

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Janelle Redhead	Grenada	23.66	Q
2	Ashton Purvis	United States	23.98	Q
3	Lara Hoffmann	Germany	24.20	Q
4	Tameka Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	24.55
5	Allison Peter	U.S. Virgin Islands	24.61
6	Tameka Rawlins	Barbados	24.66
7	Natalya Tukova	Kazakhstan	25.33

Heat 2

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tiffany Townsend	United States	23.70	Q
2	Andreea Ogrezeanu	Romania	24.14	Q
3	Liona Rebernik	Slovenia	24.30	Q
4	Loreanne Kuhurima	Netherlands	24.41
5	Sofia Hellberg-Jonsén	Sweden	25.05
6	Vanina Nguen	Bulgaria	25.13
7	Olga Bludova	Kazakhstan	25.55

Heat 3

Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Meritzer Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	23.64	Q
2	Olivia Tauro	Australia	24.09	Q
3	Constance Mkenku	South Africa	24.11	Q
4	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	24.13	q
5	Folake Akinyemi	Norway	24.50
6	Jacqueline Gasser	Switzerland	24.83
7	Athchima Engchuan	Thailand	26.05

Heat 4

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shaunna Thompson	United Kingdom	23.85	Q
2	Anna Kiełbasińska	Poland	23.89	Q
3	Trisha-Ann Hawthorne	Jamaica	24.12	Q
4	Alyssa Conley	South Africa	24.44
5	Nyoka Giles	Trinidad and Tobago	24.58
6	Margot Viot	France	24.59
7	Meliz Redif	Turkey	24.64
8	Marta Maffioletti	Italy	24.73

Heat 5

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nivea Smith	Bahamas	23.67	Q
2	Souheir Bouali	Algeria	23.81	Q
3	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany	23.88	Q
4	Niamh Whelan	Ireland	24.02	q
5	Yelizaveta Bryzhina	Ukraine	24.31
6	Lara Corradini	Italy	24.91
7	Kirsten Niuwendam	Suriname	25.10

Heat 6

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jura Levy	Jamaica	23.82	Q
2	Sade Greene	Barbados	24.10	Q
3	Gabriela Laleva	Bulgaria	24.38	Q
4	Wendy Pascal	France	24.68
5	Tassporn Wannakit	Thailand	24.86
6	Carmen Sánchez	Spain	24.92
7	Valentine Arrieta	Switzerland	24.93

Heat 7

Wind: -1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	23.74	Q
2	Kimberley Hyacinthe	Canada	24.00	Q
3	Alena Tamkova	Russia	24.04	Q
4	Weronika Wedler	Poland	24.14	q
5	Viktorya Pyatachenko	Ukraine	24.53
6	Estela García	Spain	24.67
7	Yen Tai-Ting	Chinese Taipei	25.57
8	Shashipraba Jayasinghe	Sri Lanka	25.62

Participation

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

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Bahamas (2)
•  Barbados (2)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Canada (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Grenada (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Suriname (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•   Switzerland (2)
•  Thailand (2)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015