The women's 200 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.
Medalists Gold Diane Smith Silver Zundra Feagin Bronze Lucrécia Jardim
Results Final 11 August Wind: +1.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Diane Smith 23.10 Zundra Feagin 23.13 Lucrécia Jardim 23.26 4 Revolie Campbell 23.42 5 Cathy Freeman 23.61 6 Chandra Sturrup 23.81 7 Angela Burnham 23.82 8 Julia Duporty 23.91
Semifinals 10 August
Semifinal 1 Wind: -0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Diane Smith 23.64 Q 2 Cathy Freeman 23.95 Q 3 Sanna Hernesniemi 24.02 4 Gabi Rockmeier 24.24 5 Denisse Sharpe 24.55 6 Carla Popa 24.62 7 Gabriella Szabó 24.84 Fatima Yusuf DQ IAAF rule 162.7
Semifinal 2 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Revolie Campbell 23.36 Q 2 Lucrécia Jardim 23.44 Q 3 Angela Burnham 23.84 q 4 Melinda Gainsford 23.89 5 Marissa Smith 24.09 6 Anja Böhme 24.18 7 Donna Fraser 24.19 8 Victoria Ljungberg 24.24
Semifinal 3 Wind: +0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Zundra Feagin 23.66 Q 2 Chandra Sturrup 23.77 Q 3 Julia Duporty 23.87 q 4 Monique Bogaards 24.08 5 Katarzyna Zakrzewska 24.26 6 Karen Clarke 24.49 7 Nicoleta Filip 24.81 8 Lisette Ferri 25.06
Heats 10 August
Heat 1 Wind: +0.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Revolie Campbell 23.51 Q 2 Karen Clarke 24.41 Q 3 Donna Fraser 24.44 Q 4 Katarzyna Zakrzewska 24.57 q 5 Doris Auer 24.95 6 Nadine Benoit 25.41
Heat 2 Wind: -0.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Zundra Feagin 23.67 Q 2 Chandra Sturrup 23.93 Q 3 Nicoleta Filip 24.76 Q 4 Nadine Halliday 25.07 5 Cristina Veiga 25.13 6 Rosanna Browne 25.46 7 Claudete Pina 25.58
Heat 3 Wind: +0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Angela Burnham 24.05 Q 2 Cathy Freeman 24.19 Q 3 Gabi Rockmeier 24.27 Q 4 Marissa Smith 24.32 q 5 Denisse Sharpe 24.37 q 6 Gabriella Szabó 24.76 q 7 Georgia Paspalli 25.04
Heat 4 Wind: +0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lucrécia Jardim 23.83 Q 2 Diane Smith 23.93 Q 3 Anja Böhme 24.20 Q 4 Monique Bogaards 24.34 q 5 Victoria Ljungberg 24.50 q 6 Rosa Magaly Segovia 25.00 7 Stalo Konstantinou 25.21
Heat 5 Wind: +0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fatima Yusuf 23.44 Q 2 Sanna Hernesniemi 23.77 Q 3 Julia Duporty 23.88 Q 4 Melinda Gainsford 23.92 q 5 Carla Popa 24.25 q 6 Lisette Ferri 24.90 q 7 Deirdre Caruana 26.33
Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
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