The women's 200 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 24 August.

Medalists Gold Sylviane Félix Silver Lauren Hewitt Bronze Nora Ivanova

Results Final 24 August Wind: -2.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sylviane Félix 23.16 Lauren Hewitt 23.32 Nora Ivanova 23.59 4 Agnė Visockaitė 23.75 5 Fabé Dia 23.79 6 Nanceen Perry 23.81 7 Kim Gevaert 23.88 8 Johanna Manninen 23.89

Semifinals 24 August

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sylviane Félix 23.59 Q 2 Nora Ivanova 23.69 Q 3 Johanna Manninen 23.99 Q 4 Agnė Visockaitė 24.00 Q 5 Crystal Cox 24.24 6 Jitka Burianová 24.43 7 Joan Ekah 24.51 8 Chen Shu-Chuan 24.60

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lauren Hewitt 23.68 Q 2 Fabé Dia 23.76 Q 3 Kim Gevaert 23.84 Q 4 Nanceen Perry 23.89 Q 5 Aleen Bailey 24.33 6 Vera Georgieva 24.34 7 Štepánka Klapácová 24.43 Cydonie Mothersill DNS

Quarterfinals 23 August

Quarterfinal 1 Wind: -0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Agnė Visockaitė 23.68 Q 2 Nora Ivanova 23.77 Q 3 Crystal Cox 24.17 Q 4 Aleen Bailey 24.23 Q 5 Sarah Wilhelmy 24.29 6 Sabrina Mulrain 24.40 7 Tomomi Suzuki 24.49 Irina Kartacheva DNS

Quarterfinal 2 Wind: -0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fabé Dia 23.71 Q 2 Chen Shu-Chuan 24.18 Q 3 Jitka Burianová 24.27 Q 4 Joan Ekah 24.52 Q 5 Rebecca Murphy 24.66 6 Tina Matul 24.68 Chen Yuxiang DNS

Quarterfinal 3 Wind: -1.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sylviane Félix 24.05 Q 2 Kim Gevaert 24.11 Q 3 Johanna Manninen 24.16 Q 4 Vera Georgieva 24.29 Q 5 Chrísoula Goudenoúdhi 24.77 6 Sonia Williams 24.87 7 Isabel Roussow 25.02 8 Margaret Fox 25.06

Quarterfinal 4 Wind: -3.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nanceen Perry 23.94 Q 2 Lauren Hewitt 24.11 Q 3 Cydonie Mothersill 24.20 Q 4 Štepánka Klapácová 24.44 Q 5 Victoria Shipman 24.48 6 Biljana Mitrović 24.72 7 Natasha Quan-Vie 25.09 8 Monika Gosciniak 25.27

Heats 23 August

Heat 1 Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chen Yuxiang 23.96 Q 2 Manuela Levorato 24.10 Q 3 Sonia Williams 24.39 Q 4 Jitka Burianová 24.41 Q 5 Aleen Bailey 24.42 q 6 Rebecca Murphy 24.57 q 7 Marcia Daniel 25.80 8 Chamanthi Maligaspe 26.71

Heat 2 Wind: -0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nora Ivanova 23.78 Q 2 Crystal Cox 23.93 Q 3 Chrísoula Goudenoúdhi 24.41 Q 4 Cydonie Mothersill 24.47 Q 5 Natasha Quan-Vie 24.60 q 6 Tina Matul 24.63 q 7 Manuela Grillo 24.80

Heat 3 Wind: -0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lauren Hewitt 23.91 Q 2 Kim Gevaert 24.00 Q 3 Joan Ekah 24.26 Q 4 Štepánka Klapácová 24.28 Q 5 Isabel Roussow 24.39 q 6 Biljana Mitrović 24.61 q 7 Paola Restrepo 25.00

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sylviane Félix 23.41 Q 2 Johanna Manninen 23.98 Q 3 Tomomi Suzuki 24.36 Q 4 Vera Georgieva 24.49 Q 5 Margaret Fox 24.74 q 6 Desiree Cooks 25.71 7 Vaso Papaioannou 25.81

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fabé Dia 23.86 Q 2 Agnė Visockaitė 24.08 Q 3 Sabrina Mulrain 24.45 Q 4 Sarah Wilhelmy 24.54 Q 5 Justine Bayiga 24.75 6 Li Xuemei 25.03 7 Kasiani Dimopoúlou 25.26

Heat 6 Wind: -1.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nanceen Perry 23.95 Q 2 Monika Gosciniak 24.11 Q 3 Victoria Shipman 24.18 Q 4 Chen Shu-Chuan 24.20 Q 5 Irina Kartacheva 24.73 q 6 Tanya Oxley 24.92 7 Clara Córdoba 25.42

Participation According to an unofficial count, 43 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

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