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

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2008 World Junior
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400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
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100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
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3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
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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[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

11 July
Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sheniqua Ferguson  Bahamas 23.24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Meritzer Williams  Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

10 July

Semifinal 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Ogrăzeanu  Romania 24.00
7 Liona Rebernik  Slovenia 24.37
Trisha-Ann Hawthorne  Jamaica DNS

Heats[edit]

10 July

Heat 1[edit]

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[edit]

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tiffany Townsend  United States 23.70 Q
2 Andreea Ogrăzeanu  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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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
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