2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 200 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 19 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Vernicha James  United Kingdom
Silver	Anneisha McLaughlin  Jamaica
Bronze	Sanya Richards  United States

Results[]

Final[]

19 July
Wind: -0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vernicha James	United Kingdom	22.93
	Anneisha McLaughlin	Jamaica	22.94
	Sanya Richards	United States	23.09
4	Vincenza Calì	Italy	23.25
5	Allyson Felix	United States	23.48
6		Jamaica	23.59
7	Amy Spencer	United Kingdom	23.76
8		Canada	23.97

Semifinals[]

19 July

Semifinal 1[]

Wind: +0.4m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sanya Richards	United States	23.33	Q
2		Jamaica	23.52	Q
3		Canada	23.80	q
4	Nikolett Listár	Hungary	24.10
5	Yuliya Gushchina	Russia	24.12
6	Tiandra Ponteen	Saint Kitts and Nevis	24.67
7	Claire Bergin	Ireland	24.97
8	Virginie Michanol	France	25.35

Semifinal 2[]

Wind: -0.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vernicha James	United Kingdom	23.07	Q
2	Allyson Felix	United States	23.73	Q
3		New Zealand	24.09
4	Johanna Kedzierski	Germany	24.31
5		Bulgaria	24.48
6	Phara Anacharsis	France	24.68
7		Finland	24.97
		Barbados	DNS

Semifinal 3[]

Wind: -0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anneisha McLaughlin	Jamaica	23.39	Q
2	Vincenza Calì	Italy	23.42	Q
3	Amy Spencer	United Kingdom	23.65	q
4		Bulgaria	24.15
5		Norway	24.28
6		Finland	24.29
7		Germany	24.67
8		Sweden	24.74

Heats[]

18 July

Heat 1[]

Wind: +1.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vincenza Calì	Italy	23.27	Q
2		Jamaica	23.34	Q
3	Yuliya Gushchina	Russia	23.98	Q
4	Phara Anacharsis	France	24.14	Q
5		Sweden	24.30	q
6		Canada	24.69
7		Costa Rica	24.69
8		Andorra	28.02

Heat 2[]

Wind: +1.5m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sanya Richards	United States	23.13	Q
2		Canada	23.28	Q
3		Norway	24.20	Q
4		Finland	24.77	Q
5	Delphine Atangana	Cameroon	24.96
6		Japan	25.03
	Virgil Hodge	Saint Kitts and Nevis	DQ

Heat 3[]

Wind: +1.4m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vernicha James	United Kingdom	23.14	Q
2		Bulgaria	24.12	Q
3	Johanna Kedzierski	Germany	24.16	Q
4	Tiandra Ponteen	Saint Kitts and Nevis	24.29	Q
5	Virginie Michanol	France	24.49	q
6		Chile	24.69
		Australia	DNF

Heat 4[]

Wind: +2.0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Allyson Felix	United States	23.77	Q
2		New Zealand	23.94	Q
3	Nikolett Listár	Hungary	24.08	Q
4	Claire Bergin	Ireland	24.36	Q
5		Uzbekistan	25.11
		Estonia	DNF

Heat 5[]

Wind: +1.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anneisha McLaughlin	Jamaica	23.30	Q
2	Amy Spencer	United Kingdom	23.46	Q
3		Barbados	23.86	Q
4		Finland	24.11	Q
5		Germany	24.37	q
6		Bulgaria	24.61	q
7	Joan van den Akker	Netherlands	25.06

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References[]