2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
# 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 19, 20 and 21 October.

## Medalists

| Gold | Veronica Campbell Jamaica |
| - | - |
| Silver | Sina Schielke Germany |
| Bronze | Vida Anim Ghana |

## Results

### Final

21 October Wind: +0.7 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 22.87 |
| | Sina Schielke | Germany | 23.20 |
| | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.81 |
| 4 | Małgorzata Flejszar | Poland | 23.94 |
| 5 | Vernicha James | United Kingdom | 23.96 |
| 6 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 24.00 |
| 7 | Melanie Kleeberg | Australia | 24.39 |
| 8 | Kim Wall | United Kingdom | 24.46 |

### Semifinals

20 October

**Semifinal 1**

Wind: -2.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sina Schielke | Germany | 23.44 | Q |
| 2 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.80 | Q |
| 3 | Melanie Kleeberg | Australia | 24.05 | Q |
| 4 | Kim Wall | United Kingdom | 24.14 | Q |
| 5 | Hanna Wardowska | Poland | 24.20 | |
| 6 | Vincenza Calì | Italy | 24.30 | |
| 7 | April Brough | New Zealand | 24.32 | |
| 8 | Wilmary Álvarez | Venezuela | 24.54 | |

**Semifinal 2**

Wind: +1.6 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 23.19 | Q |
| 2 | Vernicha James | United Kingdom | 23.59 | Q |
| 3 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 23.85 | Q |
| 4 | Małgorzata Flejszar | Poland | 23.88 | Q |
| 5 | Kerstin Grötzinger | Germany | 24.04 | |
| 6 | Sandra Porter | Australia | 24.13 | |
| 7 | Silja Ulfarsdóttir | Iceland | 24.22 | |
| 8 | Maja Nose | Slovenia | 24.68 | |

### Quarterfinals

19 October

**Quarterfinal 1**

Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 23.69 | Q |
| 2 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 23.94 | Q |
| 3 | Kim Wall | United Kingdom | 24.04 | Q |
| 4 | Melanie Kleeberg | Australia | 24.17 | Q |
| 5 | April Brough | New Zealand | 24.46 | q |
| 6 | Silja Ulfarsdóttir | Iceland | 24.54 | q |
| 7 | Perrine Prunier | France | 24.57 | |
| 8 | Mariyana Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 24.60 | |

**Quarterfinal 2**

Wind: -1.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.84 | Q |
| 2 | Vincenza Calì | Italy | 24.07 | Q |
| 3 | Kerstin Grötzinger | Germany | 24.09 | Q |
| 4 | Wilmary Álvarez | Venezuela | 24.27 | Q |
| 5 | Maja Nose | Slovenia | 24.41 | q |
| 6 | Hanna Wardowska | Poland | 24.49 | q |
| 7 | Ashlee Williams | United States | 24.62 | |
| 8 | Aleksandra Vojneska | North Macedonia | 25.19 | |

**Quarterfinal 3**

Wind: -1.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sina Schielke | Germany | 23.70 | Q |
| 2 | Vernicha James | United Kingdom | 23.76 | Q |
| 3 | Małgorzata Flejszar | Poland | 24.30 | Q |
| 4 | Sandra Porter | Australia | 24.58 | Q |
| 5 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 24.71 | |
| 6 | Fabiola Hecht | Chile | 24.99 | |
| 7 | Khalilah Carpenter | United States | 25.02 | |
| | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | DQ | |

### Heats

19 October

**Heat 1**

Wind: +1.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 23.98 | Q |
| 2 | Małgorzata Flejszar | Poland | 24.21 | Q |
| 3 | Maja Nose | Slovenia | 24.24 | Q |
| 4 | Sandra Porter | Australia | 24.54 | Q |
| 5 | Mariyana Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 24.62 | q |
| 6 | Kimberly Walker | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.09 | |
| 7 | Seren Davies | Kiribati | 28.80 | |

**Heat 2**

Wind: -0.5 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kerstin Grötzinger | Germany | 24.28 | Q |
| 2 | Silja Ulfarsdóttir | Iceland | 24.33 | Q |
| 3 | Khalilah Carpenter | United States | 24.55 | Q |
| 4 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 24.66 | Q |
| 5 | Véronique Montero | France | 24.81 | |
| 6 | Tiandra Ponteen | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25.25 | |
| 7 | Mereoni Raluve | Fiji | 26.02 | |

**Heat 3**

Wind: -1.2 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vernicha James | United Kingdom | 23.86 | Q |
| 2 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 24.51 | Q |
| 3 | Perrine Prunier | France | 24.88 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandra Vojneska | North Macedonia | 25.44 | Q |
| 5 | Janice Josephs | South Africa | 25.65 | |
| 6 | Carine Eyenga | Cameroon | 26.04 | |

**Heat 4**

Wind: -0.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Wall | United Kingdom | 24.14 | Q |
| 2 | Vincenza Calì | Italy | 24.25 | Q |
| 3 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.46 | Q |
| 4 | Wilmary Álvarez | Venezuela | 24.51 | Q |
| 5 | Ashlee Williams | United States | 24.68 | q |
| 6 | Fabiola Hecht | Chile | 24.70 | q |
| 7 | Gladys Thompson | Liberia | 27.94 | |

**Heat 5**

Wind: -2.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.94 | Q |
| 2 | Sina Schielke | Germany | 23.96 | Q |
| 3 | Hanna Wardowska | Poland | 24.27 | Q |
| 4 | April Brough | New Zealand | 24.37 | Q |
| 5 | Melanie Kleeberg | Australia | 24.43 | q |
| 6 | Eleana Leung | Hong Kong | 26.23 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cameroon (1)
* Chile (1)
* Fiji (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Ghana (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Kiribati (1)
* Liberia (1)
* North Macedonia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (2)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)
