The women's 200 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

Medalists Gold Falilat Ogunkoya Silver Mary Onyali Bronze Katrin Krabbe

Results Final 19 July Wind: +0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Falilat Ogunkoya 23.11 Mary Onyali 23.30 Katrin Krabbe 23.31 4 Carlette Guidry 23.46 5 Oksana Kovalyova 23.60 6 Ina Cordes 23.65 7 Muriel Leroy 23.69 Tatyana Chebykina DNF

Semifinals 18 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Falilat Ogunkoya 23.60 Q 2 Tatyana Chebykina 23.96 Q 3 Claudia Lepping 23.98 4 Ximena Restrepo 24.42 5 Stephanie Taylor 24.71 6 Toshie Kitada 24.81 7 Diane Dunrod 24.85 Tamaris Fiebig DNS

Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mary Onyali 23.35 Q 2 Katrin Krabbe 23.43 Q 3 Maicel Malone 23.72 4 Sallyanne Short 24.20 5 Katie Anderson 24.38 6 Dorota Krawczak 24.67 7 Donatella Dal Bianco 24.68 8 Ayako Nomura 25.00

Semifinal 3

Wind: -1.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Oksana Kovalyova 23.56 Q 2 Ina Cordes 23.59 Q 3 Muriel Leroy 23.65 q 4 Carlette Guidry 23.69 q 5 Hayley Clements 23.92 6 Daniela Weegerová 24.05 7 Corina Rosioru 24.06 8 Mónika Mádai 24.69

Heats 18 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maicel Malone 23.74 Q 2 Daniela Weegerová 24.30 Q 3 Dorota Krawczak 24.42 Q 4 Jupira da Graça 25.03 5 Carol Quiros Delgado 26.54 6 Fhelin-Chantal Ngokangath 27.18

Heat 2

Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Falilat Ogunkoya 23.50 Q 2 Ximena Restrepo 24.25 Q 3 Katie Anderson 24.45 Q 4 Mónika Mádai 24.78 q 5 Chen Ya-Li 24.99 6 Soledad Bacarezza 25.69 7 Coumba Diarra Thidune 26.28 8 Rosanna Browne 26.46

Heat 3

Wind: +0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mary Onyali 23.22 Q 2 Oksana Kovalyova 23.61 Q 3 Ina Cordes 24.03 Q 4 Ayako Nomura 24.89 q 5 Zuleyka Beard 25.18 6 Christine Duvergé 25.48

Heat 4

Wind: +0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Katrin Krabbe 23.78 Q 2 Carlette Guidry 24.14 Q 3 Stephanie Taylor 24.58 Q 4 Diane Dunrod 24.77 q 5 Sharon Mifsud 26.05 6 Leung Wai Kwan 27.30 7 Fowzia Ibrahim Jilaow 28.43

Heat 5

Wind: +0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Muriel Leroy 23.48 Q 2 Hayley Clements 23.90 Q 3 Donatella Dal Bianco 24.06 Q 4 Patricia Serret 25.28 5 Rita Gomes 25.36 6 Ausa Mwendachabe 26.12 7 Guilhermina da Cruz 26.21 8 Zaide Uao 26.57

Heat 6

Wind: -1.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Claudia Lepping 24.35 Q 2 Corina Rosioru 24.48 Q 3 Toshie Kitada 24.68 Q 4 Dagmar Hölbl 25.12 5 Katerína Kóffa 25.67 6 Alexandra Scerri 27.08 7 Dorothy Isidore 27.16 8 Denise Ephraim 28.80

Heat 7

Wind: -0.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tamaris Fiebig 23.92 Q 2 Tatyana Chebykina 24.03 Q 3 Sallyanne Short 24.23 Q 4 Guðrún Arnardóttir 25.85 5 Anna Cherry 26.32 6 Valeria López 26.67

Participation According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 39 countries participated in the event.

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