Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres


The men's 200 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

Results

Heats

Held on 8 August
Qualification: First 5 in each heat and the next 2 fastest qualify for the quarterfinals.
Wind:
Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Colin Bradford20.87Q
24Don Quarrie20.97Q
33James Gilkes21.00Q
45Christopher Brathwaite21.14Q
51Dacre Bowen21.15Q
62Albert Lomotey21.25Q
72Richard Hopkins21.25Q
84Mike McFarlane21.28Q
95Rickey Moxey21.29Q
101Floyd Brown21.30Q
113Daniel Biocchi21.33Q
114Edwin Noel21.33Q
135Calvin Dill21.34Q
146Allan Wells21.35Q
141Paul Narracott21.35Q
166Trevor Hoyte21.39Q
171Tochi Mochache21.40Q
186Cole Doty21.42Q
195Drew McMaster21.45Q
204Cameron Sharp21.52Q
215Rawle Clarke21.53q
226Ernest Obeng21.55Q
235Jeff Griffiths21.56q
242Timothy Bonsor21.59Q
253Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan21.60Q
263Cuthbert Jacobs21.61Q
272Bevan Smith21.62Q
284Peter Kipkirong21.69Q
286Clyde Edwards21.69Q
302Dave Roberts21.70Q
313Alex Mutunga21.74Q
321David Lukuba21.86Q
333Linus Ambrose22.00
342Mokam Mwita22.08
351Banana Jarju22.10
354Vaughn Harvey22.10
376Letseka Nchee22.17
376Kimberley Wade22.17
391Francis Williams22.30
402Keith Rocque22.32
414Genevieve Nestor22.45
426Jean Charlotte22.67
435Ousman N'Dure22.73
442Molapi Bambatha22.80
454Bamba Njie23.04
1Anthony Husbands

Quarterfinals

Held on 8 August
Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest qualify for the semifinals.
Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Allan Wells20.61Q
21Don Quarrie20.66Q
34Colin Bradford20.89Q
42James Gilkes20.97Q
54Trevor Hoyte21.16Q
64Christopher Brathwaite21.22q
72Mike McFarlane21.31Q
82Richard Hopkins21.35Q
91Paul Narracott21.37Q
92Floyd Brown21.37q
113Albert Lomotey21.38Q
124Cole Doty21.44q
131Timothy Bonsor21.48Q
142Dacre Bowen21.48q
151Daniel Biocchi21.50
163Rawle Clarke21.51Q
173Calvin Dill21.53Q
181Cameron Sharp21.54
183Drew McMaster21.54
204Bevan Smith21.60
213Cuthbert Jacobs21.63
224Peter Kipkirong21.64
234Jeff Griffiths21.65
241Edwin Noel21.66
243Rickey Moxey21.66
261Ernest Obeng21.81
271Clyde Edwards21.85
282Dave Roberts21.91
292Tochi Mochache21.94
302Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan21.96
313Alex Mutunga22.16
3David Lukuba

Semifinals

Held on 10 August
Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualify directly for the final.
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.6 m/s
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Allan Wells20.68Q
22Paul Narracott20.71Q
32Floyd Brown20.72Q
42James Gilkes20.75Q
52Timothy Bonsor20.89
62Christopher Brathwaite21.10
71Colin Bradford21.15Q
82Cole Doty21.25
91Trevor Hoyte21.31Q
101Richard Hopkins21.42Q
111Calvin Dill21.46Q
121Don Quarrie21.49
131Albert Lomotey21.58
141Dacre Bowen21.61
151Rawle Clarke22.14
2Mike McFarlane

Final

Held on 10 August
Wind: +4.4 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Allan Wells20.12
7James Gilkes20.18
8Colin Bradford20.43
42Paul Narracott20.74
54Floyd Brown20.79
66Richard Hopkins20.88
75Trevor Hoyte20.90
81Calvin Dill21.07