Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue Alexander Stadium
Dates4 August (first round)
5 August (semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors36 from 28 nations
Winning time22.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
  2018
2026  

The women's 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 4-6 August 2022.

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The winning margin was 0.49 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's 200 metres was won by more than 0.4 seconds at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Florence Griffith Joyner  (USA)21.34 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
Commonwealth record Flag of Jamaica.svg  Shericka Jackson  (JAM)21.45 Eugene, United States 21 July 2022
Games record Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Shaunae Miller-Uibo  (BAH)22.09 Gold Coast, Australia 12 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Thursday 4 August 202210:25First round
Friday 5 August 202220:15First round
Saturday 6 August 202221:44Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals. [2]

Wind:

Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: –0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +1.3 m/s, Heat 5: +2.9 m/s, Heat 6: +2.7 m/s

RankHeatLaneNameNationResultNotes
143 Favour Ofili Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 22.71Q
252 Elaine Thompson-Herah Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.80Q
348 Gina Bass Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 22.87Q
454 Beth Dobbin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 23.10Q
556 Jacinta Beecher Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.13Q
615 Christine Mboma Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 23.20Q
746 Asimenye Simwaka Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 23.28Q, PB
825 Hima Das Flag of India.svg  India 23.42Q
965 Natassha McDonald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.45Q
1047 Shanti Pereira Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.46q, PB
1113 Ella Connolly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.56Q
1232 Natalliah Whyte Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.61Q
1355 Mauricia Prieto Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.69q
1424 Rhoda Njobvu Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 23.85Q
1564 Beyoncé Defreitas Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 23.99Q
1614 Millicent Ndoro Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 24.03Q
1738 Hannah Brier Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 24.04Q
1828 Jacent Nyamahunge Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 24.07Q
1912 Wurrie Njadoe Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 24.12q
2044 Kenisha Phillips Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 24.13q
2145 Linda Angounou Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 24.14q, SB
2263 Toea Wisil Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24.42Q
2367 Charlotte Wingfield Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 24.47 (.461)q
2434 Abi Galpin Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 24.47 (.466)Q
2553 Denisha Cartwright Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 24.49
2662 Winifrida Makenji Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 24.74
2766 Kadiatu Kanu Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 24.76
2857 Isila Apkup Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24.97
2918 Hafsatu Kamara Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 25.05
3023 Leonie Beu Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 25.29
3136 Bongiwe Mahlalela Flag of Swaziland.svg  Eswatini 25.31
3268 Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 25.34
3337 Ancha Mandlate Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 25.43 PB
3417 Chloe David Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 26.75
3558 Aminath Mohamed Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 26.79
3627 Rifa Mohamed Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 26.87 PB
69 Julien Alfred Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia DNS
33 Tynia Gaither Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
35 Maximila Imali Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
26 Joella Lloyd Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda
16 Zoe Sherar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final. [3]

Wind:

Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.5 m/s

RankHeatLaneNameNationResultNotes
135 Elaine Thompson-Herah Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.63Q
215 Favour Ofili Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 22.66Q
326 Christine Mboma Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 22.93Q
416 Natalliah Whyte Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.09Q
514 Gina Bass Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 23.10q
637 Natassha McDonald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.21Q, SB
734 Beth Dobbin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 23.28q
819 Jacinta Beecher Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.40
924 Ella Connolly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.41Q
1027 Hima Das Flag of India.svg  India 23.42
1112 Shanti Pereira Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.46=PB
1232 Mauricia Prieto Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.58
1338 Asimenye Simwaka Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 23.59
1425 Rhoda Njobvu Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 23.72
1536 Beyoncé Defreitas Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 23.81
1617 Hannah Brier Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 23.84
1729 Jacent Nyamahunge Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 23.86
1828 Millicent Ndoro Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23.87
1922 Wurrie Njadoe Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 23.95
2018 Abi Galpin Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 24.10
2133 Linda Angounou Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 24.32
2223 Kenisha Phillips Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 24.35
2339 Toea Wisil Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 24.43
2413 Charlotte Wingfield Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 24.52

Final

The medals were determined in the final. [4]

Wind: +0.6m/s

RankLaneNameResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7Flag of Jamaica.svg  Elaine Thompson-Herah  (JAM)22.02 GR
Silver medal icon.svg6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Favour Ofili  (NGR)22.51
Bronze medal icon.svg4Flag of Namibia.svg  Christine Mboma  (NAM)22.80
45Flag of Jamaica.svg  Natalliah Whyte  (JAM)23.06
52Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gina Bass  (GAM)23.13
68Flag of Australia.svg  Ella Connolly  (AUS)23.21 (.204)
79Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Natassha McDonald  (CAN)23.21 (.205)=SB
83Flag of Scotland.svg  Beth Dobbin  (SCO)23.40

References

  1. "Women's 200m". Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. First round results
  3. Semifinals results
  4. Final results