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

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

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References

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