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

Women's 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	4 August (first round) 5 August (semifinals) 6 August (final)
Competitors	36 from 28 nations
Winning time	22.02
Medalists
Elaine Thompson-Herah    Jamaica   Favour Ofili    Nigeria   Christine Mboma    Namibia

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.

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 4 August 2022	10:25	First round
Friday 5 August 2022	20:15	First round
Saturday 6 August 2022	21:44	Final

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.

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	4	3	Favour Ofili	Nigeria (NGR)	22.71	Q
2	5	2	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica (JAM)	22.80	Q
3	4	8	Gina Bass	The Gambia (GAM)	22.87	Q
4	5	4	Beth Dobbin	Scotland (SCO)	23.10	Q
5	5	6	Jacinta Beecher	Australia (AUS)	23.13	Q
6	1	5	Christine Mboma	Namibia (NAM)	23.20	Q
7	4	6	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi (MAW)	23.28	Q, PB
8	2	5	Hima Das	India (IND)	23.42	Q
9	6	5	Natassha McDonald	Canada (CAN)	23.45	Q
10	4	7	Shanti Pereira	Singapore (SGP)	23.46	q, PB
11	1	3	Ella Connolly	Australia (AUS)	23.56	Q
12	3	2	Natalliah Whyte	Jamaica (JAM)	23.61	Q
13	5	5	Mauricia Prieto	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	23.69	q
14	2	4	Rhoda Njobvu	Zambia (ZAM)	23.85	Q
15	6	4	Beyoncé Defreitas	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	23.99	Q
16	1	4	Millicent Ndoro	Kenya (KEN)	24.03	Q
17	3	8	Hannah Brier	Wales (WAL)	24.04	Q
18	2	8	Jacent Nyamahunge	Uganda (UGA)	24.07	Q
19	1	2	Wurrie Njadoe	The Gambia (GAM)	24.12	q
20	4	4	Kenisha Phillips	Guyana (GUY)	24.13	q
21	4	5	Linda Angounou	Cameroon (CMR)	24.14	q, SB
22	6	3	Toea Wisil	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	24.42	Q
23	6	7	Charlotte Wingfield	Malta (MLT)	24.47 (.461)	q
24	3	4	Abi Galpin	Guernsey (GGY)	24.47 (.466)	Q
25	5	3	Denisha Cartwright	Bahamas (BAH)	24.49
26	6	2	Winifrida Makenji	Tanzania (TAN)	24.74
27	6	6	Kadiatu Kanu	Sierra Leone (SLE)	24.76
28	5	7	Isila Apkup	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	24.97
29	1	8	Hafsatu Kamara	Sierra Leone (SLE)	25.05
30	2	3	Leonie Beu	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	25.29
31	3	6	Bongiwe Mahlalela	Eswatini (SWZ)	25.31
32	6	8	Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha	Nigeria (NGR)	25.34
33	3	7	Ancha Mandlate	Mozambique (MOZ)	25.43	PB
34	1	7	Chloe David	Vanuatu (VAN)	26.75
35	5	8	Aminath Mohamed	Maldives (MDV)	26.79
36	2	7	Rifa Mohamed	Maldives (MDV)	26.87	PB
	6	9	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia (LCA)	DNS
	3	3	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas (BAH)
	3	5	Maximila Imali	Kenya (KEN)
	2	6	Joella Lloyd	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)
	1	6	Zoe Sherar	Canada (CAN)

Semifinals

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

Wind:

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	3	5	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica (JAM)	22.63	Q
2	1	5	Favour Ofili	Nigeria (NGR)	22.66	Q
3	2	6	Christine Mboma	Namibia (NAM)	22.93	Q
4	1	6	Natalliah Whyte	Jamaica (JAM)	23.09	Q
5	1	4	Gina Bass	The Gambia (GAM)	23.10	q
6	3	7	Natassha McDonald	Canada (CAN)	23.21	Q, SB
7	3	4	Beth Dobbin	Scotland (SCO)	23.28	q
8	1	9	Jacinta Beecher	Australia (AUS)	23.40
9	2	4	Ella Connolly	Australia (AUS)	23.41	Q
10	2	7	Hima Das	India (IND)	23.42
11	1	2	Shanti Pereira	Singapore (SGP)	23.46	=PB
12	3	2	Mauricia Prieto	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	23.58
13	3	8	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi (MAW)	23.59
14	2	5	Rhoda Njobvu	Zambia (ZAM)	23.72
15	3	6	Beyoncé Defreitas	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	23.81
16	1	7	Hannah Brier	Wales (WAL)	23.84
17	2	9	Jacent Nyamahunge	Uganda (UGA)	23.86
18	2	8	Millicent Ndoro	Kenya (KEN)	23.87
19	2	2	Wurrie Njadoe	The Gambia (GAM)	23.95
20	1	8	Abi Galpin	Guernsey (GGY)	24.10
21	3	3	Linda Angounou	Cameroon (CMR)	24.32
22	2	3	Kenisha Phillips	Guyana (GUY)	24.35
23	3	9	Toea Wisil	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	24.43
24	1	3	Charlotte Wingfield	Malta (MLT)	24.52

Final

The medals were determined in the final.

Wind: +0.6m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	7	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	22.02	GR
	6	Favour Ofili (NGR)	22.51
	4	Christine Mboma (NAM)	22.80
4	5	Natalliah Whyte (JAM)	23.06
5	2	Gina Bass (GAM)	23.13
6	8	Ella Connolly (AUS)	23.21 (.204)
7	9	Natassha McDonald (CAN)	23.21 (.205)	=SB
8	3	Beth Dobbin (SCO)	23.40