Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 220 yards event.

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Raelene Boyle Australia	Alice Annum Ghana	Margaret Critchley England

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +5.7 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s, Heat 5: +8.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Maureen Tranter	England	23.4	Q
2	1	Stephanie Berto	Canada	23.8	Q
3	1	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	23.9	Q
4	1	Pat Shiels	Wales	24.6	q
5	1	Joan Porter	Trinidad and Tobago	24.7
6	1	Princess Small	Gambia	26.4
7	1	Zetha Cofie	Ghana	26.7
1	2	Margaret Critchley	England	23.5	Q
2	2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.59	Q
3	2	Nooline McGarvey	Northern Ireland	24.3	Q
4	2	Janet Maddin	Canada	24.7
5	2	Hillary Davies	Wales	25.2
6	2	Claudette Powell	Bahamas	25.7
7	2	Georgiana Freeman	Gambia	27.5
1	3	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.4	Q
2	3	Della James	England	24.1	Q
3	3	Maureen McLeish	Scotland	24.9	Q
4	3	Olajumoke Bodunrin	Nigeria	24.9
5	3	Kahanda Badra	Ceylon	25.7
6	3	Una Morris	Jamaica	26.0
1	4	Marion Hoffman	Australia	23.84	Q
2	4	Patty Loverock	Canada	24.0	Q
3	4	Elizabeth Sutherland	Scotland	24.1	Q
4	4	Adlin Mair-Clarke	Jamaica	24.7
5	4	Linda Teskey	Northern Ireland	25.1
6	4	Janet Omorogbe	Nigeria	25.2
1	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.4	Q
2	5	Jenny Lamy	Australia	23.58	Q
3	5	Joslyn Holder	Trinidad and Tobago	24.7	Q
4	5	Michelle Smith	Wales	24.9
5	5	Jane Chikambwe	Zambia	25.6
	5	Sharon Ochello	Gibraltar	DNS

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: +3.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Margaret Critchley	England	23.1	Q
2	1	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.2	Q
3	1	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.39	Q
4	1	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.5	Q
5	1	Elizabeth Sutherland	Scotland	23.9
6	1	Stephanie Berto	Canada	23.9
7	1	Nooline McGarvey	Northern Ireland	24.3
8	1	Pat Shiels	Wales	24.7
1	2	Jenny Lamy	Australia	23.69	Q
2	2	Maureen Tranter	England	23.8	Q
3	2	Marion Hoffman	Australia	23.82	Q
4	2	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	23.9	Q
5	2	Della James	England	24.1
6	2	Patty Loverock	Canada	24.3
7	2	Maureen McLeish	Scotland	24.7
8	2	Joslyn Holder	Trinidad and Tobago	24.9

Held on 22 July

Wind: +4.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Raelene Boyle	Australia	22.75
	3	Alice Annum	Ghana	22.86
	1	Margaret Critchley	England	23.16
4	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.4
5	7	Maureen Tranter	England	23.5
6	6	Jenny Lamy	Australia	23.62
7	2	Marion Hoffman	Australia	23.79
8	8	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	23.8