Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Dates	27 and 29 January
Medalists
Raelene Boyle    Australia   Denise Robertson    Australia   Alice Annum    Ghana

Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 200 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medal winners

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Raelene Boyle  Australia	Denise Robertson  Australia	Alice Annum  Ghana

Held on 27 January

The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1: +2.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +1.9 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s

Results of heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Donna Murray	England	24.0	Q
2	1	Rose Asiedua	Ghana	24.4	Q
3	1	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	24.7	Q
4	1	Linda McCurry	Northern Ireland	24.71
5	1	Rose Mfunya	Tanzania	25.72
6	1	Janet Manda	Malawi	26.19
7	1	Uafu Tuineau	Tonga	26.91
	1	Rose Allwood	Jamaica	DNF
1	2	Robyn Boak	Australia	23.58	Q
2	2	Wendy Hill	England	24.0	Q
3	2	Marcia Trotman	Barbados	24.2	Q
4	2	Margaret MacGowan	Canada	24.37
5	2	Kim Robertson	New Zealand	24.56
6	2	Nzaeli Kyomo	Tanzania	25.20
7	2	Keta Iongi	Tonga	25.67
1	3	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.14	Q
2	3	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.4	Q
3	3	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.8	Q
4	3	Lorna Forde	Barbados	23.8	q
5	3	Alison MacRitchie	Scotland	24.42
6	3	Avril McClelland	Northern Ireland	25.14
	3	Eleanor Phillips	Fiji	DNS
1	4	Denise Robertson	Australia	23.14	Q
2	4	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.6	Q
3	4	Ruth Williams	Jamaica	23.7	Q
4	4	Hannah Afriye	Ghana	24.13
5	4	Barbara Martin	England	24.23
6	4	Beatrice Ewuzie	Nigeria	24.44
7	4	Torika Cavuka	Fiji	26.37
1	5	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	23.5	Q
2	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.9	Q
3	5	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	24.0	Q
4	5	Ashanti Obi	Nigeria	24.72
5	5	Christine Byobona	Uganda	24.72
6	5	Mary Machoba	Lesotho	27.07
	5	Miriama Tuisorisori	Fiji	DNS

Held on 27 January

The first 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Denise Robertson	Australia	23.22	Q
2	1	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	23.7	Q
3	1	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.8	Q
4	1	Ruth Williams	Jamaica	23.9	Q
5	1	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.93
6	1	Wendy Hill	England	24.13
7	1	Lorna Forde	Barbados	24.15
8	1	Rose Asiedua	Ghana	24.77
1	2	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.2	Q
2	2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.30	Q
3	2	Robyn Boak	Australia	23.51	Q
4	2	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.6	Q
5	2	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	24.01
6	2	Donna Murray	England	24.17
7	2	Marcia Trotman	Barbados	24.42
8	2	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	24.74

Held on 29 January

+0.6 m/s

Final result

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Raelene Boyle	Australia	22.50	GR
	4	Denise Robertson	Australia	22.73
	7	Alice Annum	Ghana	22.90
4	2	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	23.13
5	3	Ruth Williams	Jamaica	23.39
6	5	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.44
7	1	Robyn Boak	Australia	23.45
8	8	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.76

• Heats results
• Semifinals results