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

Men's 200 metres
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueAlexander Stadium
Dates4 August (first round)
5 August (semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors58 from 34 nations
Winning time19.80
Medalists
gold medal    Trinidad and Tobago
silver medal    England
bronze medal    Ghana

The men'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 0.32 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the men's 200 metres at these games.

Records

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

World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Commonwealth record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Games record  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 19.97 Victoria, Canada 26 August 1994

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
Thursday 4 August 2022 11:45 First round
Friday 5 August 2022 19:09 Semifinals
Saturday 6 August 2022 21:18 Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.[2]

Wind:

  • Heat 1: +2.1 m/s
  • Heat 2: +0.2 m/s
  • Heat 3: +3.4 m/s
  • Heat 4: +2.7 m/s
  • Heat 5: +1.4 m/s
  • Heat 6: +0.1 m/s
  • Heat 7: +0.8 m/s
  • Heat 8: 0.0 m/s
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 3 4 Zharnel Hughes  England 20.30 Q
2 1 7 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon 20.44 Q
3 5 3 Joseph Amoah  Ghana 20.58 Q
4 4 5 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago 20.68 Q
5 7 2 Dan Asamba  Kenya 20.76 Q
6 4 3 Sibusiso Matsenjwa  Eswatini 20.79 Q
7 3 9 Mike Nyang'au  Kenya 20.82 Q
8 2 1 Brendon Rodney  Canada 20.84 Q
9 1 4 Dwight St. Hillaire  Trinidad and Tobago 20.85 Q
10 6 7 Adam Gemili  England 20.92 Q
11 5 6 Kyle Greaux  Trinidad and Tobago 21.01 Q
12 8 4 Shajar Abbas  Pakistan 21.12
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Q
12 1 3 Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli  Nigeria 21.12
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q
14 7 8 Russel Taib  Malaysia 21.13 Q
15 4 4 Warren Hazel  Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.17 q
16 2 2 Udodi Onwuzurike  Nigeria 21.18 Q
17 6 2 Kadrian Goldson  Jamaica 21.19
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Q
18 8 5 Delan Edwin  Saint Lucia 21.19
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Q
19 6 3 Nadale Buntin  Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.22
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q
20 5 8 Lenyn Leonce  Saint Lucia 21.22
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q
21 1 9 Darion Skerritt  Antigua and Barbuda 21.24 q
22 4 6 Ibrahim Bangura  Sierra Leone 21.28
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q
23 7 6 Alaba Akintola  Nigeria 21.28
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q
24 5 5 Hesborn Ochieng  Kenya 21.30 q
25 2 3 Abdul-Rasheed Saminu  Ghana 21.32 PB
26 6 5 Zachary Saunders  Jersey 21.35 PB
27 1 5 Akeem Stewart  Guyana 21.42
28 6 4 Stern Noel Liffa  Malawi 21.43 SB
29 7 3 Jeremy Dodson  Samoa 21.46
30 3 7 Alieu Joof  The Gambia 21.49
31 7 4 Denzel Adem  Seychelles 21.51 PB
32 4 2 Sengan Jobe  The Gambia 21.53
33 6 6 Joe Chadwick  Guernsey 21.54 PB
34 6 8 Julius Morris  Montserrat 21.57 SB
35 2 8 Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina  Cameroon 21.60
36 8 8 Leroy Kamau  Papua New Guinea 21.67
37 3 6 Reuben Rainer Lee  Singapore 21.72
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38 8 6 Adama Jammeh  The Gambia 21.72
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39 8 7 Noelex Holder  Guyana 21.77 =SB
40 4 7 Jabari Michael-Khensu  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21.81
41 7 5 Sean Crowie  Saint Helena 21.94
42 2 5 Troy Mason  Grenada 21.96
43 3 8 Benele Dlamini  Eswatini 22.17
44 2 6 Arinze Chance  Guyana 22.22
45 2 7 Hassan Saaid  Maldives 22.32 SB
46 5 9 Xander Ho Ann Heng  Singapore 22.37 PB
47 3 3 Johnny Key  Samoa 22.38
48 5 7 Jonathan Dende  Papua New Guinea 22.41 PB
49 3 2 Md Rakibu Hasan  Bangladesh 22.46
50 5 4 Farook Mponda  Malawi 22.61
51 8 3 Saymon Rijo  Anguilla 22.66 PB
52 1 2 Craig Gill  Gibraltar 22.74
53 1 8 Deshawn Wilkins  Montserrat 23.12
54 3 5 Obediah Timbaci  Vanuatu 23.45
55 8 4 Sanjay Weekes  Montserrat 23.50
56 7 7 James Mebupe  Solomon Islands 23.56
57 1 6 Aiden Yon-Stevens  Saint Helena 23.70
4 8 William Hunt  Samoa DQ TR 17.3.1
5 2 Jireh Agege  Nauru DNS

Semifinals

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

Wind:

  • Heat 1: +2.1 m/s
  • Heat 2: +1.9 m/s
  • Heat 3: +0.1 m/s
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 1 6 Zharnel Hughes  England 20.32 Q
2 3 5 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago 20.40 Q
3 3 7 Joseph Amoah  Ghana 20.51 Q
4 2 8 Udodi Onwuzurike  Nigeria 20.59 Q
5 1 7 Brendon Rodney  Canada 20.68 Q
6 2 4 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon 20.69 Q
7 3 4 Sibusiso Matsenjwa  Eswatini 20.81 q, SB
8 1 5 Shajar Abbas  Pakistan 20.89 q
9 3 6 Mike Nyang'au  Kenya 20.90
10 1 4 Kyle Greaux  Trinidad and Tobago 20.91
11 2 7 Dwight St. Hillaire  Trinidad and Tobago 20.95
12 2 6 Adam Gemili  England 20.97
13 2 5 Dan Asamba  Kenya 20.99
14 2 9 Kadrian Goldson  Jamaica 21.13
15 1 2 Alaba Akintola  Nigeria 21.16
16 3 8 Delan Edwin  Saint Lucia 21.32
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17 1 8 Russel Taib  Malaysia 21.32
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18 3 9 Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli  Nigeria 21.39
19 1 9 Warren Hazel  Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.40
20 2 2 Darion Skerritt  Antigua and Barbuda 21.41
21 3 2 Nadale Buntin  Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.42
22 2 3 Lenyn Leonce  Saint Lucia 21.53
23 1 3 Hesborn Ochieng  Kenya 21.56
24 3 3 Ibrahim Bangura  Sierra Leone 21.62 SB

Final

The medals were determined in the final.[4]

Wind: +1.1m/s

Rank Lane Name Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7  Jereem Richards (TTO) 19.80 GR, PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Zharnel Hughes (ENG) 20.12 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  Joseph Amoah (GHA) 20.49
4 8  Emmanuel Eseme (CMR) 20.61 SB
5 9  Brendon Rodney (CAN) 20.65
6 6  Udodi Onwuzurike (NGR) 20.76
7 2  Sibusiso Matsenjwa (SWZ) 20.92
8 3  Shajar Abbas (PAK) 21.16

References

  1. ^ "Men's 200m". Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Men's 200m Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 4 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Men's 200m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Men's 200m Final Results" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 6 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2023.