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

Women's 200 metres
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueAlexander Stadium
Dates4 August (first round)
5 August (semifinals)
6 August (final)
Competitors36 from 28 nations
Winning time22.02
Medalists
gold medal Elaine Thompson-Herah    Jamaica
silver medal Favour Ofili   Nigeria
bronze medal Christine Mboma   Namibia
Athletics at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
Track / road events
100 mmenwomen
100 m T12men
100 m T34women
100 m T38menwomen
100 m T47men
200 mmen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
1500 m T54menwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m steeplechasemenwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Marathonmenwomen
Marathon T54menwomen
10,000 m walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Shot put F57women
Discus throwmenwomen
Discus throw F44/64menwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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:[1]

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.[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

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

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

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

Final

The medals were determined in the final.[4]

Wind: +0.6m/s

Rank Lane Name Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 22.02 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6  Favour Ofili (NGR) 22.51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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