Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		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
30 km 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
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The men's 200 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allan Wells  Scotland	James Gilkes  Guyana	Colin Bradford  Jamaica

Results

Heats

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	20.87	Q
2	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.97	Q
3	3	James Gilkes	Guyana	21.00	Q
4	5	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.14	Q
5	1	Dacre Bowen	Canada	21.15	Q
6	2	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.25	Q
7	2	Richard Hopkins	Australia	21.25	Q
8	4	Mike McFarlane	England	21.28	Q
9	5	Rickey Moxey	Bahamas	21.29	Q
10	1	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	21.30	Q
11	3	Daniel Biocchi	Canada	21.33	Q
11	4	Edwin Noel	Trinidad and Tobago	21.33	Q
13	5	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.34	Q
14	6	Allan Wells	Scotland	21.35	Q
14	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	21.35	Q
16	6	Trevor Hoyte	England	21.39	Q
17	1	Tochi Mochache	Kenya	21.40	Q
18	6	Cole Doty	Canada	21.42	Q
19	5	Drew McMaster	Scotland	21.45	Q
20	4	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	21.52	Q
21	5	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	21.53	q
22	6	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	21.55	Q
23	5	Jeff Griffiths	Wales	21.56	q
24	2	Timothy Bonsor	England	21.59	Q
25	3	Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan	India	21.60	Q
26	3	Cuthbert Jacobs	Antigua and Barbuda	21.61	Q
27	2	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.62	Q
28	4	Peter Kipkirong	Kenya	21.69	Q
28	6	Clyde Edwards	Barbados	21.69	Q
30	2	Dave Roberts	Wales	21.70	Q
31	3	Alex Mutunga	Kenya	21.74	Q
32	1	David Lukuba	Tanzania	21.86	Q
33	3	Linus Ambrose	Saint Lucia	22.00
34	2	Mokam Mwita	Tanzania	22.08
35	1	Banana Jarju	Gambia	22.10
35	4	Vaughn Harvey	Bermuda	22.10
37	6	Letseka Nchee	Lesotho	22.17
37	6	Kimberley Wade	Bermuda	22.17
39	1	Francis Williams	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.30
40	2	Keith Rocque	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.32
41	4	Genevieve Nestor	Saint Lucia	22.45
42	6	Jean Charlotte	Mauritius	22.67
43	5	Ousman N'Dure	Gambia	22.73
44	2	Molapi Bambatha	Lesotho	22.80
45	4	Bamba Njie	Gambia	23.04
	1	Anthony Husbands	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS

Quarterfinals

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.61	Q
2	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.66	Q
3	4	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	20.89	Q
4	2	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.97	Q
5	4	Trevor Hoyte	England	21.16	Q
6	4	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.22	q
7	2	Mike McFarlane	England	21.31	Q
8	2	Richard Hopkins	Australia	21.35	Q
9	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	21.37	Q
9	2	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	21.37	q
11	3	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.38	Q
12	4	Cole Doty	Canada	21.44	q
13	1	Timothy Bonsor	England	21.48	Q
14	2	Dacre Bowen	Canada	21.48	q
15	1	Daniel Biocchi	Canada	21.50
16	3	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	21.51	Q
17	3	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.53	Q
18	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	21.54
18	3	Drew McMaster	Scotland	21.54
20	4	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.60
21	3	Cuthbert Jacobs	Antigua and Barbuda	21.63
22	4	Peter Kipkirong	Kenya	21.64
23	4	Jeff Griffiths	Wales	21.65
24	1	Edwin Noel	Trinidad and Tobago	21.66
24	3	Rickey Moxey	Bahamas	21.66
26	1	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	21.81
27	1	Clyde Edwards	Barbados	21.85
28	2	Dave Roberts	Wales	21.91
29	2	Tochi Mochache	Kenya	21.94
30	2	Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan	India	21.96
31	3	Alex Mutunga	Kenya	22.16
	3	David Lukuba	Tanzania	DNS

Semifinals

Held on 10 August

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.68	Q
2	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	20.71	Q
3	2	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	20.72	Q
4	2	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.75	Q
5	2	Timothy Bonsor	England	20.89
6	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.10
7	1	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	21.15	Q
8	2	Cole Doty	Canada	21.25
9	1	Trevor Hoyte	England	21.31	Q
10	1	Richard Hopkins	Australia	21.42	Q
11	1	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.46	Q
12	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.49
13	1	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.58
14	1	Dacre Bowen	Canada	21.61
15	1	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	22.14
	2	Mike McFarlane	England	DNS

Final

Held on 10 August

Wind: +4.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.12
	7	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.18
	8	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	20.43
4	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	20.74
5	4	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	20.79
6	6	Richard Hopkins	Australia	20.88
7	5	Trevor Hoyte	England	20.90
8	1	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.07

References

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

This page was last edited on 26 March 2024, at 01:36