Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 200 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 18–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone  Australia	Juliet Campbell  Jamaica	Lauren Hewitt  Australia

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	22.98	Q
2	1	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	23.11	Q
3	1	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	23.15	Q
4	4	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.24	Q
5	1	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.25	Q
6	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.44	Q
7	3	Joice Maduaka	England	23.53	Q
8	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.64	Q
9	4	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.69	Q
10	2	Simmone Jacobs	England	23.71	Q
11	4	Marcia Richardson	England	23.73	Q
12	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	23.77	q
13	1	Tamara Perry	Canada	23.80	q
14	3	Atia Weekes	Canada	24.07	Q
15	3	Mavis Akoto	Ghana	24.09	q, PB
16	4	Leticia John Mutta	Tanzania	24.31	q
17	2	Veronica Wabukawo	Uganda	24.52
18	1	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	24.56
19	1	Marang Kinteh	Gambia	25.18
20	4	Stephanie Llewellyn	Northern Ireland	26.07
21	4	Sudati Masasu	Uganda	26.32
	2	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	DNS
	3	Sonia Williams	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS
	3	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	DNS
	4	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	22.79	Q
2	1	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	23.05	Q
2	1	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	23.05	Q
2	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.05	Q
5	2	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.20	Q
6	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.26	Q
7	1	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.47	Q
8	2	Joice Maduaka	England	23.50
9	1	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.60	Q
10	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	23.72
11	1	Simmone Jacobs	England	23.73
12	1	Marcia Richardson	England	23.82
13	1	Tamara Perry	Canada	23.89
14	2	Atia Weekes	Canada	24.15
15	1	Mavis Akoto	Ghana	24.16
	2	Leticia John Mutta	Tanzania	DNS

Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s^[2][4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	22.77	PB
	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	22.79	SB
	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	22.83	SB
4	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	23.04
5	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.07	SB
6	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.17	SB
7	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.38
8	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.73

References

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