Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 220 yards event.

Men's 200 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	July 21 and 22, 1970
Medalists
Don Quarrie    Jamaica   Edwin Roberts    Trinidad and Tobago   Charles Asati    Kenya

Medalists

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Don Quarrie Jamaica	Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago	Charles Asati Kenya

Results

Heats

Held on 21 July

Qualification for quarterfinals

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the quarterfinals.

Wind speed

Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +3.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: +5.3 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s, Heat 8: +5.8 m/s

Heats results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.6	Q
2	1	Julius Sang	Kenya	20.9	Q
3	1	Stuart Bell	Scotland	21.3	Q
4	1	Amos Odelusi	Nigeria	21.6	Q
5	1	Joseph Chivers	Northern Ireland	21.6
6	1	Bernard Nottage	Bahamas	21.9
7	1	Peter Ndovi	Malawi	22.9
1	2	Charles Asati	Kenya	20.5	Q
2	2	Martin Reynolds	England	20.8	Q
3	2	Gary Eddy	Australia	21.06	Q
4	2	Rocky Symonds	Bermuda	21.5	Q
5	2	Zuku Tofile	Swaziland	22.6
	2	Mike Sands	Bahamas	DNF
	2	John Oryem	Uganda	DNF
	2	Lloyd Giddings	Guyana	DNS
1	3	George Daniels	Ghana	21.0	Q
2	3	Melvin Wong Shing	Trinidad and Tobago	21.4	Q
3	3	John Williams	Wales	21.4	Q
4	3	Norman Chihota	Tanzania	21.5	Q
5	3	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	21.7
6	3	Brian Cowley	Isle of Man	22.9
7	3	Anthony Perera	Gibraltar	23.3
	3	Canagasabai Kunalan	Singapore	DNS
1	4	Ralph Banthorpe	England	21.3	Q
2	4	Kevin Johnson	Bahamas	21.3	Q
3	4	Horace Levy	Jamaica	21.4	Q
4	4	Kofi Okyir	Ghana	21.9	Q
5	4	Ghulam Qadir	Pakistan	22.9
6	4	Pierre Jallow	Gambia	23.2
1	5	Peter Norman	Australia	20.87	Q
2	5	Jessymon Wishkoti	Zambia	21.6	Q
3	5	Tony Powell	Canada	21.6	Q
4	5	Terry Davies	Wales	21.8	Q
5	5	Peter Mamba	Swaziland	22.3
6	5	Obedi Mwanga	Tanzania	22.7
1	6	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.8	Q
2	6	Dave Dear	England	21.3	Q
3	6	William Dralu	Uganda	21.5	Q
4	6	Carl Archer	Trinidad and Tobago	21.6	Q
5	6	Yeo Kian Chye	Singapore	21.9
6	6	Cuthbert Jacobs	Antigua and Barbuda	22.0
7	6	Gaston Clarenc	Mauritius	24.4
	6	Les Piggot	Scotland	DNS
1	7	Robert Ojo	Nigeria	21.6	Q
2	7	Howard Davies	Wales	21.8	Q
3	7	Hezekiah Nyamau	Kenya	21.8	Q
4	7	Doug Chapman	Canada	21.9	Q
5	7	Dodou Joof	Gambia	22.5
6	7	Francisco Mvula	Malawi	22.7
7	7	Maurice Sweeney	Antigua and Barbuda	23.9
1	8	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.41	Q
2	8	Edward Owusu	Ghana	21.6	Q
3	8	Don Halliday	Scotland	21.6	Q
4	8	Bohdan Domansky	Canada	21.7	Q
5	8	Muhammad Mohddin	Pakistan	22.4
6	8	Omubo Peters	Nigeria	22.7
	8	Calvin Greenaway	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS
	8	Vikimbi Radebe	Swaziland	DNS

Quarterfinals

Held on 21 July

Qualification for semifinals

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Wind speed

Heat 1: +7.7 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +6.9 m/s, Heat 4: +4.9 m/s

Quarterfinals results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Charles Asati	Kenya	20.6	Q
2	1	Peter Norman	Australia	20.79	Q
3	1	Melvin Wong Shing	Trinidad and Tobago	21.1	Q
4	1	Doug Chapman	Canada	21.2	Q
5	1	Norman Chihota	Tanzania	21.3
6	1	Howard Davies	Wales	21.3
7	1	William Dralu	Uganda	21.6
8	1	Kofi Okyir	Ghana	22.9
1	2	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.8	Q
2	2	Dave Dear	England	21.1	Q
3	2	Rocky Symonds	Bermuda	21.2	Q
4	2	Julius Sang	Kenya	21.3	Q
5	2	Bohdan Domansky	Canada	21.5
6	2	Edward Owusu	Ghana	21.6
7	2	Terry Davies	Wales	21.8
8	2	Robert Ojo	Nigeria	21.9
1	3	Martin Reynolds	England	20.8	Q
2	3	George Daniels	Ghana	20.9	Q
3	3	Gary Eddy	Australia	21.06	Q
4	3	Stuart Bell	Scotland	21.4	Q
5	3	Horace Levy	Jamaica	21.4
6	3	Hezekiah Nyamau	Kenya	21.7
7	3	Carl Archer	Trinidad and Tobago	21.9
8	3	Amos Odelusi	Nigeria	22.1
1	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.4	Q
2	4	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.03	Q
3	4	Tony Powell	Canada	21.1	Q
4	4	Ralph Banthorpe	England	21.1	Q
5	4	Don Halliday	Scotland	21.2
6	4	Kevin Johnson	Bahamas	21.3
7	4	John Williams	Wales	21.5
8	4	Jessymon Wishkoti	Zambia	21.7

Semifinals

Held on 22 July

Qualification for final

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

Wind speed

Heat 1: +4.6 m/s, Heat 2: +3.0 m/s

Semifinals results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Martin Reynolds	England	20.61	Q
2	1	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.7	Q
3	1	Charles Asati	Kenya	20.8	Q
4	1	Julius Sang	Kenya	20.9	Q
5	1	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.03
6	1	Ralph Banthorpe	England	21.3
7	1	Doug Chapman	Canada	21.6
	1	Rocky Symonds	Bermuda	DNS
1	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.7	Q
2	2	Gary Eddy	Australia	20.89	Q
3	2	Peter Norman	Australia	20.95	Q
4	2	George Daniels	Ghana	20.9	Q
5	2	Dave Dear	England	21.08
6	2	Tony Powell	Canada	21.3
7	2	Melvin Wong Shing	Trinidad and Tobago	21.4
8	2	Stuart Bell	Scotland	21.5

Final

Held on 22 July

Wind speed

+1.7 m/s

Final results

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.56	=GR
	7	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.69
	8	Charles Asati	Kenya	20.74
4	4	Martin Reynolds	England	20.83
5	2	Peter Norman	Australia	20.86
6	6	George Daniels	Ghana	20.9
7	1	Gary Eddy	Australia	21.01
8	5	Julius Sang	Kenya	21.0

References

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (p28)
• Semifinals & Final results (p9)
• Australian results