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

The women'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]

Women's 200 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Denise Boyd
  Australia
Sonia Lannaman
  England
Colleen Beazley
  Australia

Results

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Heats

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Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +2.7 m/s, Heat 4: +5.5 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Kathy Smallwood   England 22.73 Q
2 2 June Griffith   Guyana 23.02 Q
3 1 Denise Boyd   Australia 23.03 Q
4 4 Helen Golden   Scotland 23.17 Q
5 3 Hannah Afriye   Ghana 23.35 Q
6 4 Sonia Lannaman   England 23.36 Q
7 2 Kim Robertson   New Zealand 23.38 Q
8 1 Patty Loverock   Canada 23.43 Q
9 3 Colleen Beazley   Australia 23.50 Q
10 4 Raelene Boyle   Australia 23.66 Q
11 2 Maureen Gottschalk   Jamaica 23.69 q
12 3 Wendy Brown   New Zealand 23.77 Q
13 1 Margot Wells   Scotland 23.81 Q
13 2 Angella Taylor   Canada 23.81
15 5 Beverley Goddard   England 23.85 Q
16 5 Ruth Waithera   Kenya 23.88 Q
17 3 Angela Bailey   Canada 23.91
18 1 Janice Bernard   Trinidad and Tobago 23.96
19 1 Freida Nicholls   Barbados 24.07
20 2 Esther Hope   Trinidad and Tobago 24.19
21 5 Linda McCurry   Northern Ireland 24.24 Q
22 4 Penny Hunt   New Zealand 24.25
23 1 Esther Otieno   Kenya 24.43
24 2 Georgiana Freeman   Gambia 24.52
25 4 Normalee Murray   Jamaica 24.53
26 5 Nzaeli Kyomo   Tanzania 24.75
27 4 Candy Ford   Bermuda 24.86
28 3 Carmeta Drummond   Jamaica 24.94
29 1 Caroline Delancy   Turks and Caicos Islands 25.02
30 2 Marie-France Mamedy   Mauritius 25.08
31 5 Marilyn Bradley   Trinidad and Tobago 25.71
32 3 Jabou Jawo   Gambia 26.38
33 4 Joyce John   Sierra Leone 26.44
34 5 Amie N'Dow   Gambia 26.56
3 Donna Burgess   Bermuda DNF
3 Mossy Ally   Tanzania DNS
4 Grace Bakari   Ghana DNS
5 Debbie Jones   Bermuda DNS
5 Fay Nixon   Scotland DNS

Semifinals

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Held on 8 August

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

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Kathy Smallwood   England 22.99 Q
2 2 Denise Boyd   Australia 23.03 Q
3 2 Beverley Goddard   England 23.17 Q
4 2 Helen Golden   Scotland 23.37 Q
5 2 Colleen Beazley   Australia 23.42 Q
6 1 Sonia Lannaman   England 23.43 Q
7 2 June Griffith   Guyana 23.44
8 1 Patty Loverock   Canada 23.58 Q
9 2 Kim Robertson   New Zealand 23.59
10 1 Linda McCurry   Northern Ireland 23.62 Q
11 1 Wendy Brown   New Zealand 23.64
12 2 Ruth Waithera   Kenya 23.93
13 1 Margot Wells   Scotland 24.29
14 2 Maureen Gottschalk   Jamaica 24.62
1 Hannah Afriye   Ghana DNS
1 Raelene Boyle   Australia DNS

Final

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Held on 10 August

Wind: +5.1 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Denise Boyd   Australia 22.82
  1 Sonia Lannaman   England 22.89
  7 Colleen Beazley   Australia 22.93
4 6 Beverley Goddard   England 22.95
5 8 Kathy Smallwood   England 22.96
6 5 Helen Golden   Scotland 23.28
7 3 Patty Loverock   Canada 23.47
8 2 Linda McCurry   Northern Ireland 23.71

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-22.