Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 29 January and 1 February at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.

Women's 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Merlene Ottey Jamaica	Kerry Johnson Australia	Pauline Davis Bahamas

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.6 m/s, Heat 2: +3.2 m/s, Heat 3: +5.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kerry Johnson	Australia	22.75	Q
2	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.87	Q
3	3	Jenni Stoute	England	23.09	Q
4	2	Sallyanne Short	Wales	23.19	Q
5	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.33	Q
6	2	Kathy Sambell	Australia	23.52	q
7	2	Linda Keough	England	23.55	q
8	1	Paula Dunn	England	23.58	Q
9	3	Oliver Acii	Uganda	23.72	q
10	3	Mercy Addy	Ghana	23.77
11	2	Michelle Seymour	New Zealand	23.83
12	1	Briar Toop	New Zealand	23.89
13	2	Stacy Bowen	Canada	24.16
14	3	France Gareau	Canada	24.20
15	2	Janis Neilson	Scotland	24.23
16	1	Elizabeth Onyambu	Kenya	24.34
17	3	Ng Ka Yi	Hong Kong	25.13
18	1	Kinah Chikontwe	Zambia	25.75
19	1	Erin Tierney	Cook Islands	26.06
	1	Esmie Lawrence	Canada	DNS

Final

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.76
	6	Kerry Johnson	Australia	22.88
	8	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.15
4	4	Jenni Stoute	England	23.16
5	9	Paula Dunn	England	23.33
6	5	Sallyanne Short	Wales	23.35
7	7	Kathy Sambell	Australia	23.56
8	2	Linda Keough	England	23.66
9	1	Oliver Acii	Uganda	24.14