Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men's 200 metres ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	4 August (first round) ; 5 August (semifinals) ; 6 August (final)
Competitors	58 from 34 nations
Winning time	19.80
Medalists
	← 2018 2026 →

The men's 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 4-6 August 2022.

The winning margin was 0.32 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the men's 200 metres at these games.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
Commonwealth record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
Games record	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	19.97	Victoria, Canada	26 August 1994

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 4 August 2022	11:45	First round
Friday 5 August 2022	19:09	Semifinals
Saturday 6 August 2022	21:18	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Wind:

Heat 1: +2.1 m/s
Heat 2: +0.2 m/s
Heat 3: +3.4 m/s
Heat 4: +2.7 m/s
Heat 5: +1.4 m/s
Heat 6: +0.1 m/s
Heat 7: +0.8 m/s
Heat 8: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	3	4	Zharnel Hughes	England (ENG)	20.30	Q
2	1	7	Emmanuel Eseme	Cameroon (CMR)	20.44	Q
3	5	3	Joseph Amoah	Ghana (GHA)	20.58	Q
4	4	5	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	20.68	Q
5	7	2	Dan Asamba	Kenya (KEN)	20.76	Q
6	4	3	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Eswatini (SWZ)	20.79	Q
7	3	9	Mike Nyang'au	Kenya (KEN)	20.82	Q
8	2	1	Brendon Rodney	Canada (CAN)	20.84	Q
9	1	4	Dwight St. Hillaire	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	20.85	Q
10	6	7	Adam Gemili	England (ENG)	20.92	Q
11	5	6	Kyle Greaux	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	21.01	Q
12	8	4	Shajar Abbas	Pakistan (PAK)	21.12 [.120]	Q
12	1	3	Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli	Nigeria (NGR)	21.12 [.120]	q
14	7	8	Russel Taib	Malaysia (MAS)	21.13	Q
15	4	4	Warren Hazel	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	21.17	q
16	2	2	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria (NGR)	21.18	Q
17	6	2	Kadrian Goldson	Jamaica (JAM)	21.19 [.188]	Q
18	8	5	Delan Edwin	Saint Lucia (LCA)	21.19 [.190]	Q
19	6	3	Nadale Buntin	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	21.22 [.213]	q
20	5	8	Lenyn Leonce	Saint Lucia (LCA)	21.22 [.217]	q
21	1	9	Darion Skerritt	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	21.24	q
22	4	6	Ibrahim Bangura	Sierra Leone (SLE)	21.28 [.276]	q
23	7	6	Alaba Akintola	Nigeria (NGR)	21.28 [.278]	q
24	5	5	Hesborn Ochieng	Kenya (KEN)	21.30	q
25	2	3	Abdul-Rasheed Saminu	Ghana (GHA)	21.32	PB
26	6	5	Zachary Saunders	Jersey (JEY)	21.35	PB
27	1	5	Akeem Stewart	Guyana (GUY)	21.42
28	6	4	Stern Noel Liffa	Malawi (MAW)	21.43	SB
29	7	3	Jeremy Dodson	Samoa (SAM)	21.46
30	3	7	Alieu Joof	The Gambia (GAM)	21.49
31	7	4	Denzel Adem	Seychelles (SEY)	21.51	PB
32	4	2	Sengan Jobe	The Gambia (GAM)	21.53
33	6	6	Joe Chadwick	Guernsey (GGY)	21.54	PB
34	6	8	Julius Morris	Montserrat (MSR)	21.57	SB
35	2	8	Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina	Cameroon (CMR)	21.60
36	8	8	Leroy Kamau	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	21.67
37	3	6	Reuben Rainer Lee	Singapore (SGP)	21.72 [.714]
38	8	6	Adama Jammeh	The Gambia (GAM)	21.72 [.719]
39	8	7	Noelex Holder	Guyana (GUY)	21.77	=SB
40	4	7	Jabari Michael-Khensu	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)	21.81
41	7	5	Sean Crowie	Saint Helena (SHN)	21.94
42	2	5	Troy Mason	Grenada (GRN)	21.96
43	3	8	Benele Dlamini	Eswatini (SWZ)	22.17
44	2	6	Arinze Chance	Guyana (GUY)	22.22
45	2	7	Hassan Saaid	Maldives (MDV)	22.32	SB
46	5	9	Xander Ho Ann Heng	Singapore (SGP)	22.37	PB
47	3	3	Johnny Key	Samoa (SAM)	22.38
48	5	7	Jonathan Dende	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	22.41	PB
49	3	2	Md Rakibu Hasan	Bangladesh (BAN)	22.46
50	5	4	Farook Mponda	Malawi (MAW)	22.61
51	8	3	Saymon Rijo	Anguilla (AIA)	22.66	PB
52	1	2	Craig Gill	Gibraltar (GIB)	22.74
53	1	8	Deshawn Wilkins	Montserrat (MSR)	23.12
54	3	5	Obediah Timbaci	Vanuatu (VAN)	23.45
55	8	4	Sanjay Weekes	Montserrat (MSR)	23.50
56	7	7	James Mebupe	Solomon Islands (SOL)	23.56
57	1	6	Aiden Yon-Stevens	Saint Helena (SHN)	23.70
	4	8	William Hunt	Samoa (SAM)	DQ	TR 17.3.1
	5	2	Jireh Agege	Nauru (NRU)	DNS

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Wind:

Heat 1: +2.1 m/s
Heat 2: +1.9 m/s
Heat 3: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	6	Zharnel Hughes	England (ENG)	20.32	Q
2	3	5	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	20.40	Q
3	3	7	Joseph Amoah	Ghana (GHA)	20.51	Q
4	2	8	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria (NGR)	20.59	Q
5	1	7	Brendon Rodney	Canada (CAN)	20.68	Q
6	2	4	Emmanuel Eseme	Cameroon (CMR)	20.69	Q
7	3	4	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Eswatini (SWZ)	20.81	q, SB
8	1	5	Shajar Abbas	Pakistan (PAK)	20.89	q
9	3	6	Mike Nyang'au	Kenya (KEN)	20.90
10	1	4	Kyle Greaux	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	20.91
11	2	7	Dwight St. Hillaire	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	20.95
12	2	6	Adam Gemili	England (ENG)	20.97
13	2	5	Dan Asamba	Kenya (KEN)	20.99
14	2	9	Kadrian Goldson	Jamaica (JAM)	21.13
15	1	2	Alaba Akintola	Nigeria (NGR)	21.16
16	3	8	Delan Edwin	Saint Lucia (LCA)	21.32 [.316]
17	1	8	Russel Taib	Malaysia (MAS)	21.32 [.317]
18	3	9	Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli	Nigeria (NGR)	21.39
19	1	9	Warren Hazel	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	21.40
20	2	2	Darion Skerritt	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	21.41
21	3	2	Nadale Buntin	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	21.42
22	2	3	Lenyn Leonce	Saint Lucia (LCA)	21.53
23	1	3	Hesborn Ochieng	Kenya (KEN)	21.56
24	3	3	Ibrahim Bangura	Sierra Leone (SLE)	21.62	SB

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[4]

Wind: +1.1m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	7	Jereem Richards (TTO)	19.80	GR, PB
	4	Zharnel Hughes (ENG)	20.12	SB
	5	Joseph Amoah (GHA)	20.49
4	8	Emmanuel Eseme (CMR)	20.61	SB
5	9	Brendon Rodney (CAN)	20.65
6	6	Udodi Onwuzurike (NGR)	20.76
7	2	Sibusiso Matsenjwa (SWZ)	20.92
8	3	Shajar Abbas (PAK)	21.16

References

^ "Men's 200m". Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Men's 200m Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 4 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
^ "Men's 200m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
^ "Men's 200m Final Results" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 6 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2023.