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

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]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Denise Boyd	Sonia Lannaman	Colleen Beazley

Results

Heats

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			22.73	Q
2	2			23.02	Q
3	1			23.03	Q
4	4			23.17	Q
5	3			23.35	Q
6	4			23.36	Q
7	2			23.38	Q
8	1			23.43	Q
9	3			23.50	Q
10	4			23.66	Q
11	2			23.69	q
12	3			23.77	Q
13	1			23.81	Q
13	2			23.81
15	5			23.85	Q
16	5			23.88	Q
17	3			23.91
18	1			23.96
19	1			24.07
20	2			24.19
21	5			24.24	Q
22	4			24.25
23	1			24.43
24	2			24.52
25	4			24.53
26	5			24.75
27	4			24.86
28	3			24.94
29	1			25.02
30	2			25.08
31	5			25.71
32	3			26.38
33	4			26.44
34	5			26.56
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Semifinals

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			22.99	Q
2	2			23.03	Q
3	2			23.17	Q
4	2			23.37	Q
5	2			23.42	Q
6	1			23.43	Q
7	2			23.44
8	1			23.58	Q
9	2			23.59
10	1			23.62	Q
11	1			23.64
12	2			23.93
13	1			24.29
14	2			24.62
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	1

Final

Held on 10 August

Wind: +5.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			22.82
	1			22.89
	7			22.93
4	6			22.95
5	8			22.96
6	5			23.28
7	3			23.47
8	2			23.71

References

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2018-02-22 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .