Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Merlene Ottey	Kathy Smallwood	Angella Taylor

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -2.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			23.48	Q
2	4			23.73	Q
3	1			23.80	Q
4	2			23.82	Q
5	3			23.89	Q
6	4			24.05	Q
7	2			24.08	Q
8	3			24.10	Q
9	2			24.25	Q
10	4			24.28	Q
11	3			24.31	Q
12	4			24.33	Q
13	1			24.34	Q
14	2			24.35	Q
15	4			24.45	q
16	1			24.48	Q
17	2			24.57	q
18	1			24.67
19	3			24.73	Q
20	2			24.74
21	1			24.80
22	2			25.01
23	4			25.13
24	1			25.30
25	3			25.41
26	2			25.61
27	4			25.69
28	3			25.85
29	3			27.64
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -3.9 m/s, Heat 2: -2.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			22.70	Q
2	2			23.02	Q
3	2			23.10	Q
4	2			23.44	Q
5	1			23.45	Q
6	1			23.53	Q
7	1			23.55	Q
8	2			23.63	q
9	1			23.66	Q
10	2			23.91
11	1			23.93
12	2			24.16
13	1			24.20
14	1			24.22
15	2			24.24
16	2			24.39
17	1			24.40
18	1			24.60

Final

Wind: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	9			22.19
	6			22.21
	2			22.48
4	8			22.72
5	4			22.89
6	3			22.92
7	5			23.25
8	1			23.42
9	7			23.57

References

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2017-04-14 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .