Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 18–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Julian Golding	Christian Malcolm	John Regis

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 7: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			20.68	Q
2	6			20.69	Q
3	2			20.70	Q
4	8			20.72	Q
5	8			20.77	Q
6	2			20.78	Q, SB
7	3			20.83	Q
8	2			20.89	Q
9	3			20.90	Q
10	5			20.92	Q
10	6			20.92	Q
12	5			20.94	Q
13	6			20.95	Q
14	7			20.96	Q
15	6			21.09	q
15	8			21.09	Q
17	1			21.11	Q
18	5			21.13	Q
19	4			21.20	Q
20	8			21.26	q
21	1			21.28	Q
22	7			21.37	Q
23	3			21.44	Q
24	2			21.47	q, PB
25	8			21.49	q
26	1			21.50	q
27	7			21.53	Q
28	3			21.60	q
29	5			21.65	q
30	2			21.68	q
31	3			21.73
32	8			21.78
33	4			21.82	Q
34	7			21.96
35	4			21.99	Q
35	5			21.99
37	1			22.02
38	1			22.07
39	6			22.12
39	7			22.12
41	5			22.21
42	3			22.32
43	2			22.34
44	5			22.54
45	4			22.59
46	7			22.92
47	2			23.05
48	6			23.17	PB
49	6			23.46
50	7			23.48
51	3			23.94
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Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			20.48	Q
2	4			20.51	Q
3	4			20.53	Q
4	2			20.58	Q, SB
5	3			20.61	Q
6	4			20.64	Q
7	1			20.67	Q
8	1			20.68	Q
9	1			20.77	Q
10	2			20.78	Q
11	4			20.84	Q
12	3			20.85	Q
13	3			20.90	Q
14	1			20.93	Q
15	3			20.97	Q
16	2			21.01	Q
17	3			21.02	PB
18	1			21.05
19	2			21.12
19	3			21.12
21	4			21.14
22	1			21.16
23	2			21.28
24	3			21.46
25	4			21.51
26	4			21.52
27	4			21.65
28	3			21.72
29	1			21.74
30	2			21.76
31	2			21.85
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			20.34	Q, PB
2	1			20.48	Q
3	2			20.49	Q, SB
4	2			20.55	Q
5	2			20.55	Q
6	1			20.56	Q
7	1			20.59	Q
8	2			20.64
9	1			20.68	Q
10	1			20.70
11	2			20.80
12	1			20.95
13	2			21.04
14	1			21.05
15	1			21.06
16	2			21.25

Final

Wind: -0.2 m/s^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			20.18
	3			20.29
	4			20.40
4	6			20.43
5	8			20.48
6	7			20.53
7	1			20.62
8	2			20.69

Notes and References

1. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at200men-81.html Heats 1
2. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at200men-h1.html Quarterfinal 1 results
3. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at200men-sf1.html Semifinal 1 results
4. Web site: Australian 1998 Almanac . 2015-12-10 . 2015-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151103220107/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1998-99.pdf . dead .
5. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at200mfinal-m.html Final results