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

The women'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
Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Juliet Campbell	Lauren Hewitt

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			22.98	Q
2	1			23.11	Q
3	1			23.15	Q
4	4			23.24	Q
5	1			23.25	Q
6	2			23.44	Q
7	3			23.53	Q
8	2			23.64	Q
9	4			23.69	Q
10	2			23.71	Q
11	4			23.73	Q
12	2			23.77	q
13	1			23.80	q
14	3			24.07	Q
15	3			24.09	q, PB
16	4			24.31	q
17	2			24.52
18	1			24.56
19	1			25.18
20	4			26.07
21	4			26.32
	2
	3
	3
	4

Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			22.79	Q
2	1			23.05	Q
2	1			23.05	Q
2	2			23.05	Q
5	2			23.20	Q
6	2			23.26	Q
7	1			23.47	Q
8	2			23.50
9	1			23.60	Q
10	2			23.72
11	1			23.73
12	1			23.82
13	1			23.89
14	2			24.15
15	1			24.16
	2

Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			22.77	PB
			22.79	SB
			22.83	SB
4			23.04
5			23.07	SB
6			23.17	SB
7			23.38
8			23.73

Notes and References

1. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at200women-h1.html Heat 1
2. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at200women-sf1.html Semifinal 1 results
3. 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 .
4. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at200mfinal-w.html Final results