Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 22–23.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sherone Simpson	Veronica Campbell	Geraldine Pillay

Results

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: –0.2 m/s, Heat 4: –0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			23.11	Q
2	3			23.17	Q
3	2			23.19	Q
4	2			23.26	Q
5	1			23.28	Q
6	2			23.32	Q, PB
6	4			23.32	Q, SB
8	3			23.47	Q, SB
9	4			23.51	Q
10	1			23.55	Q, SB
11	1			23.55	Q
12	3			23.64	Q
13	4			23.74	q
14	2			23.85	q
15	1			23.88	q
16	4			24.00	q
17	4			24.18
18	3			24.20	PB
19	2			24.38	PB
20	4			24.55
21	2			25.07	PB
22	1			25.67
23	1			26.27
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: –0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			23.18	Q
2	2			23.19	Q
3	1			23.23	Q
4	2			23.29	Q
5	2			23.39	Q
6	1			23.47	Q
7	2			23.52	Q, SB
8	1			23.61	Q, PB
9	1			23.83
10	2			23.88
11	2			23.90
12	1			23.96
13	2			24.03
14	2			24.05
15	1			24.21
16	1			24.22

Final

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			22.59
	4			22.72
	8			22.92
4	6			23.01
5	5			23.07
6	2			23.34	SB
7	7			23.45	PB
8	1			23.78

References

• Results