Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:

Men's 200 metres

The Men's 200 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday 9 October and Sunday 10 October 2010.

Records

World Record	19.19	Usain Bolt	JAM	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
Games Record	19.97	Frank Fredericks	NAM	Victoria, Canada	1994

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 8 best performers (q) advance to the Round 2.

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	6	0.192	21.06	Q
2	4	0.192	21.25	Q
3	3	0.241	21.37	Q
4	8	0.234	21.37	q, PB
5	5	0.188	21.46	q
6	2	0.198	23.06
–	7			DNS

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7	0.185	21.32	Q
2	6	0.178	21.50	Q
3	3	0.154	22.69	Q
4	8	0.186	22.85
5	2	0.164	22.95	PB
6	4	0.216	22.98
–	9	0.213		DNF
–	5			DNS

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	2	0.187	20.97	Q
2	5	0.208	21.21	Q
3	6	0.166	21.45	Q
4	4	0.193	21.63	q
5	7	0.226	21.91	q
6	3	0.281	22.68
–	8	0.190	24.41

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	8	0.190	21.08	Q
2	4	0.170	21.14	Q
3	3	0.157	21.42	Q
4	2	0.186	22.01	q
5	7	0.182	22.96
–	5	F¹		DSQ
–	6			DNS

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	8	0.365	21.40	Q
2	2	0.192	21.48	Q
3	3	0.213	21.48	Q
4	5	0.179	21.54	q
5	4	0.218	22.36
6	7	0.215	22.54
7	6	0.267	24.81

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	3	0.166	21.15	Q
2	8	0.213	21.30	Q
3	4	0.215	21.66	Q
4	6	0.165	21.68	q
5	2	0.153	22.53
6	7	0.199	23.58
–	9			DNS

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5	0.210	21.23	Q
2	4	0.171	21.29	Q, SB
3	2	0.197	21.72	Q
4	7	0.193	22.03
5	8	0.187	22.07	NR
6	3	0.258	22.84	SB
–	6	F¹		DSQ

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	6	0.191	21.02	Q, PB
2	3	0.275	21.12	Q
3	7	0.186	21.16	Q
4	8	0.197	21.17	q, PB
5	4	0.183	22.50
6	2	0.219	22.81
7	9	0.206	23.19
8	5	0.187	24.40

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5	0.173	20.90	Q
2	6	0.203	21.03	Q
3	2	0.218	21.12	Q, PB
4	4	0.192	21.16	q
5	8	0.163	21.19	SB
6	9	0.214	21.20	PB
7	3	0.168	21.42
8	7	0.208	21.50

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7	0.172	20.60	Q, SB
2	4	0.200	20.60	Q, PB
3	8	0.171	20.91	Q
4	6	0.188	20.97	q, PB
5	5	0.252	21.31
6	3	0.191	21.52
7	2	0.214	21.90
8	9	0.178	22.63

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4	0.177	20.93	Q
2	7	0.177	21.00	Q
3	9	0.201	21.30	Q
4	3	0.160	21.41
5	5	0.200	21.52
6	6	0.173	21.54
7	8	0.182	21.69
8	2	0.201	22.32

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7	0.141	20.68	Q
2	6	0.181	20.93	Q
3	8	0.164	21.06	Q
4	4	0.197	21.16	q
5	5	0.196	21.17	q
6	2	0.182	21.64
7	3	0.225	21.65
8	9	0.236	21.69

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4	0.177	20.43	Q, PB
2	6	0.203	20.53	Q
3	5	0.206	20.54	Q, PB
4	9	0.247	21.05	q
5	7	0.202	21.17
6	8	0.249	21.30
7	2	0.191	21.45
8	3	0.168	21.61

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	6	0.161	20.65	Q
2	4	0.148	20.70	Q
3	5	0.186	21.00	Q
4	3	0.161	21.05	q
5	7	0.201	21.13
6	9	0.167	21.25
7	2	0.224	21.50
–	8			DNS

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	4	0.175	20.45	PB
	9	0.201	20.49	PB
	6	0.190	20.52
4	7	0.156	20.62
5	5	0.152	20.75
6	8	0.184	21.08
7	2	0.166	21.12
8	3	0.185	21.13