Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Games:	2022
Venue:	Alexander Stadium
Dates:	4 August (first round) 5 August (semifinals) 6 August (final)
Competitors:	58
Nations:	34
Win Value:	19.80
Gold:	Jereem Richards
Goldcga:	TTO
Silver:	Zharnel Hughes
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Joseph Amoah
Bronzecga:	GHA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 4-6 August 2022.

The winning margin was 0.32 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the men's 200 metres at these games.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 4 August 2022	11:45	First round
Friday 5 August 2022	19:09	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 6 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:18	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Wind:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Result	Notes
1	3	4	20.30	Q
2	1	7	20.44	Q
3	5	3	20.58	Q
4	4	5	20.68	Q
5	7	2	20.76	Q
6	4	3	20.79	Q
7	3	9	20.82	Q
8	2	1	20.84	Q
9	1	4	20.85	Q
10	6	7	20.92	Q
11	5	6	21.01	Q
12	8	4	21.12	Q
12	1	3	21.12	q
14	7	8	21.13	Q
15	4	4	21.17	q
16	2	2	21.18	Q
17	6	2	21.19	Q
18	8	5	21.19	Q
19	6	3	21.22	q
20	5	8	21.22	q
21	1	9	21.24	q
22	4	6	21.28	q
23	7	6	21.28	q
24	5	5	21.30	q
25	2	3	21.32
26	6	5	21.35
27	1	5	21.42
28	6	4	21.43
29	7	3	21.46
30	3	7	21.49
31	7	4	21.51
32	4	2	21.53
33	6	6	21.54
34	6	8	21.57
35	2	8	21.60
36	8	8	21.67
37	3	6	21.72
38	8	6	21.72
39	8	7	21.77	=
40	4	7	21.81
41	7	5	21.94
42	2	5	21.96
43	3	8	22.17
44	2	6	22.22
45	2	7	22.32
46	5	9	22.37
47	3	3	22.38
48	5	7	22.41
49	3	2	22.46
50	5	4	22.61
51	8	3	22.66
52	1	2	22.74
53	1	8	23.12
54	3	5	23.45
55	8	4	23.50
56	7	7	23.56
57	1	6	23.70
	4	8
	5	2

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Wind:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Result	Notes
1	1	6	20.32	Q
2	3	5	20.40	Q
3	3	7	20.51	Q
4	2	8	20.59	Q
5	1	7	20.68	Q
6	2	4	20.69	Q
7	3	4	20.81	q,
8	1	5	20.89	q
9	3	6	20.90
10	1	4	20.91
11	2	7	20.95
12	2	6	20.97
13	2	5	20.99
14	2	9	21.13
15	1	2	21.16
16	3	8	21.32
17	1	8	21.32
18	3	9	21.39
19	1	9	21.40
20	2	2	21.41
21	3	2	21.42
22	2	3	21.53
23	1	3	21.56
24	3	3	21.62

The medals were determined in the final.^[4]

Wind: +1.1m/s

Web site: Men's 200m. Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. 8 August 2022.
Web site: 4 August 2022 . Men's 200m Round 1 Results Summary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901095957/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHM200M--------------RND1--------__C74A_1.0.pdf . 1 September 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services.
Web site: 5 August 2022 . Men's 200m Semi-Finals Results Summary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901101140/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHM200M--------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf . 1 September 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services.
Web site: 6 August 2022 . Men's 200m Final Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130003233/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-06/ATHM200M--------------FNL-000100--__C73A_1.0.pdf . 30 January 2023 . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services.