| Event: | Women's 200 metres |
| Games: | 2022 |
| Venue: | Alexander Stadium |
| Dates: | 4 August (first round) 5 August (semifinals) 6 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 28 |
| Win Value: | 22.02 |
| Gold: | Elaine Thompson-Herah |
| Goldcga: | JAM |
| Silver: | Favour Ofili |
| Silvercga: | NGR |
| Bronze: | Christine Mboma |
| Bronzecga: | NAM |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The women'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 0.49 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's 200 metres was won by more than 0.4 seconds at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 | ||
| Commonwealth record | 21.45 | Eugene, United States | 21 July 2022 | ||
| Games record | 22.09 | Gold Coast, Australia | 12 April 2018 |
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 4 August 2022 | 10:25 | First round | ||||
| Friday 5 August 2022 | 20:15 | First round | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Saturday 6 August 2022 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 21:44 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.[2]
Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: –0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +1.3 m/s, Heat 5: +2.9 m/s, Heat 6: +2.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 22.71 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 22.80 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 8 | 22.87 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 23.10 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 23.13 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 23.20 | Q | ||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 23.28 | Q, | ||
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 23.42 | Q | ||
| 9 | 6 | 5 | 23.45 | Q | ||
| 10 | 4 | 7 | 23.46 | q, | ||
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 23.56 | Q | ||
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 23.61 | Q | ||
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 23.69 | q | ||
| 14 | 2 | 4 | 23.85 | Q | ||
| 15 | 6 | 4 | 23.99 | Q | ||
| 16 | 1 | 4 | 24.03 | Q | ||
| 17 | 3 | 8 | 24.04 | Q | ||
| 18 | 2 | 8 | 24.07 | Q | ||
| 19 | 1 | 2 | 24.12 | q | ||
| 20 | 4 | 4 | 24.13 | q | ||
| 21 | 4 | 5 | 24.14 | q, | ||
| 22 | 6 | 3 | 24.42 | Q | ||
| 23 | 6 | 7 | 24.47 (.461) | q | ||
| 24 | 3 | 4 | 24.47 (.466) | Q | ||
| 25 | 5 | 3 | 24.49 | |||
| 26 | 6 | 2 | 24.74 | |||
| 27 | 6 | 6 | 24.76 | |||
| 28 | 5 | 7 | 24.97 | |||
| 29 | 1 | 8 | 25.05 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 3 | 25.29 | |||
| 31 | 3 | 6 | 25.31 | |||
| 32 | 6 | 8 | 25.34 | |||
| 33 | 3 | 7 | 25.43 | |||
| 34 | 1 | 7 | 26.75 | |||
| 35 | 5 | 8 | 26.79 | |||
| 36 | 2 | 7 | 26.87 | |||
| 6 | 9 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | 6 | |||||
| 1 | 6 |
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.[3]
Wind:
Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 22.63 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 22.66 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 22.93 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 6 | 23.09 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 23.10 | q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 7 | 23.21 | Q, | |||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 23.28 | q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 9 | 23.40 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 23.41 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 7 | 23.42 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | 23.46 | = | |||
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 23.58 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 8 | 23.59 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 5 | 23.72 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 6 | 23.81 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | 23.84 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 9 | 23.86 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 8 | 23.87 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 2 | 23.95 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | 8 | 24.10 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 3 | 24.32 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 3 | 24.35 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 9 | 24.43 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 3 | 24.52 |
The medals were determined in the final.[4]
Wind: +0.6m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 22.02 | GR | |||
| 6 | 22.51 | ||||
| 4 | 22.80 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 23.06 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 23.13 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 23.21 (.204) | |||
| 7 | 9 | 23.21 (.205) | = | ||
| 8 | 3 | 23.40 |