Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	10 April (heats) 11 April (semifinals) 12 April (final)
Competitors	38 from 21 nations
Winning time	22.09 GR
Medalists
Shaunae Miller-Uibo    Bahamas   Shericka Jackson    Jamaica   Dina Asher-Smith    England

The women's 200 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium between 10 and 12 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
Games record	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	22.20	Manchester, England	29 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 10 April 2018	12:20	First round
Wednesday 11 April 2018	20:10	Semifinals
Thursday 12 April 2018	21:38	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of five heats. The four fastest competitors per heat (plus four fastest losers) advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	8	Crystal Emmanuel (CAN)	0.165	22.72		Q
2	6	Shashalee Forbes (JAM)	0.155	22.88	SB	Q
3	7	Semoy Hackett (TTO)	0.142	23.37		Q
4	3	Praise Idamadudu (NGR)	0.162	23.55	SB	Q
5	2	Afure Adah (PNG)	0.173	24.54
6	4	Gladys Musyoki (KEN)	0.194	24.94
7	5	Mariatu Koroma (SLE)	0.183	25.59
8	1	Shirin Akter (BAN)	0.210	26.17
				Wind: -0.9 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Dina Asher-Smith (ENG)	0.149	23.28		Q
2	8	Rumeshika Rathnayake (SRI)	0.149	23.43		Q
3	2	Maddie Coates (AUS)	0.150	23.51		Q
4	7	Anthonique Strachan (BAH)	0.160	23.52		Q
5	4	Hafsatu Kamara (SLE)	0.144	24.50
6	5	T-Kailah Richardson (AIA)	0.160	25.61
–	6	Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang (CMR)		DNS
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)	0.167	22.95		Q
2	7	Janet Amponsah (GHA)	0.238	23.66		Q
3	3	Riley Day (AUS)	0.163	23.71		Q
4	6	Amy Foster (NIR)	0.141	23.94		Q
5	8	Millicent Ndoro (KEN)	0.189	24.31	SB	q
6	2	Irene Bell Borong (CMR)	0.149	24.56
7	4	Ola Buwaro (GAM)	0.137	24.66
				Wind: -1.9 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	0.168	23.09		Q
2	7	Finette Agyapong (ENG)	0.118	23.15		Q
3	8	Gina Bass (GAM)	0.171	23.24		Q
4	6	Kai Selvon (TTO)	0.177	23.33		Q
5	4	Loungo Matlhaku (BOT)	0.165	24.05		q
6	3	Charlotte Wingfield (MLT)	0.159	24.40
7	2	Joan Cherono [de] (KEN)	0.172	25.10
–	1	Tynia Gaither (BAH)		DNS
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	0.173	22.87		Q
2	3	Bianca Williams (ENG)	0.111	23.20		Q
3	8	Kamaria Durant (TTO)	0.161	23.33		Q
4	1	Isoken Igbinosun (NGR)	0.153	23.54		Q
5	2	Larissa Pasternatsky (AUS)	0.151	23.55		q
6	6	Germaine Abessolo Bivina (CMR)	0.188	23.77	PB	q
7	5	Patricia Taea (COK)	0.147	24.91
8	7	Najma Parveen (PAK)	0.163	25.21	PB
				Wind: -0.4 m/s

Semifinals

Three semi-finals were held. The two fastest competitors per semi (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	0.152	22.28	PB	Q
2	5	Dina Asher-Smith (ENG)	0.145	22.44		Q
3	7	Semoy Hackett (TTO)	0.155	22.97		q
4	8	Maddie Coates (AUS)	0.152	23.43
5	4	Gina Bass (GAM)	0.151	23.60
6	3	Rumeshika Rathnayake (SRI)	0.143	23.60
7	2	Loungo Matlhaku (BOT)	0.165	23.98
8	1	Amy Foster (NIR)	0.130	24.02
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)	0.136	22.48		Q
2	5	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	0.154	22.95		Q
3	4	Bianca Williams (ENG)	0.152	23.23		q
4	7	Riley Day (AUS)	0.150	23.24
5	8	Kai Selvon (TTO)	0.197	23.42
6	3	Janet Amponsah (GHA)	0.149	23.67
7	2	Praise Idamadudu (NGR)	0.152	23.69
8	1	Germaine Abessolo Bivina (CMR)	0.166	24.05
				Wind: -0.3 m/s

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Crystal Emmanuel (CAN)	0.142	22.87		Q
2	4	Shashalee Forbes (JAM)	0.137	22.93		Q
3	6	Finette Agyapong (ENG)	0.131	23.38
4	8	Anthonique Strachan (BAH)	0.152	23.62
5	2	Larissa Pasternatsky (AUS)	0.148	23.64
6	5	Kamaria Durant (TTO)	0.149	23.83
7	7	Isoken Igbinosun (NGR)	0.170	24.03
8	1	Millicent Ndoro (KEN)	0.154	24.42
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	3	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)	0.140	22.09	GR
	4	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	0.157	22.18	PB
	6	Dina Asher-Smith (ENG)	0.144	22.29
4	7	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	0.171	22.30
5	5	Crystal Emmanuel (CAN)	0.156	22.70
6	2	Bianca Williams (ENG)	0.173	23.06
7	1	Semoy Hackett (TTO)	0.147	23.16
–	8	Shashalee Forbes (JAM)	0.145	DQ	R 163.3a
				Wind: +0.9 m/s

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's 200m". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
2. Athletics | Women's 200m - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
3. Athletics | Women's 200m - Round 1 (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. pp. 144–145. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
4. Athletics | Women's 200m - Semifinals (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.