Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held on 25 and 26 August at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cathy Freeman  Australia	Mary Onyali  Nigeria	Melinda Gainsford  Australia

Results

Heats

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Wind:
Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +2.6 m/s, Heat 3: +2.2 m/s, Heat 4: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	22.69	Q
2	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	22.83	Q
3	3	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	22.92	Q
4	2	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	22.97	Q
5	1	Dahlia Duhaney	Jamaica	23.03	Q
6	3	Paula Thomas	England	23.04	Q
7	4	Stacey Bowen	Canada	23.20	Q
8	2	Stephi Douglas	England	23.29	Q
9	2	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.33	Q
10	1	Calister Ubah	Nigeria	23.45	Q
11	1	Geraldine McLeod	England	23.47	q
12	2	France Gareau	Canada	23.53	q
13	4	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	23.57	Q
14	3	Faith Idehen	Nigeria	23.59	Q
15	4	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	23.60	q
16	4	Adri de Jongh	South Africa	23.64	q
17	3	Michelle Seymour	New Zealand	23.72
18	1	Govindasamy Shanti	Malaysia	23.75
19	3	Philomena Mensah	Ghana	23.79
20	3	Theodora Kyriakou	Cyprus	23.83
21	2	Hermin Joseph	Dominica	23.89
22	4	Noami Mills	Ghana	24.02
23	3	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	24.09
24	2	Judith Boshoff	Namibia	24.20
25	2	Doris Manu	Ghana	24.23
26	1	Mame Twumasi	Canada	24.31
	1	Aileen McGillivary	Scotland	DNS

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +2.7 m/s^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	22.54	Q
2	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	22.75	Q
3	1	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	22.88	Q
4	1	Paula Thomas	England	22.91	Q
5	2	Dahlia Duhaney	Jamaica	22.93	Q
6	2	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	22.96	Q
7	1	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.32	Q
8	1	Stacey Bowen	Canada	23.35
9	2	Geraldine McLeod	England	23.58	Q
10	2	Stephi Douglas	England	23.67
11	1	Calister Ubah	Nigeria	23.68
12	2	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	23.68
13	2	Faith Idehen	Nigeria	23.68
14	2	France Gareau	Canada	23.73
15	1	Adri de Jongh	South Africa	24.03
16	1	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	24.11

Final

Wind: +1.3 m/s^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Cathy Freeman	Australia	22.25	GR
	5	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	22.35
	2	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	22.68
4	7	Paula Thomas	England	22.69
5	4	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	22.77
6	6	Dahlia Duhaney	Jamaica	22.85
7	8	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.18
8	1	Geraldine McLeod	England	23.52

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