The men's 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...

 was held on 28–29 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +0.7 m/s, Heat 6: +0.3 m/s, Heat 7: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...		20.61	Q
1	3	Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...		20.61	Q
3	3	Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he...		20.65	Q
4	2	Chris Lambert		20.77	Q
5	3	Ricardo Williams Ricardo Williams Ricardo Williams, Jr. is a professional boxer. Williams won a Light Welterweight Silver Medal at the 2000 Olympic Games, and turned pro in the following year and was immediately dubbed as a future star in the sport and the best fighter to come out of the 2000 games.- Amateur career :Williams had...		20.81	Q
6	6	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...		20.85	Q
7	5	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...		20.87	Q
8	4	Stéphan Buckland		20.91	Q
8	7	Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...		20.91	Q
10	3	Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides is a retired Cypriot sprinter who specialized in 100 and 200 metre races...		20.95	Q, SB
11	6	Dallas Roberts Dallas Roberts (athlete) Dallas Roberts is a retired New Zealand sprinter.He finished ninth in the 200 metres in the 2002 IAAF World Cup, and competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where he finished 8th in the second semifinal of the mens 200 metres...		20.96	Q
12	1	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...		21.01	Q
13	3	Xavier James		21.04	q, PB
14	4	Marvin Regis		21.07	Q
15	2	Jermaine Joseph		21.11	Q
16	1	Tawanda Chiwira Tawanda Chiwira Tawanda Blessings Chiwira is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Chiwira finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships, together with teammates Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi and Ken Harnden. The team set a Zimbabwean record of 3:00.79 minutes...		21.12	Q
17	5	Morné Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		21.16	Q
18	7	Prasanna Amarasekara		21.17	Q
19	5	Doug Turner		21.18	Q
20	2	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...		21.25	Q, NR Gambian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in The Gambia maintained by The Gambia Athletics Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-References:...
21	3	Deon Crabbe		21.27	q
22	2	Jamie Henthorn		21.35	Q
23	6	Philip Mukomana Philip Mukomana Philip Mukomana is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....		21.39	Q
24	1	Uchenna Emedolu Uchenna Emedolu Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...		21.49	Q
25	7	Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...		21.52	Q
26	4	Jamial Rolle Jamial Rolle Jamial Rolle is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Individually, he competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but failed to progress past the quarterfinals...		21.60	Q
27	1	Sherwin James		21.73	q
28	4	Yusupha Bojang		21.75	Q
29	6	Peter Pulu		21.85	Q
30	5	Sudath Weerasinghe		21.93	Q
31	2	Kurvin Wallace		22.00	q
32	2	Alhagie Faye		22.11
33	5	Jeffrey Bai		22.23
34	7	Ali Yasir Rai		22.27	Q
35	2	Reonardo Harvey		22.46
36	5	Afele Leona	Niue	22.91
37	1	David Lightbourne		23.03
38	3	Robert Nidithawae		23.13
39	6	Billi Paea	Niue	24.11
	1	Claude Toukene
	7	Chris Williams
	4	Deji Aliu Deji Aliu Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....
	4	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...
	4	Dwenney Musgrove
	5	Gabrieli Waaivanua
	6	Reuben Apuri
	6	Md Safiqul Islam
	7	Harmon Harmon
	7	Paul McKee

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.3 m/s, Heat 4: –0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...		20.49	Q
2	2	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...		20.58	Q
3	1	Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...		20.60	Q
4	1	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...		20.61	Q
5	4	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...		20.63	Q
6	2	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...		20.70	Q, SB
7	1	Ricardo Williams Ricardo Williams Ricardo Williams, Jr. is a professional boxer. Williams won a Light Welterweight Silver Medal at the 2000 Olympic Games, and turned pro in the following year and was immediately dubbed as a future star in the sport and the best fighter to come out of the 2000 games.- Amateur career :Williams had...		20.73	Q
7	4	Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he...		20.73	Q
9	3	Stéphan Buckland		20.77	Q
10	3	Chris Lambert		20.90	Q
11	2	Jermaine Joseph		20.99	Q
12	2	Morné Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		21.02	Q
13	3	Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides is a retired Cypriot sprinter who specialized in 100 and 200 metre races...		21.14	Q
14	3	Marvin Regis		21.17	Q
15	1	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...		21.20	NR Gambian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in The Gambia maintained by The Gambia Athletics Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-References:...
16	4	Dallas Roberts Dallas Roberts (athlete) Dallas Roberts is a retired New Zealand sprinter.He finished ninth in the 200 metres in the 2002 IAAF World Cup, and competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where he finished 8th in the second semifinal of the mens 200 metres...		21.24	Q
17	4	Doug Turner		21.24	Q
18	3	Prasanna Amarasekara		21.28
19	4	Tawanda Chiwira Tawanda Chiwira Tawanda Blessings Chiwira is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Chiwira finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships, together with teammates Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi and Ken Harnden. The team set a Zimbabwean record of 3:00.79 minutes...		21.29
20	2	Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...		21.31
21	2	Jamial Rolle Jamial Rolle Jamial Rolle is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Individually, he competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but failed to progress past the quarterfinals...		21.50
22	2	Xavier James		21.50
23	3	Jamie Henthorn		21.58
24	3	Philip Mukomana Philip Mukomana Philip Mukomana is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....		21.71
25	1	Sherwin James		21.89
26	1	Sudath Weerasinghe		21.97
27	4	Peter Pulu		22.10
28	4	Kurvin Wallace		22.15
29	4	Yusupha Bojang		22.68
	1	Uchenna Emedolu Uchenna Emedolu Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...
	2	Ali Yasir Rai
	3	Deon Crabbe

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...		20.34	Q
2	2	Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...		20.43	Q
3	1	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...		20.55	Q
3	2	Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...		20.55	Q
3	2	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...		20.55	Q, SB
6	1	Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he...		20.57	Q
6	2	Morné Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		20.57	Q
8	1	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...		20.58	Q, SB
9	2	Stéphan Buckland		20.61
10	2	Chris Lambert		21.02
11	1	Marvin Regis		21.06
12	1	Jermaine Joseph		21.09
13	1	Doug Turner		21.11
14	2	Ricardo Williams		21.13
15	1	Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides is a retired Cypriot sprinter who specialized in 100 and 200 metre races...		21.16
16	2	Dallas Roberts Dallas Roberts (athlete) Dallas Roberts is a retired New Zealand sprinter.He finished ninth in the 200 metres in the 2002 IAAF World Cup, and competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where he finished 8th in the second semifinal of the mens 200 metres...		21.17

Final

Wind: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...		20.06
	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...		20.19	PB
	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...		20.21	SB
4	Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...		20.21	NR Bahamian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Bahamas maintained by Bahamas' national athletics federation: Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified...
5	Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he...		20.29	SB
6	Morné Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		20.35
7	Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...		20.36	SB
8	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...		20.39	SB