Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Don Quarrie Jamaica	George Daniels Ghana	Bevan Smith New Zealand

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +3.1 m/s, Heat 3: +2.8 m/s, Heat 4: +1.1 m/s, Heat 5: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	George Daniels	Ghana	20.92	Q^[2]
2	1	David Jenkins	Scotland	21.0	Q
3	1	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	21.4	Q
4	1	Charles Asati	Kenya	21.5	q
5	1		Tanzania	21.47
6	1	Brian Green	England	21.90
7	1	Timon Oyebami	Nigeria	22.24
1	2	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	20.9	Q
2	2		England	21.3	Q
3	2	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	21.5	Q
4	2		Tanzania	21.53
5	2		Northern Ireland	21.89
6	2		Wales	21.91
7	2	Tony Moore	Fiji	21.92
	2	Ohene Karikari	Ghana	DNS
1	3	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.7	Q
2	3	Greg Lewis	Australia	20.84	Q^[3]
3	3	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.2	Q
4	3		New Zealand	21.68
5	3		Kenya	21.69
6	3	Samuela Yavala	Fiji	22.20
7	3		Gambia	22.27
1	4	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.3	Q
2	4		Canada	21.4	Q
3	4		Australia	21.56	Q^[3]
4	4		New Zealand	21.95
5	4		Nigeria	22.10
6	4		Fiji	22.48
7	4		Malawi	22.59
8	4	Wavala Kali	Papua New Guinea	22.90
1	5	Chris Monk	England	20.88	Q^[2]
2	5	John Mwebi	Kenya	21.5	Q
3	5		Australia	21.53	Q^[3]
4	5	Don Halliday	Scotland	21.69
5	5	Motsapi Moorosi	Lesotho	21.73
6	5	William Dralu	Uganda	21.86
7	5	Eston Kaonga	Malawi	21.87
8	5		Isle of Man	23.79

Held on 29 January

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Greg Lewis	Australia	20.95	Q^[3]
2	1	David Jenkins	Scotland	20.97	Q
2	1	John Mwebi	Kenya	20.97	Q^[2]
4	1		Australia	21.12	Q^[3]
5	1	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.17
6	1	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.48
7	1		England	21.58
8	1	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	21.86
1	2	George Daniels	Ghana	21.0	Q
2	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.1	Q
3	2	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.2	Q
4	2	Chris Monk	England	21.2	Q
5	2		Australia	21.51
6	2		Canada	21.54
7	2	Charles Asati	Kenya	21.56
8	2	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	21.71

Held on 29 January

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.73
	2	George Daniels	Ghana	20.97
	6	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.08
4	4		Australia	21.12
5	3	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.17
6	7	Chris Monk	England	21.26
7	8	David Jenkins	Scotland	21.49
8	5	John Mwebi	Kenya	21.60

Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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