Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 220 yards event.

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Don Quarrie Jamaica	Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago	Charles Asati Kenya

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Held on 21 July

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +3.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: +5.3 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s, Heat 8: +5.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.6	Q
2	1	Julius Sang	Kenya	20.9	Q
3	1	Stuart Bell	Scotland	21.3	Q
4	1	Amos Odelusi	Nigeria	21.6	Q
5	1	Joseph Chivers	Northern Ireland	21.6
6	1	Bernard Nottage	Bahamas	21.9
7	1	Peter Ndovi	Malawi	22.9
1	2	Charles Asati	Kenya	20.5	Q
2	2	Martin Reynolds	England	20.8	Q
3	2	Gary Eddy	Australia	21.06	Q
4	2	Rocky Symonds	Bermuda	21.5	Q
5	2	Zuku Tofile	Swaziland	22.6
	2	Mike Sands	Bahamas	DNF
	2	John Oryem	Uganda	DNF
	2	Lloyd Giddings	Guyana	DNS
1	3	George Daniels	Ghana	21.0	Q
2	3	Melvin Wong Shing	Trinidad and Tobago	21.4	Q
3	3	John Williams	Wales	21.4	Q
4	3	Norman Chihota	Tanzania	21.5	Q
5	3	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	21.7
6	3	Brian Cowley	Isle of Man	22.9
7	3	Anthony Perera	Gibraltar	23.3
	3	Canagasabai Kunalan	Singapore	DNS
1	4	Ralph Banthorpe	England	21.3	Q
2	4	Kevin Johnson	Bahamas	21.3	Q
3	4	Horace Levy	Jamaica	21.4	Q
4	4	Kofi Okyir	Ghana	21.9	Q
5	4	Ghulam Qadir	Pakistan	22.9
6	4	Pierre Jallow	Gambia	23.2
1	5	Peter Norman	Australia	20.87	Q
2	5	Jessymon Wishkoti	Zambia	21.6	Q
3	5	Tony Powell	Canada	21.6	Q
4	5	Terry Davies	Wales	21.8	Q
5	5	Peter Mamba	Swaziland	22.3
6	5	Obedi Mwanga	Tanzania	22.7
1	6	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.8	Q
2	6	Dave Dear	England	21.3	Q
3	6	William Dralu	Uganda	21.5	Q
4	6	Carl Archer	Trinidad and Tobago	21.6	Q
5	6	Yeo Kian Chye	Singapore	21.9
6	6	Cuthbert Jacobs	Antigua and Barbuda	22.0
7	6	Gaston Clarenc	Mauritius	24.4
	6	Les Piggot	Scotland	DNS
1	7	Robert Ojo	Nigeria	21.6	Q
2	7	Howard Davies	Wales	21.8	Q
3	7	Hezekiah Nyamau	Kenya	21.8	Q
4	7	Doug Chapman	Canada	21.9	Q
5	7	Dodou Joof	Gambia	22.5
6	7	Francisco Mvula	Malawi	22.7
7	7	Maurice Sweeney	Antigua and Barbuda	23.9
1	8	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.41	Q
2	8	Edward Owusu	Ghana	21.6	Q
3	8	Don Halliday	Scotland	21.6	Q
4	8	Bohdan Domansky	Canada	21.7	Q
5	8	Muhammad Mohddin	Pakistan	22.4
6	8	Omubo Peters	Nigeria	22.7
	8	Calvin Greenaway	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS
	8	Vikimbi Radebe	Swaziland	DNS

Quarterfinals[edit]

Held on 21 July

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +7.7 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +6.9 m/s, Heat 4: +4.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Charles Asati	Kenya	20.6	Q
2	1	Peter Norman	Australia	20.79	Q
3	1	Melvin Wong Shing	Trinidad and Tobago	21.1	Q
4	1	Doug Chapman	Canada	21.2	Q
5	1	Norman Chihota	Tanzania	21.3
6	1	Howard Davies	Wales	21.3
7	1	William Dralu	Uganda	21.6
8	1	Kofi Okyir	Ghana	22.9
1	2	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.8	Q
2	2	Dave Dear	England	21.1	Q
3	2	Rocky Symonds	Bermuda	21.2	Q
4	2	Julius Sang	Kenya	21.3	Q
5	2	Bohdan Domansky	Canada	21.5
6	2	Edward Owusu	Ghana	21.6	^[2]
7	2	Terry Davies	Wales	21.8
8	2	Robert Ojo	Nigeria	21.9
1	3	Martin Reynolds	England	20.8	Q
2	3	George Daniels	Ghana	20.9	Q
3	3	Gary Eddy	Australia	21.06	Q
4	3	Stuart Bell	Scotland	21.4	Q
5	3	Horace Levy	Jamaica	21.4
6	3	Hezekiah Nyamau	Kenya	21.7	^[2]
7	3	Carl Archer	Trinidad and Tobago	21.9
8	3	Amos Odelusi	Nigeria	22.1
1	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.4	Q
2	4	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.03	Q
3	4	Tony Powell	Canada	21.1	Q
4	4	Ralph Banthorpe	England	21.1	Q
5	4	Don Halliday	Scotland	21.2
6	4	Kevin Johnson	Bahamas	21.3
7	4	John Williams	Wales	21.5
8	4	Jessymon Wishkoti	Zambia	21.7

Semifinals[edit]

Held on 22 July

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +4.6 m/s, Heat 2: +3.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Martin Reynolds	England	20.61	Q
2	1	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.7	Q
3	1	Charles Asati	Kenya	20.8	Q
4	1	Julius Sang	Kenya	20.9	Q
5	1	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.03
6	1	Ralph Banthorpe	England	21.3
7	1	Doug Chapman	Canada	21.6
	1	Rocky Symonds	Bermuda	DNS
1	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.7	Q
2	2	Gary Eddy	Australia	20.89	Q
3	2	Peter Norman	Australia	20.95	Q
4	2	George Daniels	Ghana	20.9	Q
5	2	Dave Dear	England	21.08
6	2	Tony Powell	Canada	21.3
7	2	Melvin Wong Shing	Trinidad and Tobago	21.4
8	2	Stuart Bell	Scotland	21.5

Final[edit]