Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres
at the Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
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The women's 200 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 18–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone
 Australia 		Juliet Campbell
 Jamaica 		Lauren Hewitt
 Australia

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s,[2] Heat 4: -0.3 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor  Australia 22.98 Q
2 1 Juliet Campbell  Jamaica 23.11 Q
3 1 Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone  Australia 23.15 Q
4 4 Philomena Mensah  Canada 23.24 Q
5 1 Vida Nsiah  Ghana 23.25 Q
6 2 Lauren Hewitt  Australia 23.44 Q
7 3 Joice Maduaka  England 23.53 Q
8 2 Heide Seyerling  South Africa 23.64 Q
9 4 Monica Twum  Ghana 23.69 Q
10 2 Simmone Jacobs  England 23.71 Q
11 4 Marcia Richardson  England 23.73 Q
12 2 Shanti Govindasamy  Malaysia 23.77 q
13 1 Tamara Perry  Canada 23.80 q
14 3 Atia Weekes  Canada 24.07 Q
15 3 Mavis Akoto  Ghana 24.09 q, PB
16 4 Leticia John Mutta  Tanzania 24.31 q
17 2 Veronica Wabukawo  Uganda 24.52
18 1 Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda 24.56
19 1 Marang Kinteh  Gambia 25.18
20 4 Stephanie Llewellyn  Northern Ireland 26.07
21 4 Sudati Masasu  Uganda 26.32
2 Dora Kyriacou  Cyprus DNS
3 Sonia Williams  Antigua and Barbuda DNS
3 Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon DNS
4 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor  Australia 22.79 Q
2 1 Juliet Campbell  Jamaica 23.05 Q
2 1 Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone  Australia 23.05 Q
2 2 Lauren Hewitt  Australia 23.05 Q
5 2 Vida Nsiah  Ghana 23.20 Q
6 2 Heide Seyerling  South Africa 23.26 Q
7 1 Philomena Mensah  Canada 23.47 Q
8 2 Joice Maduaka  England 23.50
9 1 Monica Twum  Ghana 23.60 Q
10 2 Shanti Govindasamy  Malaysia 23.72
11 1 Simmone Jacobs  England 23.73
12 1 Marcia Richardson  England 23.82
13 1 Tamara Perry  Canada 23.89
14 2 Atia Weekes  Canada 24.15
15 1 Mavis Akoto  Ghana 24.16
2 Leticia John Mutta  Tanzania DNS

Final

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Wind: +0.1 m/s[2][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone  Australia 22.77 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Juliet Campbell  Jamaica 22.79 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Lauren Hewitt  Australia 22.83 SB
4 6 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor  Australia 23.04
5 7 Heide Seyerling  South Africa 23.07 SB
6 8 Vida Nsiah  Ghana 23.17 SB
7 2 Philomena Mensah  Canada 23.38
8 1 Monica Twum  Ghana 23.73

References

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  1. ^ Heat 1, Heat 2, Heat 3, Heat 4 results
  2. ^ a b c "Australian 1998 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  3. ^ Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results
  4. ^ Final results
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