Men's 200 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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The 200 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday 22 March and Thursday 23 March 2006.
The top three runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.
Records
| World Record | 19.32 s | Michael Johnson | USA | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | 1 August, 1996 |
| Games Record | 19.97 s | Frankie Fredericks | NAM | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ?? August, 1994 |
Medals
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
Omar Brown, Jamaica |
Stéphane Buckland, Mauritius |
Chris Williams, Jamaica |
Qualification
Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:
| 13 March Rank | Athlete | Nation | Games Result | 27 March Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comm. | World | Comm. | World | |||
| 1 | 4 | Chris Williams |
Jamaica | Bronze | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | Usain Bolt |
Jamaica | Did Not Compete | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | Stéphane Buckland |
Mauritius | Silver | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | Aaron Armstrong |
Trinidad and Tobago | 5th | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 12 | Christian Malcolm |
Wales | Did Not Compete | =5 | =12 |
| 6 | 13 | Daniel Batman |
Australia | Semi Finalist | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 14 | Marlon Devonish |
England | Semi Finalist | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | 16 | Patrick Johnson |
Australia | 4th | =5 | =12 |
| 9 | 17 | Omar Brown |
Jamaica | Gold | =5 | =12 |
| 10 | 18 | Jaysuma Ndure |
The Gambia | Semi Finalist | 11 | 19 |
Results
All times shown are in seconds.- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- GR denotes Games record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Round 1
| Heat 1 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.2 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 3 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure |
The Gambia | 6 | 0.165 s | 20.64 s | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Aaron Armstrong |
Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0.182 s | 20.66 s | Q | |
| 3 | =17 | Fabrice Coiffic |
Mauritius | 2 | 0.182 s | 20.99 s | Q | PB |
| 4 | =19 | Brendan Christian |
Antigua and Barbuda | 7 | 0.238 s | 21.00 s | q | |
| 5 | 28 | Shiwantha Weerasuriya |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 0.237 s | 21.41 s | q | |
| 6 | 30 | Sandy Walker |
Sierra Leone | 8 | 0.185 s | 21.48 s | q | |
| 7 | =35 | Enote Inanga |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 0.220 s | 21.69 s | ||
| 8 | 48 | Ismail Saneem |
Maldives | 3 | 0.238 s | 23.68 s | PB | |
| Heat 2 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.7 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 6 | Patrick Johnson |
Australia | 3 | 0.186 s | 20.74 s | Q | |
| 2 | 15 | Sherwin Vries |
South Africa | 5 | 0.212 s | 20.95 s | Q | |
| 3 | 16 | Seth Amoo |
Ghana | 6 | 0.163 s | 20.95 s | Q | |
| 4 | 24 | Gibrilla Bangura |
Sierra Leone | 2 | 0.135 s | 21.18 s | q | PB |
| 5 | =25 | Chris Lambert |
England | 7 | 0.281 s | 21.20 s | q | |
| 6 | 33 | Evans Marie |
Seychelles | 4 | 0.199 s | 21.66 s | ||
| 7 | 37 | Darian Forbes |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 0.279 s | 21.72 s | ||
| 8 | 46 | Rabangaki Nawai |
Kiribati | 1 | 0.174 s | 22.81 s | PB | |
| Heat 3 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +2.1 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 5 | Marlon Devonish |
England | 3 | 0.199 s | 20.70 s | Q | |
| 2 | =12 | Ainsley Waugh |
Jamaica | 7 | 0.190 s | 20.93 s | Q | |
| 3 | =19 | Julieon Raeburn |
Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 0.250 s | 21.00 s | Q | |
| 4 | 21 | Ambrose Ezenwa |
Australia | 1 | 0.167 s | 21.10 s | q | |
| 5 | 22 | Jamal Rolle |
Bahamas | 5 | 0.191 s | 21.12 s | q | |
| 6 | =31 | Alie Dady Bangura |
Sierra Leone | 4 | 0.260 s | 21.54 s | ||
| - | - | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka |
Namibia | 8 | 0.243 s | DSQ | 163.3 | |
| - | - | Mariuti Uan |
Kiribati | 2 | DNS | |||
| Heat 4 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +2.3 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 9 | Enefiok Udo-Obong |
Nigeria | 2 | 0.153 s | 20.82 s | Q | |
| 2 | 11 | Kevon Pierre |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.214 s | 20.92 s | Q | |
| 3 | 14 | Darren Campbell |
England | 4 | 0.208 s | 20.94 s | Q | |
| 4 | 45 | Nelson Kabitana |
Solomon Islands | 3 | 0.224 s | 22.71 s | ||
| - | - | Robert Ibeh |
Cayman Islands | 5 | 0.234 s | DSQ | 163.3 | |
| - | - | Delano Fulford |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 7 | 0.321 s | DSQ | 163.3 | |
| - | - | Abraham Kepsen |
Vanuatu | 8 | 0.266 s | DSQ | 163.3 | |
| - | - | Odingo Gordon |
Montserrat | 6 | 0.220 s | DSQ | 163.3 | |
| Heat 5 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.3 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 7 | Leigh Julius |
South Africa | 6 | 0.177 s | 20.80 s | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | Omar Brown |
Jamaica | 7 | 0.281 s | 20.80 s | Q | |
| 3 | =31 | Isaac Jones |
The Gambia | 1 | 0.255 s | 21.54 s | Q | PB |
| 4 | 38 | Ivan Miller |
Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 0.287 s | 21.80 s | ||
| 5 | =42 | Makame Machano |
Tanzania | 5 | 0.281 s | 22.03 s | ||
| 6 | 44 | Andrew Doonar |
Papua New Guinea | 4 | 0.205 s | 22.28 s | ||
| 7 | 47 | Robert Nidithawae |
Vanuatu | 2 | 0.164 s | 23.42 s | ||
| - | - | Stephen Antoine Ovar Johnson |
Cayman Islands | 8 | 0.155 s | DSQ | 163.3 | |
| Heat 6 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.6 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 10 | Daniel Batman |
Australia | 3 | 0.185 s | 20.86 s | Q | |
| 2 | =12 | James Dolphin |
New Zealand | 6 | 0.160 s | 20.93 s | Q | |
| 3 | 23 | Hank Palmer |
Canada | 8 | 0.173 s | 21.15 s | Q | |
| 4 | 34 | Iliesa Namosimalua |
Fiji | 2 | 0.218 s | 21.68 s | ||
| 5 | 40 | Fabian Niulai |
Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0.229 s | 21.85 s | ||
| 6 | =42 | Michael Henry |
Montserrat | 5 | 0.222 s | 22.03 s | PB | |
| 7 | 50 | Mohamed Asim |
Maldives | 4 | 0.195 s | 26.48 s | ||
| - | - | Troy McIntosh |
Bahamas | 7 | DNF | |||
| Heat 7 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.4 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Chris Williams |
Jamaica | 3 | 0.186 s | 20.49 s | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Stéphane Buckland |
Mauritius | 5 | 0.286 s | 20.56 s | Q | |
| 3 | =17 | Dominic Demeritte |
Bahamas | 4 | 0.184 s | 20.99 s | Q | |
| 4 | 29 | François Belinga |
Cameroon | 1 | 0.185 s | 21.46 s | q | |
| 5 | =35 | Navitalai Naivalu |
Fiji | 6 | 0.215 s | 21.69 s | ||
| 6 | 49 | Ikbarry White |
Montserrat | 2 | 0.197 s | 23.74 s | ||
| - | - | Clement Agyeman |
Ghana | 7 | 0.288 s | DSQ | 163.3 | |
Round 2
Semi Finals
Final
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