Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
30 km 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
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 200 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 29 January and 1 February at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Kerry Johnson  Australia	Pauline Davis  Bahamas

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.6 m/s, Heat 2: +3.2 m/s, Heat 3: +5.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kerry Johnson	Australia	22.75	Q
2	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.87	Q
3	3	Jenni Stoute	England	23.09	Q
4	2	Sallyanne Short	Wales	23.19	Q
5	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.33	Q
6	2	Kathy Sambell	Australia	23.52	q
7	2	Linda Keough	England	23.55	q
8	1	Paula Dunn	England	23.58	Q
9	3	Oliver Acii	Uganda	23.72	q
10	3	Mercy Addy	Ghana	23.77
11	2	Michelle Seymour	New Zealand	23.83
12	1	Briar Toop	New Zealand	23.89
13	2	Stacy Bowen	Canada	24.16
14	3	France Gareau	Canada	24.20
15	2	Janis Neilson	Scotland	24.23
16	1	Elizabeth Onyambu	Kenya	24.34
17	3	Ng Ka Yi	Hong Kong	25.13
18	1	Kinah Chikontwe	Zambia	25.75
19	1	Erin Tierney	Cook Islands	26.06
20	1	Esmie Lawrence	Canada	DNS

Final

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.76
	6	Kerry Johnson	Australia	22.88
	8	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.15
4	4	Jenni Stoute	England	23.16
5	9	Paula Dunn	England	23.33
6	5	Sallyanne Short	Wales	23.35
7	7	Kathy Sambell	Australia	23.56
8	2	Linda Keough	England	23.66
9	1	Oliver Acii	Uganda	24.14

References

1. Results