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

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

## Medallists

Medallists :
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Raelene Boyle Australia | Alice Annum Ghana | Margaret Critchley England |

## Results
### Heats
#### Qualification for semifinal

The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

#### Wind speed

Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +5.7 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s, Heat 5: +8.8 m/s
Semifinal results :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Maureen Tranter | England | 23.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Stephanie Berto | Canada | 23.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Penny Hunt | New Zealand | 23.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Pat Shiels | Wales | 24.6 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Joan Porter | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.7 | |
| 6 | 1 | Princess Small | Gambia | 26.4 | |
| 7 | 1 | Zetha Cofie | Ghana | 26.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Margaret Critchley | England | 23.5 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 23.59 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Nooline McGarvey | Northern Ireland | 24.3 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Janet Maddin | Canada | 24.7 | |
| 5 | 2 | Hillary Davies | Wales | 25.2 | |
| 6 | 2 | Claudette Powell | Bahamas | 25.7 | |
| 7 | 2 | Georgiana Freeman | Gambia | 27.5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Alice Annum | Ghana | 23.4 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Della James | England | 24.1 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maureen McLeish | Scotland | 24.9 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Olajumoke Bodunrin | Nigeria | 24.9 | |
| 5 | 3 | Kahanda Badra | Ceylon | 25.7 | |
| 6 | 3 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 26.0 | |
| 1 | 4 | Marion Hoffman | Australia | 23.84 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 24.0 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Elizabeth Sutherland | Scotland | 24.1 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Adlin Mair-Clarke | Jamaica | 24.7 | |
| 5 | 4 | Linda Teskey | Northern Ireland | 25.1 | |
| 6 | 4 | Janet Omorogbe | Nigeria | 25.2 | |
| 1 | 5 | Helen Golden | Scotland | 23.4 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 23.58 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Joslyn Holder | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.7 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Michelle Smith | Wales | 24.9 | |
| 5 | 5 | Jane Chikambwe | Zambia | 25.6 | |
| | 5 | Sharon Ochello | Gibraltar | DNS | |

### Semifinals
#### Qualification for final

The first 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

#### Wind speed

Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: +3.9 m/s
Semifinal results :
| Rank | Heat | scope=col | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Margaret Critchley | England | 23.1 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Alice Annum | Ghana | 23.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 23.39 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Helen Golden | Scotland | 23.5 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Elizabeth Sutherland | Scotland | 23.9 | |
| 6 | 1 | Stephanie Berto | Canada | 23.9 | |
| 7 | 1 | Nooline McGarvey | Northern Ireland | 24.3 | |
| 8 | 1 | Pat Shiels | Wales | 24.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 23.69 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maureen Tranter | England | 23.8 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Marion Hoffman | Australia | 23.82 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Penny Hunt | New Zealand | 23.9 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Della James | England | 24.1 | |
| 6 | 2 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 24.3 | |
| 7 | 2 | Maureen McLeish | Scotland | 24.7 | |
| 8 | 2 | Joslyn Holder | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.9 | |

### Final

Held on 22 July

#### Wind speed

+4.0 m/s
Final result :
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 22.75 |
| | 3 | Alice Annum | Ghana | 22.86 |
| | 1 | Margaret Critchley | England | 23.16 |
| 4 | 5 | Helen Golden | Scotland | 23.4 |
| 5 | 7 | Maureen Tranter | England | 23.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 23.62 |
| 7 | 2 | Marion Hoffman | Australia | 23.79 |
| 8 | 8 | Penny Hunt | New Zealand | 23.8 |