# Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Julian Golding England | Christian Malcolm Wales | John Regis England |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 7: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Darryl Wohlsen | Australia | 20.68 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 20.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Chris Donaldson | New Zealand | 20.70 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 20.72 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Douglas Walker | Scotland | 20.77 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | John Regis | England | 20.78 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | Douglas Turner | Wales | 20.83 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Stephen Brimacombe | Australia | 20.89 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Tanko Braimah | Ghana | 20.90 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | O'Brian Gibbons | Canada | 20.92 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Christian Malcolm | Wales | 20.92 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Julian Golding | England | 20.94 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Michael Nicolini | Canada | 20.95 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | Matt Shirvington | Australia | 20.96 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Garth Robinson | Jamaica | 21.09 | q |
| 15 | 8 | Allyn Condon | England | 21.09 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 21.11 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | James Henthorn | Wales | 21.13 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 21.20 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | Matthew Coad | New Zealand | 21.26 | q |
| 21 | 1 | Philip Mukomana | Zimbabwe | 21.28 | Q |
| 22 | 7 | Mojalefa Mosili | Lesotho | 21.37 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | Justice Dipeba | Botswana | 21.44 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Nazmizan Muhamad | Malaysia | 21.47 | q, PB |
| 25 | 8 | Ian Craig | Northern Ireland | 21.49 | q |
| 26 | 1 | Soloveni Nakaunicina | Fiji | 21.50 | q |
| 27 | 7 | Benjamin Sirimou | Cameroon | 21.53 | Q |
| 28 | 3 | Azmi Ibrahim | Malaysia | 21.60 | q |
| 29 | 5 | Paul McBurney | Northern Ireland | 21.65 | q |
| 30 | 2 | Jone Delai | Fiji | 21.68 | q |
| 31 | 3 | Hamkah Afik | Singapore | 21.73 | |
| 32 | 8 | Raman Ganeshwaran | Malaysia | 21.78 | |
| 33 | 4 | Moses Mila Mayat | Uganda | 21.82 | Q |
| 34 | 7 | Nigel Jones | Grenada | 21.96 | |
| 35 | 4 | Aminiasi Babitu | Fiji | 21.99 | Q |
| 35 | 5 | Alieu Kamara | Sierra Leone | 21.99 | |
| 37 | 1 | Alpha B. Kamara | Sierra Leone | 22.02 | |
| 38 | 1 | Kwame Galloway | Montserrat | 22.07 | |
| 39 | 6 | Dalle Delor | Cameroon | 22.12 | |
| 39 | 7 | Tobias Akwenye | Namibia | 22.12 | |
| 41 | 5 | Jackson Ngumbi | Zambia | 22.21 | |
| 42 | 3 | Laurence Jack | Vanuatu | 22.32 | |
| 43 | 2 | Cusman Jatta | Gambia | 22.34 | |
| 44 | 5 | Ismaila Jammeh | Gambia | 22.54 | |
| 45 | 4 | Matarr Njie | Gambia | 22.59 | |
| 46 | 7 | Silas Helo | Solomon Islands | 22.92 | |
| 47 | 2 | Leron Francis | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.05 | |
| 48 | 6 | Aneri Canon | Nauru | 23.17 | PB |
| 49 | 6 | Dale Aymer | Montserrat | 23.46 | |
| 50 | 7 | Thyroid Smith | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.48 | |
| 51 | 3 | David Lightbourne | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.94 | |
| | 1 | Ibrahim Manik | Maldives | DNS | |
| | 4 | Mohamed Amir | Maldives | DNS | |
| | 4 | Peter Pulu | Papua New Guinea | DNS | |
| | 4 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | DNS | |
| | 7 | N'kosie Barnes | Antigua and Barbuda | DNS | |
| | 8 | Mark Phills | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | DNS | |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 20.48 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Julian Golding | England | 20.51 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Christian Malcolm | Wales | 20.53 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | John Regis | England | 20.58 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | Chris Donaldson | New Zealand | 20.61 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 20.64 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Douglas Walker | Scotland | 20.67 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Douglas Turner | Wales | 20.68 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Stephen Brimacombe | Australia | 20.77 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Matt Shirvington | Australia | 20.78 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Darryl Wohlsen | Australia | 20.84 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 20.85 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Allyn Condon | England | 20.90 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Garth Robinson | Jamaica | 20.93 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Tanko Braimah | Ghana | 20.97 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Michael Nicolini | Canada | 21.01 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | James Henthorn | Wales | 21.02 | PB |
| 18 | 1 | Moses Mila Mayat | Uganda | 21.05 | |
| 19 | 2 | Matthew Coad | New Zealand | 21.12 | |
| 19 | 3 | O'Brian Gibbons | Canada | 21.12 | |
| 21 | 4 | Philip Mukomana | Zimbabwe | 21.14 | |
| 22 | 1 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 21.16 | |
| 23 | 2 | Benjamin Sirimou | Cameroon | 21.28 | |
| 24 | 3 | Nazmizan Muhamad | Malaysia | 21.46 | |
| 25 | 4 | Ian Craig | Northern Ireland | 21.51 | |
| 26 | 4 | Soloveni Nakaunicina | Fiji | 21.52 | |
| 27 | 4 | Azmi Ibrahim | Malaysia | 21.65 | |
| 28 | 3 | Justice Dipeba | Botswana | 21.72 | |
| 29 | 1 | Jone Delai | Fiji | 21.74 | |
| 30 | 2 | Aminiasi Babitu | Fiji | 21.76 | |
| 31 | 2 | Mojalefa Mosili | Lesotho | 21.85 | |
| | 1 | Paul McBurney | Northern Ireland | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Julian Golding | England | 20.34 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 20.48 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Regis | England | 20.49 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Matt Shirvington | Australia | 20.55 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Chris Donaldson | New Zealand | 20.55 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Christian Malcolm | Wales | 20.56 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Darryl Wohlsen | Australia | 20.59 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Douglas Turner | Wales | 20.64 | |
| 9 | 1 | Douglas Walker | Scotland | 20.68 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 20.70 | |
| 11 | 2 | Stephen Brimacombe | Australia | 20.80 | |
| 12 | 1 | Michael Nicolini | Canada | 20.95 | |
| 13 | 2 | Garth Robinson | Jamaica | 21.04 | |
| 14 | 1 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 21.05 | |
| 15 | 1 | Allyn Condon | England | 21.06 | |
| 16 | 2 | Tanko Braimah | Ghana | 21.25 | |

### Final

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Julian Golding | England | 20.18 |
| | 3 | Christian Malcolm | Wales | 20.29 |
| | 4 | John Regis | England | 20.40 |
| 4 | 6 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 20.43 |
| 5 | 8 | Darryl Wohlsen | Australia | 20.48 |
| 6 | 7 | Matt Shirvington | Australia | 20.53 |
| 7 | 1 | Chris Donaldson | New Zealand | 20.62 |
| 8 | 2 | Douglas Walker | Scotland | 20.69 |