# Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 4-6 August 2022.
The winning margin was 0.32 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the men's 200 metres at these games.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| Games record | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 19.97 | Victoria, Canada | 26 August 1994 |

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 4 August 2022 | 11:45 | First round |
| Friday 5 August 2022 | 19:09 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 6 August 2022 | 21:18 | Final |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

## Results
### First round

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind:
* Heat 1: +2.1 m/s
* Heat 2: +0.2 m/s
* Heat 3: +3.4 m/s
* Heat 4: +2.7 m/s
* Heat 5: +1.4 m/s
* Heat 6: +0.1 m/s
* Heat 7: +0.8 m/s
* Heat 8: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Zharnel Hughes | England (ENG) | 20.30 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Emmanuel Eseme | Cameroon (CMR) | 20.44 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Joseph Amoah | Ghana (GHA) | 20.58 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.68 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | Dan Asamba | Kenya (KEN) | 20.76 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Eswatini (SWZ) | 20.79 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 9 | Mike Nyang'au | Kenya (KEN) | 20.82 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Brendon Rodney | Canada (CAN) | 20.84 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Dwight St. Hillaire | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.85 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 7 | Adam Gemili | England (ENG) | 20.92 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 21.01 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Shajar Abbas | Pakistan (PAK) | 21.12 [.120] | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli | Nigeria (NGR) | 21.12 [.120] | q |
| 14 | 7 | 8 | Russel Taib | Malaysia (MAS) | 21.13 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | Warren Hazel | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 21.17 | q |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Nigeria (NGR) | 21.18 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Kadrian Goldson | Jamaica (JAM) | 21.19 [.188] | Q |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | Delan Edwin | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 21.19 [.190] | Q |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | Nadale Buntin | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 21.22 [.213] | q |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Lenyn Leonce | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 21.22 [.217] | q |
| 21 | 1 | 9 | Darion Skerritt | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 21.24 | q |
| 22 | 4 | 6 | Ibrahim Bangura | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 21.28 [.276] | q |
| 23 | 7 | 6 | Alaba Akintola | Nigeria (NGR) | 21.28 [.278] | q |
| 24 | 5 | 5 | Hesborn Ochieng | Kenya (KEN) | 21.30 | q |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Abdul-Rasheed Saminu | Ghana (GHA) | 21.32 | PB |
| 26 | 6 | 5 | Zachary Saunders | Jersey (JEY) | 21.35 | PB |
| 27 | 1 | 5 | Akeem Stewart | Guyana (GUY) | 21.42 | |
| 28 | 6 | 4 | Stern Noel Liffa | Malawi (MAW) | 21.43 | SB |
| 29 | 7 | 3 | Jeremy Dodson | Samoa (SAM) | 21.46 | |
| 30 | 3 | 7 | Alieu Joof | The Gambia (GAM) | 21.49 | |
| 31 | 7 | 4 | Denzel Adem | Seychelles (SEY) | 21.51 | PB |
| 32 | 4 | 2 | Sengan Jobe | The Gambia (GAM) | 21.53 | |
| 33 | 6 | 6 | Joe Chadwick | Guernsey (GGY) | 21.54 | PB |
| 34 | 6 | 8 | Julius Morris | Montserrat (MSR) | 21.57 | SB |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Raphael Ngaguele Mberlina | Cameroon (CMR) | 21.60 | |
| 36 | 8 | 8 | Leroy Kamau | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 21.67 | |
| 37 | 3 | 6 | Reuben Rainer Lee | Singapore (SGP) | 21.72 [.714] | |
| 38 | 8 | 6 | Adama Jammeh | The Gambia (GAM) | 21.72 [.719] | |
| 39 | 8 | 7 | Noelex Holder | Guyana (GUY) | 21.77 | =SB |
| 40 | 4 | 7 | Jabari Michael-Khensu | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) | 21.81 | |
| 41 | 7 | 5 | Sean Crowie | Saint Helena (SHN) | 21.94 | |
| 42 | 2 | 5 | Troy Mason | Grenada (GRN) | 21.96 | |
| 43 | 3 | 8 | Benele Dlamini | Eswatini (SWZ) | 22.17 | |
| 44 | 2 | 6 | Arinze Chance | Guyana (GUY) | 22.22 | |
| 45 | 2 | 7 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives (MDV) | 22.32 | SB |
| 46 | 5 | 9 | Xander Ho Ann Heng | Singapore (SGP) | 22.37 | PB |
| 47 | 3 | 3 | Johnny Key | Samoa (SAM) | 22.38 | |
| 48 | 5 | 7 | Jonathan Dende | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 22.41 | PB |
| 49 | 3 | 2 | Md Rakibu Hasan | Bangladesh (BAN) | 22.46 | |
| 50 | 5 | 4 | Farook Mponda | Malawi (MAW) | 22.61 | |
| 51 | 8 | 3 | Saymon Rijo | Anguilla (AIA) | 22.66 | PB |
| 52 | 1 | 2 | Craig Gill | Gibraltar (GIB) | 22.74 | |
| 53 | 1 | 8 | Deshawn Wilkins | Montserrat (MSR) | 23.12 | |
| 54 | 3 | 5 | Obediah Timbaci | Vanuatu (VAN) | 23.45 | |
| 55 | 8 | 4 | Sanjay Weekes | Montserrat (MSR) | 23.50 | |
| 56 | 7 | 7 | James Mebupe | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 23.56 | |
| 57 | 1 | 6 | Aiden Yon-Stevens | Saint Helena (SHN) | 23.70 | |
| | 4 | 8 | William Hunt | Samoa (SAM) | DQ | TR 17.3.1 |
| | 5 | 2 | Jireh Agege | Nauru (NRU) | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
Wind:
* Heat 1: +2.1 m/s
* Heat 2: +1.9 m/s
* Heat 3: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Zharnel Hughes | England (ENG) | 20.32 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.40 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Joseph Amoah | Ghana (GHA) | 20.51 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Nigeria (NGR) | 20.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Brendon Rodney | Canada (CAN) | 20.68 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Emmanuel Eseme | Cameroon (CMR) | 20.69 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Eswatini (SWZ) | 20.81 | q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Shajar Abbas | Pakistan (PAK) | 20.89 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Mike Nyang'au | Kenya (KEN) | 20.90 | |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.91 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Dwight St. Hillaire | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.95 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Adam Gemili | England (ENG) | 20.97 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Dan Asamba | Kenya (KEN) | 20.99 | |
| 14 | 2 | 9 | Kadrian Goldson | Jamaica (JAM) | 21.13 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Alaba Akintola | Nigeria (NGR) | 21.16 | |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Delan Edwin | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 21.32 [.316] | |
| 17 | 1 | 8 | Russel Taib | Malaysia (MAS) | 21.32 [.317] | |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli | Nigeria (NGR) | 21.39 | |
| 19 | 1 | 9 | Warren Hazel | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 21.40 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Darion Skerritt | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 21.41 | |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Nadale Buntin | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 21.42 | |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | Lenyn Leonce | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 21.53 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Hesborn Ochieng | Kenya (KEN) | 21.56 | |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Ibrahim Bangura | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 21.62 | SB |

### Final

The medals were determined in the final.
Wind: +1.1m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| | 7 | Jereem Richards (TTO) | 19.80 | GR, PB |
| | 4 | Zharnel Hughes (ENG) | 20.12 | SB |
| | 5 | Joseph Amoah (GHA) | 20.49 | |
| 4 | 8 | Emmanuel Eseme (CMR) | 20.61 | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Brendon Rodney (CAN) | 20.65 | |
| 6 | 6 | Udodi Onwuzurike (NGR) | 20.76 | |
| 7 | 2 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa (SWZ) | 20.92 | |
| 8 | 3 | Shajar Abbas (PAK) | 21.16 | |