# Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 22–23.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sherone Simpson Jamaica | Veronica Campbell Jamaica | Geraldine Pillay South Africa |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: –0.2 m/s, Heat 4: –0.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 23.11 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 23.17 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | 23.19 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Geraldine Pillay | South Africa | 23.26 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 23.28 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Delphine Atangana | Cameroon | 23.32 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 4 | Erica Broomfield | Canada | 23.32 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 3 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.47 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 4 | Melanie Kleeberg | Australia | 23.51 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 23.55 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 1 | Damayanthi Darsha | Sri Lanka | 23.55 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Crystal Attenborough | Australia | 23.64 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 23.74 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Anna Boyle | Northern Ireland | 23.85 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 23.88 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Emma Wade | Belize | 24.00 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Gifty Addy | Ghana | 24.18 | |
| 18 | 3 | Mae Koime | Papua New Guinea | 24.20 | PB |
| 19 | 2 | Rachel Nachula | Zambia | 24.38 | PB |
| 20 | 4 | Catherine Murphy | Wales | 24.55 | |
| 21 | 2 | Sarah Bona | Sierra Leone | 25.07 | PB |
| 22 | 1 | Susan Tengatenga | Malawi | 25.67 | |
| 23 | 1 | Fatmata Bangura | Sierra Leone | 26.27 | |
| | 3 | Jane Dike | Nigeria | DQ | |
| | 3 | Isha Conteh | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 3 | Curlee Gumbs | Anguilla | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: –0.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 23.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 23.19 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 23.23 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Geraldine Pillay | South Africa | 23.29 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | 23.39 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.47 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 23.52 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Delphine Atangana | Cameroon | 23.61 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Erica Broomfield | Canada | 23.83 | |
| 10 | 2 | Crystal Attenborough | Australia | 23.88 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 23.90 | |
| 12 | 1 | Melanie Kleeberg | Australia | 23.96 | |
| 13 | 2 | Anna Boyle | Northern Ireland | 24.03 | |
| 14 | 2 | Emma Wade | Belize | 24.05 | |
| 15 | 1 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 24.21 | |
| 16 | 1 | Damayanthi Darsha | Sri Lanka | 24.22 | |

### Final

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 22.59 | |
| | 4 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica | 22.72 | |
| | 8 | Geraldine Pillay | South Africa | 22.92 | |
| 4 | 6 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 23.01 | |
| 5 | 5 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | 23.07 | |
| 6 | 2 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 23.34 | SB |
| 7 | 7 | Delphine Atangana | Cameroon | 23.45 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 23.78 | |