# Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 220 yards

The men's 220 yards event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 24 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tom Robinson Bahamas | Keith Gardner Jamaica | Gordon Day South Africa |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | William Henderson | Scotland | 22.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Samuel Chemweno | Kenya | 22.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | G. Esan | Nigeria | 22.5 | Q |
| | 1 | Joe Goddard | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |
| | 1 | S. Bwowe | Uganda | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 21.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | John Jones | Wales | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Augustus Lawson | Ghana | 22.3 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ronald Chambers | Northern Ireland | 22.3 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ignatius Okello | Uganda | 22.4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Francis Tommy | Sierra Leone | 23.6 | |
| 1 | 3 | Benjamin Nduga | Uganda | 21.7 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mike Agostini | Canada | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Terrance Gale | Australia | 22.4 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Graham Fleck | Scotland | 22.5 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Hendrickson Harewood | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.9 | |
| 6 | 3 | Lloyd Anderson | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.2 | |
| 1 | 4 | Stan Levenson | Canada | 21.6 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | David Segal | England | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Smart Akraka | Nigeria | 22.4 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Peter Street | Northern Ireland | 23.3 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | D. Doherty | Sierra Leone | 23.5 | |
| | 4 | Basil Ince | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |
| 1 | 5 | Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 22.1 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 22.3 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Gerald James | Jamaica | 23.0 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Robert Cockburn | Scotland | 23.1 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | I. Benjamin | Sierra Leone | 23.4 | |
| | 5 | John Morgan | Wales | DNS | |
| 1 | 6 | Clifton Bertrand | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.1 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | John Scott-Oldfield | England | 22.1 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Abdul Khaliq | Pakistan | 22.4 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Patrick Toner | Northern Ireland | 22.6 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | John Oliver | Wales | 22.8 | |
| | 6 | Godrey Roberts | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | DNS | |
| 1 | 7 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 21.9 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Peter Radford | England | 22.1 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 22.8 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | John Quartey | Ghana | 23.1 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Ivan Mayers | British Guiana | 23.3 | |
| 1 | 8 | Edward Jeffreys | South Africa | 21.4 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Erasmus Amukun | Uganda | 22.0 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Edwin Solomon | British Guiana | 22.5 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Doug Clement | Canada | 22.5 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Dursley Stott | Isle of Man | 23.9 | |
| 1 | 9 | Robbie Brightwell | England | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Stuart Cameron | Canada | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Joseph Whitehead | Wales | 22.9 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Henry Kennedy-Skipton | Hong Kong | 24.1 | Q |
| | 9 | P. R. Hein | Mauritius | DNS | |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Na9e | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Stuart Cameron | Canada | 21.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Smart Akraka | Nigeria | 22.0 | |
| 4 | 1 | Augustus Lawson | Ghana | 22.1 | |
| 5 | 1 | Edwin Solomon | British Guiana | 22.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Abdul Khaliq | Pakistan | 23.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Edward Jeffreys | South Africa | 21.2 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 2 | David Segal | England | 21.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Joseph Whitehead | Wales | 22.0 | |
| 4 | 2 | Ronald Chambers | Northern Ireland | 22.4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Benjamin Nduga | Uganda | 22.5 | |
| 6 | 2 | William Henderson | Scotland | 23.0 | |
| 1 | 3 | Robbie Brightwell | England | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mike Agostini | Canada | 21.5 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Clifton Bertrand | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.7 | |
| 4 | 3 | Samuel Chemweno | Kenya | 22.3 | |
| 5 | 3 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 22.6 | |
| 6 | 3 | Peter Street | Northern Ireland | 22.8 | |
| 1 | 4 | Peter Radford | England | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 21.7 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Erasmus Amukun | Uganda | 22.1 | |
| 4 | 4 | Terrance Gale | Australia | 22.1 | |
| 5 | 4 | G. Esan | Nigeria | 22.4 | |
| 6 | 4 | Robert Cockburn | Scotland | 22.5 | |
| 1 | 5 | Stan Levenson | Canada | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | John Scott-Oldfield | England | 21.5 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | John Jones | Wales | 22.1 | |
| 4 | 5 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 22.2 | |
| 5 | 5 | John Quartey | Ghana | 22.4 | |
| | 5 | Henry Kennedy-Skipton | Hong Kong | DNS | |
| 1 | 6 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 21.3 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Graham Fleck | Scotland | 22.2 | |
| 4 | 6 | Gerald James | Jamaica | 22.4 | |
| 5 | 6 | Doug Clement | Canada | 22.5 | |
| 6 | 6 | Patrick Toner | Northern Ireland | 22.5 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 21.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Stan Levenson | Canada | 21.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 21.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | David Segal | England | 21.3 | |
| 5 | 1 | Peter Radford | England | 21.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mike Agostini | Canada | 21.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 20.9 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Edward Jeffreys | South Africa | 20.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Scott-Oldfield | England | 21.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Robbie Brightwell | England | 21.5 | |
| 5 | 2 | Stuart Cameron | Canada | 21.8 | |
| 6 | 2 | Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 21.9 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 21.08 |
| | 1 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 21.11 |
| | 5 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 21.15 |
| 4 | 4 | Stan Levenson | Canada | 21.5 |
| 5 | 2 | John Scott-Oldfield | England | 21.8 |
| | 3 | Edward Jeffreys | South Africa | DNF |