# Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Denise Boyd Australia | Sonia Lannaman England | Colleen Beazley Australia |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 8 August
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +2.7 m/s, Heat 4: +5.5 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Kathy Smallwood | England | 22.73 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | June Griffith | Guyana | 23.02 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 23.03 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Helen Golden | Scotland | 23.17 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Hannah Afriye | Ghana | 23.35 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Sonia Lannaman | England | 23.36 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Kim Robertson | New Zealand | 23.38 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 23.43 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Colleen Beazley | Australia | 23.50 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 23.66 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Maureen Gottschalk | Jamaica | 23.69 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Wendy Brown | New Zealand | 23.77 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Margot Wells | Scotland | 23.81 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Angella Taylor | Canada | 23.81 | |
| 15 | 5 | Beverley Goddard | England | 23.85 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Ruth Waithera | Kenya | 23.88 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Angela Bailey | Canada | 23.91 | |
| 18 | 1 | Janice Bernard | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.96 | |
| 19 | 1 | Freida Nicholls | Barbados | 24.07 | |
| 20 | 2 | Esther Hope | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.19 | |
| 21 | 5 | Linda McCurry | Northern Ireland | 24.24 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Penny Hunt | New Zealand | 24.25 | |
| 23 | 1 | Esther Otieno | Kenya | 24.43 | |
| 24 | 2 | Georgiana Freeman | Gambia | 24.52 | |
| 25 | 4 | Normalee Murray | Jamaica | 24.53 | |
| 26 | 5 | Nzaeli Kyomo | Tanzania | 24.75 | |
| 27 | 4 | Candy Ford | Bermuda | 24.86 | |
| 28 | 3 | Carmeta Drummond | Jamaica | 24.94 | |
| 29 | 1 | Caroline Delancy | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.02 | |
| 30 | 2 | Marie-France Mamedy | Mauritius | 25.08 | |
| 31 | 5 | Marilyn Bradley | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.71 | |
| 32 | 3 | Jabou Jawo | Gambia | 26.38 | |
| 33 | 4 | Joyce John | Sierra Leone | 26.44 | |
| 34 | 5 | Amie N'Dow | Gambia | 26.56 | |
| | 3 | Donna Burgess | Bermuda | DNF | |
| | 3 | Mossy Ally | Tanzania | DNS | |
| | 4 | Grace Bakari | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 5 | Debbie Jones | Bermuda | DNS | |
| | 5 | Fay Nixon | Scotland | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Held on 8 August
Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kathy Smallwood | England | 22.99 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 23.03 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Beverley Goddard | England | 23.17 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Helen Golden | Scotland | 23.37 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Colleen Beazley | Australia | 23.42 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Sonia Lannaman | England | 23.43 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | June Griffith | Guyana | 23.44 | |
| 8 | 1 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 23.58 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Kim Robertson | New Zealand | 23.59 | |
| 10 | 1 | Linda McCurry | Northern Ireland | 23.62 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Wendy Brown | New Zealand | 23.64 | |
| 12 | 2 | Ruth Waithera | Kenya | 23.93 | |
| 13 | 1 | Margot Wells | Scotland | 24.29 | |
| 14 | 2 | Maureen Gottschalk | Jamaica | 24.62 | |
| | 1 | Hannah Afriye | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 1 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | DNS | |

### Final

Held on 10 August
Wind: +5.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 22.82 |
| | 1 | Sonia Lannaman | England | 22.89 |
| | 7 | Colleen Beazley | Australia | 22.93 |
| 4 | 6 | Beverley Goddard | England | 22.95 |
| 5 | 8 | Kathy Smallwood | England | 22.96 |
| 6 | 5 | Helen Golden | Scotland | 23.28 |
| 7 | 3 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 23.47 |
| 8 | 2 | Linda McCurry | Northern Ireland | 23.71 |