# Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held on 25 and 26 August at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Frankie Fredericks Namibia | John Regis England | Daniel Effiong Nigeria |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.6 m/s, Heat 6: +1.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.7 m/s, Heat 8: +0.6 m/s, Heat 9: +0.5 m/s,
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Effiong | Nigeria | 20.78 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Oluyemi Kayode | Nigeria | 20.90 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 20.94 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Terry Williams | England | 21.03 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | John Regis | England | 21.03 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Damien Marsh | Australia | 21.06 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.09 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Steve Brimacombe | Australia | 21.10 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Garth Robinson | Jamaica | 21.11 | Q |
| 10 | 8 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 21.12 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Douglas Walker | Scotland | 21.14 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Paul McBurney | Northern Ireland | 21.14 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Joseph Gikonyo | Kenya | 21.20 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Toby Box | England | 21.22 | Q |
| 15 | 9 | Peter Maitland | Wales | 21.23 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | Jamie Baulch | Wales | 21.24 | q |
| 16 | 9 | Peter Ogilvie | Canada | 21.24 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 21.25 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | Nelson Boateng | Ghana | 21.26 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Atlee Mahorn | Canada | 21.26 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Ian Mackie | Scotland | 21.30 | Q |
| 22 | 8 | Alvin Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.36 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Ricardo Greenidge | Canada | 21.37 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.38 | Q |
| 24 | 8 | Orville Taylor | Jamaica | 21.38 | q |
| 26 | 9 | Justice Dipeba | Botswana | 21.43 | q |
| 27 | 7 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 21.46 | Q |
| 28 | 3 | Yiannis Zisimides | Cyprus | 21.52 | Q |
| 29 | 1 | Joselyn Thomas | Sierra Leone | 21.53 | q |
| 30 | 1 | Saeed Qawee | Jamaica | 21.55 | |
| 31 | 7 | Iwan Thomas | Wales | 21.56 | Q |
| 32 | 7 | Francis Ogola | Uganda | 21.58 | Q |
| 33 | 9 | Kenmore Hughes | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.65 | |
| 34 | 2 | Dominique Méyépa | Mauritius | 21.66 | Q |
| 35 | 5 | Johann Venter | South Africa | 21.69 | |
| 36 | 3 | Christian Nsiah | Ghana | 21.77 | |
| 37 | 6 | Peter Pulu | Papua New Guinea | 21.78 | |
| 38 | 7 | Bode Osagiobare | Nigeria | 21.79 | |
| 39 | 5 | Achebe Hope | Barbados | 21.83 | |
| 40 | 1 | Subul Babo | Papua New Guinea | 21.95 | |
| 41 | 5 | Barnabe Jolicoeur | Mauritius | 22.00 | |
| 42 | 4 | Toluta'u Koula | Tonga | 22.12 | |
| 42 | 6 | Vincent van Rooyen | Namibia | 22.12 | |
| 42 | 9 | Stephen Lewis | Montserrat | 22.12 | |
| 45 | 2 | Azmi Ibrahim | Malaysia | 22.16 | |
| 46 | 2 | Ebrima Bojang | Gambia | 22.20 | |
| 47 | 7 | Osborne Johnson | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.26 | |
| 48 | 3 | Moatshe Molebatsi | Botswana | 22.34 | |
| 49 | 4 | Samuel Johnson | Gambia | 22.49 | |
| 50 | 8 | Ronald Flierl | Papua New Guinea | 22.50 | |
| 51 | 2 | Tevita Fauonuku | Tonga | 22.50 | |
| 52 | 5 | Mario Todman | British Virgin Islands | 22.53 | |
| 53 | 1 | Mohamed Arman Sanip | Brunei | 22.67 | |
| 54 | 9 | Dexter Browne | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.77 | |
| 55 | 9 | Jansen Molisingi | Vanuatu | 22.78 | |
| 56 | 8 | Frederick Cannon | Nauru | 23.05 | |
| 57 | 3 | Motlatsi Maseela | Lesotho | 23.15 | |
| 58 | 4 | Derwin Scatliffe | British Virgin Islands | 23.20 | |
| 59 | 6 | Razali Matali | Brunei | 23.33 | |
| 60 | 3 | Michael Joseph | Belize | 23.44 | |
| | 2 | Julius Chepkwony | Kenya | DQ | |
| | 3 | Fabian Muyaba | Zimbabwe | DQ | |
| | 4 | Kennedy Ondiek | Kenya | DQ | |
| | 7 | Roger Jordan | Barbados | DNF | |
| | 8 | Aiah Yambasu | Sierra Leone | DNF | |
| | 7 | Peter Queeley | Montserrat | DNS | |

### Quarterfinals

Wind: Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s, Heat 4: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | John Regis | England | 20.36 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | Oluyemi Kayode | Nigeria | 20.39 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 20.40 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Damien Marsh | Australia | 20.46 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Terry Williams | England | 20.50 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.53 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Daniel Effiong | Nigeria | 20.62 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Steve Brimacombe | Australia | 20.68 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 20.70 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Douglas Walker | Scotland | 20.71 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 2 | Toby Box | England | 20.72 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Nelson Boateng | Ghana | 20.80 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Paul McBurney | Northern Ireland | 20.81 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Garth Robinson | Jamaica | 20.82 | |
| 15 | 1 | Jamie Baulch | Wales | 20.84 | |
| 16 | 1 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 20.96 | |
| 16 | 2 | Peter Maitland | Wales | 20.96 | |
| 16 | 3 | Joseph Gikonyo | Kenya | 20.96 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Ian Mackie | Scotland | 20.99 | |
| 20 | 4 | Ricardo Greenidge | Canada | 21.04 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Peter Ogilvie | Canada | 21.05 | |
| 22 | 1 | Atlee Mahorn | Canada | 21.07 | |
| 23 | 4 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.08 | Q |
| 24 | 4 | Alvin Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.27 | |
| 25 | 4 | Joselyn Thomas | Sierra Leone | 21.29 | |
| 26 | 4 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 21.32 | |
| 27 | 3 | Justice Dipeba | Botswana | 21.41 | |
| 28 | 1 | Orville Taylor | Jamaica | 21.46 | |
| 29 | 3 | Francis Ogola | Uganda | 21.49 | |
| 30 | 3 | Iwan Thomas | Wales | 21.53 | |
| 31 | 4 | Yiannis Zisimides | Cyprus | 21.56 | |
| 32 | 2 | Dominique Méyépa | Mauritius | 21.63 | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 20.43 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Effiong | Nigeria | 20.59 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Damien Marsh | Australia | 20.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Regis | England | 20.65 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 20.73 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Steve Brimacombe | Australia | 20.77 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Oluyemi Kayode | Nigeria | 20.79 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.80 | |
| 9 | 1 | Terry Williams | England | 20.79 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Toby Box | England | 21.02 | |
| 11 | 1 | Douglas Walker | Scotland | 21.08 | |
| 12 | 1 | Paul McBurney | Northern Ireland | 21.14 | |
| 13 | 2 | Nelson Boateng | Ghana | 21.18 | |
| 14 | 1 | Joseph Gikonyo | Kenya | 21.28 | |
| 15 | 2 | Ricardo Greenidge | Canada | 21.43 | |
| 16 | 2 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.88 | |

### Final

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 19.97 | GR |
| | 6 | John Regis | England | 20.25 | |
| | 3 | Daniel Effiong | Nigeria | 20.40 | |
| 4 | 2 | Damien Marsh | Australia | 20.54 | |
| 5 | 8 | Terry Williams | England | 20.62 | |
| 6 | 7 | Oluyemi Kayode | Nigeria | 20.64 | |
| 7 | 1 | Steve Brimacombe | Australia | 20.67 | |
| 8 | 4 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 20.71 | |