Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	22.98	Q
2	1	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	23.11	Q
3	1	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	23.15	Q
4	4	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.24	Q
5	1	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.25	Q
6	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.44	Q
7	3	Joice Maduaka	England	23.53	Q
8	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.64	Q
9	4	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.69	Q
10	2	Simmone Jacobs	England	23.71	Q
11	4	Marcia Richardson	England	23.73	Q
12	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	23.77	q
13	1	Tamara Perry	Canada	23.80	q
14	3	Atia Weekes	Canada	24.07	Q
15	3	Mavis Akoto	Ghana	24.09	q, PB
16	4	Leticia John Mutta	Tanzania	24.31	q
17	2	Veronica Wabukawo	Uganda	24.52
18	1	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	24.56
19	1	Marang Kinteh	Gambia	25.18
20	4	Stephanie Llewellyn	Northern Ireland	26.07
21	4	Sudati Masasu	Uganda	26.32
	2	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	DNS
	3	Sonia Williams	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS
	3	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	DNS
	4	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	22.79	Q
2	1	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	23.05	Q
2	1	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	23.05	Q
2	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.05	Q
5	2	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.20	Q
6	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.26	Q
7	1	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.47	Q
8	2	Joice Maduaka	England	23.50
9	1	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.60	Q
10	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	23.72
11	1	Simmone Jacobs	England	23.73
12	1	Marcia Richardson	England	23.82
13	1	Tamara Perry	Canada	23.89
14	2	Atia Weekes	Canada	24.15
15	1	Mavis Akoto	Ghana	24.16
	2	Leticia John Mutta	Tanzania	DNS

Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s^[2][4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	22.77	PB
	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	22.79	SB
	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	22.83	SB
4	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	23.04
5	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.07	SB
6	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.17	SB
7	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.38
8	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.73