Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Raelene Boyle  Australia	Denise Robertson  Australia	Alice Annum  Ghana

Results

Heats

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +1.9 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Donna Murray	England	24.0	Q
2	1	Rose Asiedua	Ghana	24.4	Q
3	1	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	24.7	Q
4	1	Linda McCurry	Northern Ireland	24.71
5	1	Rose Mfunya	Tanzania	25.72
6	1	Janet Manda	Malawi	26.19
7	1	Uafu Tuineau	Tonga	26.91
	1	Rose Allwood	Jamaica	DNF
1	2	Robyn Boak	Australia	23.58	Q
2	2	Wendy Hill	England	24.0	Q
3	2	Marcia Trotman	Barbados	24.2	Q
4	2	Margaret MacGowan	Canada	24.37
5	2	Kim Robertson	New Zealand	24.56
6	2	Nzaeli Kyomo	Tanzania	25.20
7	2	Keta Iongi	Tonga	25.67
1	3	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.14	Q
2	3	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.4	Q
3	3	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.8	Q
4	3	Lorna Forde	Barbados	23.8	q
5	3	Alison MacRitchie	Scotland	24.42
6	3	Avril McClelland	Northern Ireland	25.14
	3	Eleanor Phillips	Fiji	DNS
1	4	Denise Robertson	Australia	23.14	Q
2	4	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.6	Q
3	4	Ruth Williams	Jamaica	23.7	Q
4	4	Hannah Afriye	Ghana	24.13
5	4	Barbara Martin	England	24.23
6	4	Beatrice Ewuzie	Nigeria	24.44
7	4	Torika Cavuka	Fiji	26.37
1	5	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	23.5	Q
2	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.9	Q
3	5	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	24.0	Q
4	5	Ashanti Obi	Nigeria	24.72
5	5	Christine Byobona	Uganda	24.72
6	5	Mary Machoba	Lesotho	27.07
	5	Miriama Tuisorisori	Fiji	DNS

Semifinals

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Denise Robertson	Australia	23.22	Q
2	1	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	23.7	Q
3	1	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.8	Q
4	1	Ruth Williams	Jamaica	23.9	Q
5	1	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.93
6	1	Wendy Hill	England	24.13
7	1	Lorna Forde	Barbados	24.15
8	1	Rose Asiedua	Ghana	24.77
1	2	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.2	Q
2	2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.30	Q
3	2	Robyn Boak	Australia	23.51	Q
4	2	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.6	Q
5	2	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	24.01
6	2	Donna Murray	England	24.17
7	2	Marcia Trotman	Barbados	24.42
8	2	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	24.74

Final

Held on 29 January

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Raelene Boyle	Australia	22.50	GR
	4	Denise Robertson	Australia	22.73
	7	Alice Annum	Ghana	22.90
4	2	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	23.13
5	3	Ruth Williams	Jamaica	23.39
6	5	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	23.44
7	1	Robyn Boak	Australia	23.45
8	8	Patty Loverock	Canada	23.76

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

• Heats results
• Semifinals results