The men's 200 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 29 January and 1 February at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMarcus AdamJohn RegisAde Mafe

Results Heats Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Wind:Heat 1: ?, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s, Heat 3: +2.5 m/s, Heat 4: ?, Heat 5: ?, Heat 6: +4.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Neil de Silva 20.76 Q 2 2 Paul Greene 20.79 Q 2 3 Samuel Boateng 20.79 Q 4 1 John Regis 20.80 Q 5 1 Dale McClunie 20.81 Q 6 5 Ade Mafe 20.98 Q 7 6 Marcus Adam 21.00 Q 8 4 Abdullahi Tetengi 21.01 Q 9 2 Kennedy Ondiek 21.08 Q 10 2 Davidson Ezinwa 21.10 Q 11 4 Clive Wright 21.21 Q 12 3 Tim Jackson 21.22 Q 13 3 Scott Bowden 21.25 Q 14 6 Darren Clark 21.29 Q 15 1 Joseph Gikonyo 21.30 Q 16 6 Takale Tuna 21.32 Q 17 2 Mark Woods 21.35 Q 18 1 Fabian Muyaba 21.42 Q 18 4 Edward Bitoga 21.42 Q 20 3 Bertram Haynes 21.45 Q 21 6 Mike Dwyer 21.52 Q 22 5 Troy Douglas 21.53 Q 23 1 Camera Ntereke 21.57 Q 24 4 Dave Clark 21.62 Q 25 5 Cyprian Enweani 21.63 Q 26 6 Duane Johnson 21.72 Q 27 4 Pa Hali Jammeh 21.78 Q 28 2 Gabriel Osei 21.94 Q 29 6 David Teece 21.95 q 30 5 Lindel Hodge 21.99 Q 31 5 Shahanuddin Choudhury 22.10 Q 32 5 Jayson Majase 22.13 q 33 3 Esekiel Wartovo 22.23 q 34 2 Peauope Suli 22.29 q 35 2 Joseph Adam 22.31 q 36 4 Leung Wing Kwong 22.35 q 37 4 Lamin Marikong 22.37 38 1 Mohamed Shah Alam 22.49 38 6 Muhammad Afzal Khan 22.49 40 2 Percy Larame 22.51 41 5 Emmanuel Mack 22.62 42 3 Victor Gamedze 22.78 43 1 Mark Sherwin 22.87 44 1 Baptiste Firiam 23.25 45 3 Kuckrey Nakat 23.56 46 5 Alan Rua 24.48 4 Alvin Daniel 6 Jamie Henderson

Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +3.2 m/s, Heat 2: +2.8 m/s, Heat 3: +3.4 m/s, Heat 4: +2.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Marcus Adam 20.35 Q 2 2 John Regis 20.40 Q 3 1 Ade Mafe 20.58 Q 3 3 Neil de Silva 20.58 Q 5 2 Dale McClunie 20.61 Q 6 3 Kennedy Ondiek 20.64 Q 7 3 Abdullahi Tetengi 20.74 Q 8 3 Cyprian Enweani 20.77 Q 9 4 Davidson Ezinwa 20.79 Q 10 4 Paul Greene 20.80 Q 11 1 Nelson Boateng 20.83 Q 12 2 Mike Dwyer 20.85 Q 13 2 Tim Jackson 20.88 Q 14 1 Darren Clark 20.89 Q 15 2 Joseph Gikonyo 20.98 q 16 3 Dave Clark 21.01 q 17 4 Scott Bowden 21.09 Q 18 1 Clive Wright 21.12 Q 19 3 Mark Woods 21.18 20 3 Takale Tuna 21.20 21 1 Troy Douglas 21.21 22 2 Bertram Haynes 21.34 23 4 Edward Bitoga 21.39 24 4 Camera Ntereke 21.53 25 1 Pa Hali Jammeh 21.67 26 2 David Teece 21.90 27 3 Jayson Majase 21.92 28 1 Lindel Hodge 21.94 29 2 Leung Wing Kwong 21.96 30 2 Gabriel Osei 21.97 31 4 Esekiel Wartovo 22.05 32 1 Joseph Adam 22.17 33 3 Peauope Suli 22.25 33 4 Shahanuddin Choudhury 22.25 1 Fabian Muyaba 4 Duane Johnson

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind:Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Marcus Adam 20.33 Q 2 2 John Regis 20.35 Q 3 1 Davidson Ezinwa 20.38 Q 3 2 Kennedy Ondiek 20.38 Q 5 2 Ade Mafe 20.42 Q 6 2 Abdullahi Tetengi 20.58 Q 7 2 Paul Greene 20.60 q 8 1 Neil de Silva 20.66 Q 9 1 Cyprian Enweani 20.67 Q 10 2 Nelson Boateng 20.72 11 1 Dale McClunie 20.75 12 1 Darren Clark 20.89 13 1 Clive Wright 21.03 14 2 Mike Dwyer 21.06 15 1 Joseph Gikonyo 21.34 16 2 Scott Bowden 21.35 2 Dave Clark 1 Tim Jackson

Final Wind: +2.4 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Marcus Adam 20.10 6 John Regis 20.16 7 Ade Mafe 20.26 4 8 Neil de Silva 20.40 5 3 Davidson Ezinwa 20.44 6 9 Cyprian Enweani 20.54 7 2 Paul Greene 20.58 8 4 Kennedy Ondiek 20.60 9 1 Abdullahi Tetengi 20.96

References

The Sydney Morning Heralde