The men'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 GoldSilverBronzeAllan WellsJames GilkesColin Bradford

Results Heats Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Colin Bradford 20.87 Q 2 4 Don Quarrie 20.97 Q 3 3 James Gilkes 21.00 Q 4 5 Christopher Brathwaite 21.14 Q 5 1 Dacre Bowen 21.15 Q 6 2 Albert Lomotey 21.25 Q 7 2 Richard Hopkins 21.25 Q 8 4 Mike McFarlane 21.28 Q 9 5 Rickey Moxey 21.29 Q 10 1 Floyd Brown 21.30 Q 11 3 Daniel Biocchi 21.33 Q 11 4 Edwin Noel 21.33 Q 13 5 Calvin Dill 21.34 Q 14 6 Allan Wells 21.35 Q 14 1 Paul Narracott 21.35 Q 16 6 Trevor Hoyte 21.39 Q 17 1 Tochi Mochache 21.40 Q 18 6 Cole Doty 21.42 Q 19 5 Drew McMaster 21.45 Q 20 4 Cameron Sharp 21.52 Q 21 5 Rawle Clarke 21.53 q 22 6 Ernest Obeng 21.55 Q 23 5 Jeff Griffiths 21.56 q 24 2 Timothy Bonsor 21.59 Q 25 3 Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan 21.60 Q 26 3 Cuthbert Jacobs 21.61 Q 27 2 Bevan Smith 21.62 Q 28 4 Peter Kipkirong 21.69 Q 28 6 Clyde Edwards 21.69 Q 30 2 Dave Roberts 21.70 Q 31 3 Alex Mutunga 21.74 Q 32 1 David Lukuba 21.86 Q 33 3 Linus Ambrose 22.00 34 2 Mokam Mwita 22.08 35 1 Banana Jarju 22.10 35 4 Vaughn Harvey 22.10 37 6 Letseka Nchee 22.17 37 6 Kimberley Wade 22.17 39 1 Francis Williams 22.30 40 2 Keith Rocque 22.32 41 4 Genevieve Nestor 22.45 42 6 Jean Charlotte 22.67 43 5 Ousman N'Dure 22.73 44 2 Molapi Bambatha 22.80 45 4 Bamba Njie 23.04 1 Anthony Husbands

Quarterfinals Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Allan Wells 20.61 Q 2 1 Don Quarrie 20.66 Q 3 4 Colin Bradford 20.89 Q 4 2 James Gilkes 20.97 Q 5 4 Trevor Hoyte 21.16 Q 6 4 Christopher Brathwaite 21.22 q 7 2 Mike McFarlane 21.31 Q 8 2 Richard Hopkins 21.35 Q 9 1 Paul Narracott 21.37 Q 9 2 Floyd Brown 21.37 q 11 3 Albert Lomotey 21.38 Q 12 4 Cole Doty 21.44 q 13 1 Timothy Bonsor 21.48 Q 14 2 Dacre Bowen 21.48 q 15 1 Daniel Biocchi 21.50 16 3 Rawle Clarke 21.51 Q 17 3 Calvin Dill 21.53 Q 18 1 Cameron Sharp 21.54 18 3 Drew McMaster 21.54 20 4 Bevan Smith 21.60 21 3 Cuthbert Jacobs 21.63 22 4 Peter Kipkirong 21.64 23 4 Jeff Griffiths 21.65 24 1 Edwin Noel 21.66 24 3 Rickey Moxey 21.66 26 1 Ernest Obeng 21.81 27 1 Clyde Edwards 21.85 28 2 Dave Roberts 21.91 29 2 Tochi Mochache 21.94 30 2 Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan 21.96 31 3 Alex Mutunga 22.16 3 David Lukuba

Semifinals Held on 10 August

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

Wind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.6 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Allan Wells 20.68 Q 2 2 Paul Narracott 20.71 Q 3 2 Floyd Brown 20.72 Q 4 2 James Gilkes 20.75 Q 5 2 Timothy Bonsor 20.89 6 2 Christopher Brathwaite 21.10 7 1 Colin Bradford 21.15 Q 8 2 Cole Doty 21.25 9 1 Trevor Hoyte 21.31 Q 10 1 Richard Hopkins 21.42 Q 11 1 Calvin Dill 21.46 Q 12 1 Don Quarrie 21.49 13 1 Albert Lomotey 21.58 14 1 Dacre Bowen 21.61 15 1 Rawle Clarke 22.14 2 Mike McFarlane

Final Held on 10 August

Wind: +4.4 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Allan Wells 20.12 7 James Gilkes 20.18 8 Colin Bradford 20.43 4 2 Paul Narracott 20.74 5 4 Floyd Brown 20.79 6 6 Richard Hopkins 20.88 7 5 Trevor Hoyte 20.90 8 1 Calvin Dill 21.07

References

Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times) Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results