The women'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 GoldSilverBronzeDenise BoydSonia LannamanColleen Beazley

Results Heats Held on 8 August

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

Wind:Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +2.7 m/s, Heat 4: +5.5 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Kathy Smallwood 22.73 Q 2 2 June Griffith 23.02 Q 3 1 Denise Boyd 23.03 Q 4 4 Helen Golden 23.17 Q 5 3 Hannah Afriye 23.35 Q 6 4 Sonia Lannaman 23.36 Q 7 2 Kim Robertson 23.38 Q 8 1 Patty Loverock 23.43 Q 9 3 Colleen Beazley 23.50 Q 10 4 Raelene Boyle 23.66 Q 11 2 Maureen Gottschalk 23.69 q 12 3 Wendy Brown 23.77 Q 13 1 Margot Wells 23.81 Q 13 2 Angella Taylor 23.81 15 5 Beverley Goddard 23.85 Q 16 5 Ruth Waithera 23.88 Q 17 3 Angela Bailey 23.91 18 1 Janice Bernard 23.96 19 1 Freida Nicholls 24.07 20 2 Esther Hope 24.19 21 5 Linda McCurry 24.24 Q 22 4 Penny Hunt 24.25 23 1 Esther Otieno 24.43 24 2 Georgiana Freeman 24.52 25 4 Normalee Murray 24.53 26 5 Nzaeli Kyomo 24.75 27 4 Candy Ford 24.86 28 3 Carmeta Drummond 24.94 29 1 Caroline Delancy 25.02 30 2 Marie-France Mamedy 25.08 31 5 Marilyn Bradley 25.71 32 3 Jabou Jawo 26.38 33 4 Joyce John 26.44 34 5 Amie N'Dow 26.56 3 Donna Burgess 3 Mossy Ally 4 Grace Bakari 5 Debbie Jones 5 Fay Nixon

Semifinals Held on 8 August

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

Wind:Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Kathy Smallwood 22.99 Q 2 2 Denise Boyd 23.03 Q 3 2 Beverley Goddard 23.17 Q 4 2 Helen Golden 23.37 Q 5 2 Colleen Beazley 23.42 Q 6 1 Sonia Lannaman 23.43 Q 7 2 June Griffith 23.44 8 1 Patty Loverock 23.58 Q 9 2 Kim Robertson 23.59 10 1 Linda McCurry 23.62 Q 11 1 Wendy Brown 23.64 12 2 Ruth Waithera 23.93 13 1 Margot Wells 24.29 14 2 Maureen Gottschalk 24.62 1 Hannah Afriye 1 Raelene Boyle

Final Held on 10 August

Wind: +5.1 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Denise Boyd 22.82 1 Sonia Lannaman 22.89 7 Colleen Beazley 22.93 4 6 Beverley Goddard 22.95 5 8 Kathy Smallwood 22.96 6 5 Helen Golden 23.28 7 3 Patty Loverock 23.47 8 2 Linda McCurry 23.71

References

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