The men's 200 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium between 10 and 12 April 2018.

In the final, it initially appeared that England's Zharnel Hughes had edged Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago at the line, recording the same time of 20.12 seconds. However, upon review Hughes was disqualified for impeding Richards (running in the next lane) using his arm. Richards was declared Commonwealth Games champion, with Canada's Aaron Brown and Leon Reid of Northern Ireland filling out the podium.Commonwealth Games: Zharnel Hughes, Jack Laugher, Katarina Johnson-Thompson. BBC Sport (2018-04-12). Retrieved 2018-04-13.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: World record19.19Berlin, Germany20 August 2009Games record19.97Victoria, Canada26 August 1994

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Tuesday 10 April 2018 13:05 First round Wednesday 11 April 2018 20:50 Semifinals Thursday 12 April 2018 21:56 Final All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results First round The first round consisted of nine heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus six fastest losers) advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 7 0.185 20.60 2 4 0.132 20.73 3 3 0.135 20.99 4 2 0.132 21.67 5 8 0.160 21.96 6 1 0.150 22.14 7 6 0.164 22.22 5 0.142 Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 5 0.146 20.59 2 4 0.180 20.89 3 8 0.153 21.11 4 2 0.149 21.39 5 7 0.155 21.76 6 1 0.148 21.89 7 6 0.198 21.91 3 0.202 Wind: -1.0 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 5 0.177 20.78 2 6 0.170 21.02 3 8 0.147 21.03 4 4 0.149 21.18 5 2 0.139 21.79 6 3 0.122 21.97 7 7 0.168 22.05 1 Wind: -1.4 m/s

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 6 0.150 20.67 2 1 0.170 20.82 3 7 0.162 21.21 4 2 0.148 21.26 5 8 0.164 21.55 6 4 0.151 21.58 7 5 0.147 21.58 8 3 0.172 21.66 Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 8 0.153 20.33 2 3 0.136 20.66 3 5 0.164 20.81 4 2 0.192 21.38 5 6 0.154 22.23 4 7 Wind: -1.5 m/s

Heat 6 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 3 0.150 20.95 2 7 0.135 21.08 3 6 0.159 21.62 4 5 0.156 21.75 5 2 0.159 21.92 8 0.171 4 Wind: -0.7 m/s

Heat 7 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 8 0.130 20.89 2 5 0.147 21.10 3 6 0.182 21.14 4 3 0.192 21.19 5 1 0.161 21.43 6 2 0.169 21.79 7 7 0.149 21.98 4 0.148 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 8 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 8 0.154 20.67 2 5 0.164 21.02 3 1 0.145 21.10 4 2 0.159 22.00 5 6 0.203 22.43 4 3 7 Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 9 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 2 0.145 20.34 2 6 0.160 20.65 3 5 0.147 20.80 4 4 0.169 20.84 5 3 0.150 21.27 6 8 0.167 21.73 7 7 0.173 22.43 8 1 0.167 23.17 Wind: -0.4 m/s

Semifinals Three semi-finals were held. The two fastest competitors per semi (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 6 0.143 20.18 2 3 0.139 20.36 3 5 0.160 20.51 4 4 0.185 20.62 5 7 0.125 20.67 6 8 0.147 20.79 7 1 0.149 20.99 8 2 0.146 21.25 Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 6 0.131 20.37 2 4 0.159 20.66 3 5 0.134 20.76 4 2 0.158 21.16 5 1 0.150 21.29 6 7 0.151 25.95 8 0.158 3 Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semifinal 3 Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes Qual. 1 6 0.147 20.41 2 5 0.136 20.61 3 4 0.147 20.69 4 8 0.150 20.71 5 3 0.144 20.82 6 7 0.144 21.01 7 1 0.138 21.06 8 2 0.151 21.13 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Final The medals were determined in the final.

Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes 4 0.133 20.12 3 0.144 20.34 7 0.133 20.55 4 6 0.140 20.58 5 2 0.171 20.62 6 8 0.173 20.63 7 1 0.153 20.71 5 0.143 20.12 Wind: +0.9 m/s

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