The men's 200 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 220 yards event.

Medalists + Gold Silver BronzeDon QuarrieEdwin RobertsCharles Asati

Results Heats Held on 21 July

Qualification for quarterfinals The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the quarterfinals.

Wind speed Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +3.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: +5.3 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s, Heat 8: +5.8 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Edwin Roberts 20.6 Q 2 1 Julius Sang 20.9 Q 3 1 Stuart Bell 21.3 Q 4 1 Amos Odelusi 21.6 Q 5 1 Joseph Chivers 21.6 6 1 Bernard Nottage 21.9 7 1 Peter Ndovi 22.9 1 2 Charles Asati 20.5 Q 2 2 Martin Reynolds 20.8 Q 3 2 Gary Eddy 21.06 Q 4 2 Rocky Symonds 21.5 Q 5 2 Zuku Tofile 22.6 2 Mike Sands 2 John Oryem 2 Lloyd Giddings 1 3 George Daniels 21.0 Q 2 3 Melvin Wong Shing 21.4 Q 3 3 John Williams 21.4 Q 4 3 Norman Chihota 21.5 Q 5 3 Carl Lawson 21.7 6 3 Brian Cowley 22.9 7 3 Anthony Perera 23.3 3 Canagasabai Kunalan 1 4 Ralph Banthorpe 21.3 Q 2 4 Kevin Johnson 21.3 Q 3 4 Horace Levy 21.4 Q 4 4 Kofi Okyir 21.9 Q 5 4 Ghulam Qadir 22.9 6 4 Pierre Jallow 23.2 1 5 Peter Norman 20.87 Q 2 5 Jessymon Wishkoti 21.6 Q 3 5 Tony Powell 21.6 Q 4 5 Terry Davies 21.8 Q 5 5 Peter Mamba 22.3 6 5 Obedi Mwanga 22.7 1 6 Don Quarrie 20.8 Q 2 6 Dave Dear 21.3 Q 3 6 William Dralu 21.5 Q 4 6 Carl Archer 21.6 Q 5 6 Yeo Kian Chye 21.9 6 6 Cuthbert Jacobs 22.0 7 6 Gaston Clarenc 24.4 6 Les Piggot 1 7 Robert Ojo 21.6 Q 2 7 Howard Davies 21.8 Q 3 7 Hezekiah Nyamau 21.8 Q 4 7 Doug Chapman 21.9 Q 5 7 Dodou Joof 22.5 6 7 Francisco Mvula 22.7 7 7 Maurice Sweeney 23.9 1 8 Greg Lewis 21.41 Q 2 8 Edward Owusu 21.6 Q 3 8 Don Halliday 21.6 Q 4 8 Bohdan Domansky 21.7 Q 5 8 Muhammad Mohddin 22.4 6 8 Omubo Peters 22.7 8 Calvin Greenaway 8 Vikimbi Radebe

Quarterfinals Held on 21 July

Qualification for semifinals The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Wind speed Heat 1: +7.7 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +6.9 m/s, Heat 4: +4.9 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Charles Asati 20.6 Q 2 1 Peter Norman 20.79 Q 3 1 Melvin Wong Shing 21.1 Q 4 1 Doug Chapman 21.2 Q 5 1 Norman Chihota 21.3 6 1 Howard Davies 21.3 7 1 William Dralu 21.6 8 1 Kofi Okyir 22.9 1 2 Edwin Roberts 20.8 Q 2 2 Dave Dear 21.1 Q 3 2 Rocky Symonds 21.2 Q 4 2 Julius Sang 21.3 Q 5 2 Bohdan Domansky 21.5 6 2 Edward Owusu 21.6 Competed in heat 2 or 3. 7 2 Terry Davies 21.8 8 2 Robert Ojo 21.9 1 3 Martin Reynolds 20.8 Q 2 3 George Daniels 20.9 Q 3 3 Gary Eddy 21.06 Q 4 3 Stuart Bell 21.4 Q 5 3 Horace Levy 21.4 6 3 Hezekiah Nyamau 21.7 7 3 Carl Archer 21.9 8 3 Amos Odelusi 22.1 1 4 Don Quarrie 20.4 Q 2 4 Greg Lewis 21.03 Q 3 4 Tony Powell 21.1 Q 4 4 Ralph Banthorpe 21.1 Q 5 4 Don Halliday 21.2 6 4 Kevin Johnson 21.3 7 4 John Williams 21.5 8 4 Jessymon Wishkoti 21.7

Semifinals Held on 22 July

Qualification for final The first 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Wind speed Heat 1: +4.6 m/s, Heat 2: +3.0 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Martin Reynolds 20.61 Q 2 1 Edwin Roberts 20.7 Q 3 1 Charles Asati 20.8 Q 4 1 Julius Sang 20.9 Q 5 1 Greg Lewis 21.03 6 1 Ralph Banthorpe 21.3 7 1 Doug Chapman 21.6 1 Rocky Symonds 1 2 Don Quarrie 20.7 Q 2 2 Gary Eddy 20.89 Q 3 2 Peter Norman 20.95 Q 4 2 George Daniels 20.9 Q 5 2 Dave Dear 21.08 6 2 Tony Powell 21.3 7 2 Melvin Wong Shing 21.4 8 2 Stuart Bell 21.5

Final Held on 22 July

Wind speed +1.7 m/s

+ Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Don Quarrie 20.56 =GR 7 Edwin Roberts 20.69 8 Charles Asati 20.74 4 4 Martin Reynolds 20.83 5 2 Peter Norman 20.86 6 6 George Daniels 20.9 7 1 Gary Eddy 21.01 8 5 Julius Sang 21.0

References

Heats & Quarterfinals results (p28) Semifinals & Final results (p9) Australian results