Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 18–19 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Women's 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone  Australia	Juliet Campbell  Jamaica	Lauren Hewitt  Australia

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s,^[2] Heat 4: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	22.98	Q
2	1	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	23.11	Q
3	1	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	23.15	Q
4	4	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.24	Q
5	1	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.25	Q
6	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.44	Q
7	3	Joice Maduaka	England	23.53	Q
8	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.64	Q
9	4	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.69	Q
10	2	Simmone Jacobs	England	23.71	Q
11	4	Marcia Richardson	England	23.73	Q
12	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	23.77	q
13	1	Tamara Perry	Canada	23.80	q
14	3	Atia Weekes	Canada	24.07	Q
15	3	Mavis Akoto	Ghana	24.09	q, PB
16	4	Leticia John Mutta	Tanzania	24.31	q
17	2	Veronica Wabukawo	Uganda	24.52
18	1	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	24.56
19	1	Marang Kinteh	Gambia	25.18
20	4	Stephanie Llewellyn	Northern Ireland	26.07
21	4	Sudati Masasu	Uganda	26.32
	2	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	DNS
	3	Sonia Williams	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS
	3	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	DNS
	4	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	22.79	Q
2	1	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	23.05	Q
2	1	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	23.05	Q
2	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.05	Q
5	2	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.20	Q
6	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.26	Q
7	1	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.47	Q
8	2	Joice Maduaka	England	23.50
9	1	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.60	Q
10	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	23.72
11	1	Simmone Jacobs	England	23.73
12	1	Marcia Richardson	England	23.82
13	1	Tamara Perry	Canada	23.89
14	2	Atia Weekes	Canada	24.15
15	1	Mavis Akoto	Ghana	24.16
	2	Leticia John Mutta	Tanzania	DNS

Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s^[2][4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	22.77	PB
	3	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	22.79	SB
	4	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	22.83	SB
4	6	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	23.04
5	7	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	23.07	SB
6	8	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	23.17	SB
7	2	Philomena Mensah	Canada	23.38
8	1	Monica Twum	Ghana	23.73