Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held on 25 and 26 August at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Cathy Freeman Australia | Mary Onyali Nigeria | Melinda Gainsford Australia |

## Results

### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +2.6 m/s, Heat 3: +2.2 m/s, Heat 4: +2.4 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 22.69 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 22.83 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 22.92 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 22.97 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 23.03 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Paula Thomas | England | 23.04 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Stacey Bowen | Canada | 23.20 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Stephi Douglas | England | 23.29 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | 23.33 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Calister Ubah | Nigeria | 23.45 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Geraldine McLeod | England | 23.47 | q |
| 12 | 2 | France Gareau | Canada | 23.53 | q |
| 13 | 4 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 23.57 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Faith Idehen | Nigeria | 23.59 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 23.60 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Adri de Jongh | South Africa | 23.64 | q |
| 17 | 3 | Michelle Seymour | New Zealand | 23.72 | |
| 18 | 1 | Govindasamy Shanti | Malaysia | 23.75 | |
| 19 | 3 | Philomena Mensah | Ghana | 23.79 | |
| 20 | 3 | Theodora Kyriakou | Cyprus | 23.83 | |
| 21 | 2 | Hermin Joseph | Dominica | 23.89 | |
| 22 | 4 | Noami Mills | Ghana | 24.02 | |
| 23 | 3 | Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | Zambia | 24.09 | |
| 24 | 2 | Judith Boshoff | Namibia | 24.20 | |
| 25 | 2 | Doris Manu | Ghana | 24.23 | |
| 26 | 1 | Mame Twumasi | Canada | 24.31 | |
| | 1 | Aileen McGillivary | Scotland | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +2.7 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 22.54 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 22.75 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 22.88 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Paula Thomas | England | 22.91 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 22.93 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 22.96 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | 23.32 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Stacey Bowen | Canada | 23.35 | |
| 9 | 2 | Geraldine McLeod | England | 23.58 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Stephi Douglas | England | 23.67 | |
| 11 | 1 | Calister Ubah | Nigeria | 23.68 | |
| 12 | 2 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 23.68 | |
| 13 | 2 | Faith Idehen | Nigeria | 23.68 | |
| 14 | 2 | France Gareau | Canada | 23.73 | |
| 15 | 1 | Adri de Jongh | South Africa | 24.03 | |
| 16 | 1 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.11 | |

### Final

Wind: +1.3 m/s

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 22.25 | GR |
| | 5 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 22.35 | |
| | 2 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 22.68 | |
| 4 | 7 | Paula Thomas | England | 22.69 | |
| 5 | 4 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 22.77 | |
| 6 | 6 | Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 22.85 | |
| 7 | 8 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | 23.18 | |
| 8 | 1 | Geraldine McLeod | England | 23.52 | |
