Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 220 yards
# Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 220 yards

The men's 220 yards event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 4 and 6 July at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Don Jowett New Zealand | Brian Shenton England | Ken Jones Wales |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 5 August

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Don Jowett | New Zealand | 21.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Harry Nelson | Canada | 22.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ben Nduga | Uganda | 22.3 | |
| 4 | 1 | Les Laing | Jamaica | 22.9 | |
| 5 | 1 | Abdul Aziz | Pakistan | 23.8 | |
| | 1 | Alan Lillington | England | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Hector Hogan | Australia | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Estefaino Xavier | Hong Kong | 22.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Henry Ofori-Nayako | Gold Coast | 22.9 | |
| 4 | 2 | Pat Walker | Canada | 22.9 | |
| 5 | 2 | Titus Erinle | Nigeria | 24.1 | |
| 1 | 3 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Bruce Springbett | Canada | 22.5 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | John Quartey | Gold Coast | 22.9 | |
| 4 | 3 | Leonard Dames | Bahamas | 23.9 | |
| | 3 | Ken Box | England | DNS | |
| 1 | 4 | George Ellis | England | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ronald Horsham | Jamaica | 22.5 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Muslim Arogundade | Nigeria | 22.6 | |
| 4 | 4 | Mohamed Aslam | Pakistan | 23.2 | |
| 5 | 4 | Orien Young | Bermuda | 23.8 | |
| 1 | 5 | Brian Shenton | England | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 22.9 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Frank Hall | Jamaica | 23.6 | |
| 4 | 5 | Alfred Brown | Southern Rhodesia | 24.0 | |
| | 5 | Edward Ajado | Nigeria | DNS | |
| 1 | 6 | Ken Jones | Wales | 22.4 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Abdul Karim Amu | Nigeria | 22.5 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Don McFarlane | Canada | 22.6 | |
| 4 | 6 | Fitzroy Bates | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.1 | |
| | 6 | Allan Moore | Jamaica | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Held on 5 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Don Jowett | New Zealand | 21.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Brian Shenton | England | 22.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Hector Hogan | Australia | 22.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ronald Horsham | Jamaica | 22.3 | |
| 5 | 1 | Bruce Springbett | Canada | 22.4 | |
| 6 | 1 | Abdul Karim Amu | Nigeria | 22.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | George Ellis | England | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ken Jones | Wales | 22.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Harry Nelson | Canada | 22.3 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.3 | |
| 5 | 2 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 22.9 | |
| 6 | 2 | Estefaino Xavier | Hong Kong | 23.2 | |

### Final

Held on 6 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Don Jowett | New Zealand | 21.5 |
| | Brian Shenton | England | 21.5 |
| | Ken Jones | Wales | 21.9 |
| 4 | Harry Nelson | Canada | 22.0 |
| 5 | Hector Hogan | Australia | 22.0 |
| 6 | George Ellis | England | 22.2 |
