Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	21 and 22 July 1970
Medalists
Raelene Boyle    Australia   Alice Annum    Ghana   Margaret Critchley    England
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Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 200 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 220 yards event.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Raelene Boyle  Australia	Alice Annum  Ghana	Margaret Critchley  England

The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +5.7 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s, Heat 5: +8.8 m/s

Semifinal results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Maureen Tranter	England	23.4	Q
2	1	Stephanie Berto	Canada	23.8	Q
3	1	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	23.9	Q
4	1	Pat Shiels	Wales	24.6	q
5	1	Joan Porter	Trinidad and Tobago	24.7
6	1	Princess Small	Gambia	26.4
7	1	Zetha Cofie	Ghana	26.7
1	2	Margaret Critchley	England	23.5	Q
2	2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.59	Q
3	2	Nooline McGarvey	Northern Ireland	24.3	Q
4	2	Janet Maddin	Canada	24.7
5	2	Hillary Davies	Wales	25.2
6	2	Claudette Powell	Bahamas	25.7
7	2	Georgiana Freeman	Gambia	27.5
1	3	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.4	Q
2	3	Della James	England	24.1	Q
3	3	Maureen McLeish	Scotland	24.9	Q
4	3	Olajumoke Bodunrin	Nigeria	24.9
5	3	Kahanda Badra	Ceylon	25.7
6	3	Una Morris	Jamaica	26.0
1	4	Marion Hoffman	Australia	23.84	Q
2	4	Patty Loverock	Canada	24.0	Q
3	4	Elizabeth Sutherland	Scotland	24.1	Q
4	4	Adlin Mair-Clarke	Jamaica	24.7
5	4	Linda Teskey	Northern Ireland	25.1
6	4	Janet Omorogbe	Nigeria	25.2
1	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.4	Q
2	5	Jenny Lamy	Australia	23.58	Q
3	5	Joslyn Holder	Trinidad and Tobago	24.7	Q
4	5	Michelle Smith	Wales	24.9
5	5	Jane Chikambwe	Zambia	25.6
	5	Sharon Ochello	Gibraltar	DNS

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

Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: +3.9 m/s

Semifinal results

Rank	Heat	scope=col | Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Margaret Critchley	England	23.1	Q
2	1	Alice Annum	Ghana	23.2	Q
3	1	Raelene Boyle	Australia	23.39	Q
4	1	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.5	Q
5	1	Elizabeth Sutherland	Scotland	23.9
6	1	Stephanie Berto	Canada	23.9
7	1	Nooline McGarvey	Northern Ireland	24.3
8	1	Pat Shiels	Wales	24.7
1	2	Jenny Lamy	Australia	23.69	Q
2	2	Maureen Tranter	England	23.8	Q
3	2	Marion Hoffman	Australia	23.82	Q
4	2	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	23.9	Q
5	2	Della James	England	24.1
6	2	Patty Loverock	Canada	24.3
7	2	Maureen McLeish	Scotland	24.7
8	2	Joslyn Holder	Trinidad and Tobago	24.9

Held on 22 July

+4.0 m/s

Final result

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Raelene Boyle	Australia	22.75
	3	Alice Annum	Ghana	22.86
	1	Margaret Critchley	England	23.16
4	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	23.4
5	7	Maureen Tranter	England	23.5
6	6	Jenny Lamy	Australia	23.62
7	2	Marion Hoffman	Australia	23.79
8	8	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	23.8

• Heats, Semifinals & Final results (p9)
• Australian results