Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

The final resulted in a photo-finish between Allan Wells and Mike McFarlane. Since they could not be separated, they were both awarded the gold medal.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mike McFarlane England Allan Wells Scotland		Cameron Sharp Scotland

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: -1.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s, Heat 5: -0.7 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	21.11	Q
2	5	Donovan Reid	England	21.25	Q
3	3	John Anzrah	Kenya	21.38	Q
4	5	Bruce Frayne	Australia	21.43	Q
5	5	Alfred Nyambani	Kenya	21.50	Q
6	5	Allan Wells	Scotland	21.55	Q
7	3	Desai Williams	Canada	21.59	Q
8	6	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	21.60	Q
9	3	Richard Louis	Barbados	21.67	Q
10	6	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	21.73	Q
11	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.76	Q
11	4	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	21.76	Q
11	6	Graeme Watson	England	21.76	Q
14	6	David Lukuba	Tanzania	21.78	Q
15	3	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	21.80	Q
16	4	Awudu Nuhu	Ghana	21.82	Q
16	6	Michael Okot	Uganda	21.82	Q
18	3	John Banda	Zambia	21.85	Q
19	2	Lawrence Adegbehingbe	Nigeria	21.86	Q
20	5	Samuel Aidoo	Ghana	21.89	Q
21	3	Joseph Leota	Western Samoa	21.90
22	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.95	Q
23	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	21.98	Q
24	2	Omar Fye	Gambia	22.01	Q
25	1	Mike McFarlane	England	22.02	Q
26	4	Shepherd Mogapi	Botswana	22.08	Q
27	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	22.09	Q
28	4	Henry Ngolwe	Zambia	22.12	Q
29	1	Gus McCuaig	Scotland	22.13	Q
30	4	Peter Donavon	Australia	22.18	Q
31	5	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	22.20	Q
32	2	Lapule Tamean	Papua New Guinea	22.23	Q
33	1	Peni Bati	Fiji	22.33	Q
34	2	Inoke Bainimoli	Fiji	22.36
35	3	Pius Kgannyeng	Botswana	22.45
36	1	David Carter	Barbados	22.48	Q
37	6	Mark Fanucci	Zimbabwe	22.68	Q
38	6	Georges Taniel	Vanuatu	22.71
39	1	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	22.83	Q
40	6	Jim Marau	Solomon Islands	22.85
41	2	Gian Poggioli	Zimbabwe	22.87
42	2	Lee Tze Fai	Hong Kong	22.87
43	5	Rolagi Faa Mausili	Western Samoa	22.90
44	1	Sioeli Saufoi	Western Samoa	22.94	Q
45	4	Leslie Lazarus	Solomon Islands	23.03
46	1	Joseph Njewa	Malawi	23.05
47	5	Gilles Brelu-Brelu	Mauritius	23.06
	1	Ben Johnson	Canada	DNF
	4	James Atuti	Kenya	DNF
	1	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.3 m/s, Heat 2: -1.6 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: -2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	21.02	Q
2	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	21.06	Q
3	2	Donovan Reid	England	21.11	Q
4	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.19	Q
5	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	21.28	q
6	1	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	21.29	Q
7	3	Luke Watson	England	21.32	Q
7	4	Allan Wells	Scotland	21.32	Q
9	1	Mike McFarlane	England	21.42	Q
10	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	21.45	Q
11	3	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	21.47	Q
12	1	Bruce Frayne	Australia	21.49	Q
13	3	John Anzrah	Kenya	21.52	Q
13	3	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.52	Q
15	4	Desai Williams	Canada	21.56	Q
16	2	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	21.57	q
17	4	David Lukuba	Tanzania	21.58	Q
18	3	Omar Fye	Gambia	21.59
19	4	Lawrence Adegbehingbe	Nigeria	21.65	Q
20	3	Gus McCuaig	Scotland	21.69
21	1	Alfred Nyambani	Kenya	21.72
22	4	Michael Okot	Uganda	21.80
23	2	Awudu Nuhu	Ghana	21.81
24	3	Samuel Aidoo	Ghana	21.87
25	4	Peter Donavon	Australia	22.01
26	3	Peni Bati	Fiji	22.08
27	1	Henry Ngolwe	Zambia	22.15
27	4	Richard Louis	Barbados	22.15
29	4	Shepherd Mogapi	Botswana	22.25
30	4	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	22.29
31	3	John Banda	Zambia	22.33
32	2	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	22.44
33	1	David Carter	Barbados	22.49
34	1	Sioeli Saufoi	Western Samoa	22.63
35	1	Mark Fanucci	Zimbabwe	22.97
	2	Lapule Tamean	Papua New Guinea	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.53	Q
2	2	Mike McFarlane	England	20.60	Q
3	2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	20.75	Q
4	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	20.81	Q
5	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	20.84	Q
6	1	Desai Williams	Canada	20.96	Q
7	1	Bruce Frayne	Australia	20.97	Q
8	2	Luke Watson	England	21.02	q
9	1	Donovan Reid	England	21.08	Q
10	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.09
11	1	Ikpoto Eseme	Nigeria	21.12
11	2	Samson Oyeledun	Nigeria	21.12
13	2	John Anzrah	Kenya	21.22
14	1	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	21.43
15	2	David Lukuba	Tanzania	21.46
16	1	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	21.54
17	1	Lawrence Adegbehingbe	Nigeria	21.58
18	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	22.04

Final

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Mike McFarlane	England	20.43
	5	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.43
	8	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	20.55
4	9	Paul Narracott	Australia	20.65
5	3	Bruce Frayne	Australia	20.72
6	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada	20.77
7	4	Donovan Reid	England	20.87
8	7	Luke Watson	England	20.88
9	6	Desai Williams	Canada	21.04

References

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine