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Men's 200 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Dates	27 and 29 January 1974
Medalists
Don Quarrie    Jamaica   George Daniels    Ghana   Bevan Smith    New Zealand
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Athletics at the 1974 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	women
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 men's 200 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Medallists

Medal winners

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Don Quarrie  Jamaica	George Daniels  Ghana	Bevan Smith  New Zealand

Results

Heats

Held on 27 January

Qualification for semifinals

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

Wind speed

Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +3.1 m/s, Heat 3: +2.8 m/s, Heat 4: +1.1 m/s, Heat 5: +1.6 m/s

Results of heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	George Daniels	Ghana	20.92	Q
2	1	David Jenkins	Scotland	21.0	Q
3	1	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	21.4	Q
4	1	Charles Asati	Kenya	21.5	q
5	1	Japhet Kwimba	Tanzania	21.47
6	1	Brian Green	England	21.90
7	1	Timon Oyebami	Nigeria	22.24
1	2	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	20.9	Q
2	2	Ian Matthews	England	21.3	Q
3	2	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	21.5	Q
4	2	Nestor Rweyemamu	Tanzania	21.53
5	2	Joseph Chivers	Northern Ireland	21.89
6	2	Michael Delaney	Wales	21.91
7	2	Tony Moore	Fiji	21.92
	2	Ohene Karikari	Ghana	DNS
1	3	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.7	Q
2	3	Greg Lewis	Australia	20.84	Q
3	3	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.2	Q
4	3	Trevor Cochrane	New Zealand	21.68
5	3	Tochi Mochache	Kenya	21.69
6	3	Samuela Yavala	Fiji	22.20
7	3	Bambo Fatty	Gambia	22.27
1	4	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.3	Q
2	4	Robert Martin	Canada	21.4	Q
3	4	Andrew Ratcliffe	Australia	21.56	Q
4	4	Grant Anderson	New Zealand	21.95
5	4	Solomon Opiepie	Nigeria	22.10
6	4	Eliki Nukutabu	Fiji	22.48
7	4	Enoch Mtelemuka	Malawi	22.59
8	4	Wavala Kali	Papua New Guinea	22.90
1	5	Chris Monk	England	20.88	Q
2	5	John Mwebi	Kenya	21.5	Q
3	5	Graham Haskell	Australia	21.53	Q
4	5	Don Halliday	Scotland	21.69
5	5	Motsapi Moorosi	Lesotho	21.73
6	5	William Dralu	Uganda	21.86
7	5	Eston Kaonga	Malawi	21.87
8	5	Stephen Higgins	Isle of Man	23.79

Semifinals

Held on 29 January

Qualification for final

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

Wind speed

Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Greg Lewis	Australia	20.95	Q
2	1	David Jenkins	Scotland	20.97	Q
2	1	John Mwebi	Kenya	20.97	Q
4	1	Graham Haskell	Australia	21.12	Q
5	1	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.17
6	1	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.48
7	1	Ian Matthews	England	21.58
8	1	Richard Hardware	Jamaica	21.86
1	2	George Daniels	Ghana	21.0	Q
2	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.1	Q
3	2	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.2	Q
4	2	Chris Monk	England	21.2	Q
5	2	Andrew Ratcliffe	Australia	21.51
6	2	Robert Martin	Canada	21.54
7	2	Charles Asati	Kenya	21.56
8	2	Carl Lawson	Jamaica	21.71

Final

Held on 29 January

Wind speed

-0.6 m/s

Final result

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.73
	2	George Daniels	Ghana	20.97
	6	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.08
4	4	Graham Haskell	Australia	21.12
5	3	Greg Lewis	Australia	21.17
6	7	Chris Monk	England	21.26
7	8	David Jenkins	Scotland	21.49
8	5	John Mwebi	Kenya	21.60

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
2. ^ "1974 year list". Retrieved 22 December 2018.
3. ^ "Australia results". Retrieved 21 December 2018.

• Heats results
• Semifinals results

• Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
• 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games