Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 4-6 August 2022.

The winning margin was 0.49 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's 200 metres was won by more than 0.4 seconds at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

Schedule
The schedule was as follows: All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

First round
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:

Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: –0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +1.3 m/s, Heat 5: +2.9 m/s, Heat 6: +2.7 m/s

Semifinals
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:

Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.5 m/s

Final
The medals were determined in the final.

Wind: +0.6m/s