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Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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The men's 200 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 and 31 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Atlee Mahorn  Canada	Todd Bennett  England	Ben Johnson  Canada

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Todd Bennett	England	20.83	Q
2	3	Ben Johnson	Canada	20.84	Q
3	2	Atlee Mahorn	Canada	20.98	Q
4	1	John Dinan	Australia	20.99	Q
5	3	Robert Stone	Australia	21.01	Q
6	2	Simon Baird	Northern Ireland	21.04	Q
7	2	John Regis	England	21.26	Q
8	3	Brian Whittle	Scotland	21.34	Q
9	2	Miles Murphy	Australia	21.41	Q
10	2	George McCallum	Scotland	21.60	q
11	2	Jerry Jeremiah	Vanuatu	21.87	q
12	3	Sunday Maweni	Botswana	21.89	q
13	3	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	22.15	q
14	2	Maloni Bole	Fiji	22.20
15	1	Michael Dwyer	Canada	22.22	Q
16	1	Reuben Kaiaha Wotu	Vanuatu	22.50	Q
17	1	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	22.87	Q
18	3	William Akanoa	Cook Islands	23.55
	1	Linford Christie	England	DNS
	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Atlee Mahorn	Canada	20.68	Q
2	2	Todd Bennett	England	20.86	Q
3	2	Michael Dwyer	Canada	20.97	Q
4	2	Robert Stone	Australia	21.03	Q
5	1	John Dinan	Australia	21.14	Q
6	1	John Regis	England	21.23	Q
7	1	Simon Baird	Northern Ireland	21.28	Q
8	1	Ben Johnson	Canada	21.28	Q
9	1	George McCallum	Scotland	21.39
10	2	Miles Murphy	Australia	21.44
11	2	Brian Whittle	Scotland	21.69
12	2	Jerry Jeremiah	Vanuatu	21.90
13	1	Sunday Maweni	Botswana	22.21
14	1	Odiya Silweya	Malawi	22.41
15	1	Reuben Kaiaha Wotu	Vanuatu	22.88
16	2	Clifford Sibusiso Mamba	Swaziland	22.89

Final

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Atlee Mahorn	Canada	20.31
	3	Todd Bennett	England	20.54
	2	Ben Johnson	Canada	20.64
4	5	Robert Stone	Australia	20.94
5	1	Simon Baird	Northern Ireland	20.96
6	6	Michael Dwyer	Canada	20.98
7	8	John Dinan	Australia	21.07
8	7	John Regis	England	21.08

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
2. Heats results
3. Australian results
4. Semifinals results

• Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games