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 GoldSilverBronzeMike McFarlaneAllan WellsCameron Sharp
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 21.11 Q 2 5 Donovan Reid 21.25 Q 3 3 John Anzrah 21.38 Q 4 5 Bruce Frayne 21.43 Q 5 5 Alfred Nyambani 21.50 Q 6 5 Allan Wells 21.55 Q 7 3 Desai Williams 21.59 Q 8 6 Cameron Sharp 21.60 Q 9 3 Richard Louis 21.67 Q 10 6 Ikpoto Eseme 21.73 Q 11 4 Don Quarrie 21.76 Q 11 4 Christopher Madzokere 21.76 Q 11 6 Graeme Watson 21.76 Q 14 6 David Lukuba 21.78 Q 15 3 Ernest Obeng 21.80 Q 16 4 Awudu Nuhu 21.82 Q 16 6 Michael Okot 21.82 Q 18 3 John Banda 21.85 Q 19 2 Lawrence Adegbehingbe 21.86 Q 20 5 Samuel Aidoo 21.89 Q 21 3 Joseph Leota 21.90 22 2 Christopher Brathwaite 21.95 Q 23 2 Paul Narracott 21.98 Q 24 2 Omar Fye 22.01 Q 25 1 Mike McFarlane 22.02 Q 26 4 Shepherd Mogapi 22.08 Q 27 2 Tony Sharpe 22.09 Q 28 4 Henry Ngolwe 22.12 Q 29 1 Gus McCuaig 22.13 Q 30 4 Peter Donavon 22.18 Q 31 5 Odiya Silweya 22.20 Q 32 2 Lapule Tamean 22.23 Q 33 1 Peni Bati 22.33 Q 34 2 Inoke Bainimoli 22.36 35 3 Pius Kgannyeng 22.45 36 1 David Carter 22.48 Q 37 6 Mark Fanucci 22.68 Q 38 6 Georges Taniel 22.71 39 1 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba 22.83 Q 40 6 Jim Marau 22.85 41 2 Gian Poggioli 22.87 42 2 Lee Tze Fai 22.87 43 5 Rolagi Faa Mausili 22.90 44 1 Sioeli Saufoi 22.94 Q 45 4 Leslie Lazarus 23.03 46 1 Joseph Njewa 23.05 47 5 Gilles Brelu-Brelu 23.06 1 Ben Johnson 4 James Atuti 1 Hasely Crawford
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 21.02 Q 2 2 Paul Narracott 21.06 Q 3 2 Donovan Reid 21.11 Q 4 2 Christopher Brathwaite 21.19 Q 5 2 Ernest Obeng 21.28 q 6 1 Ikpoto Eseme 21.29 Q 7 3 Luke Watson 21.32 Q 7 4 Allan Wells 21.32 Q 9 1 Mike McFarlane 21.42 Q 10 1 Cameron Sharp 21.45 Q 11 3 Samson Oyeledun 21.47 Q 12 1 Bruce Frayne 21.49 Q 13 3 John Anzrah 21.52 Q 13 3 Don Quarrie 21.52 Q 15 4 Desai Williams 21.56 Q 16 2 Christopher Madzokere 21.57 q 17 4 David Lukuba 21.58 Q 18 3 Omar Fye 21.59 19 4 Lawrence Adegbehingbe 21.65 Q 20 3 Gus McCuaig 21.69 21 1 Alfred Nyambani 21.72 22 4 Michael Okot 21.80 23 2 Awudu Nuhu 21.81 24 3 Samuel Aidoo 21.87 25 4 Peter Donavon 22.01 26 3 Peni Bati 22.08 27 1 Henry Ngolwe 22.15 27 4 Richard Louis 22.15 29 4 Shepherd Mogapi 22.25 30 4 Clifford Sibusiso Mamba 22.29 31 3 John Banda 22.33 32 2 Odiya Silweya 22.44 33 1 David Carter 22.49 34 1 Sioeli Saufoi 22.63 35 1 Mark Fanucci 22.97 2 Lapule Tamean
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 20.53 Q 2 2 Mike McFarlane 20.60 Q 3 2 Tony Sharpe 20.75 Q 4 2 Paul Narracott 20.81 Q 5 1 Cameron Sharp 20.84 Q 6 1 Desai Williams 20.96 Q 7 1 Bruce Frayne 20.97 Q 8 2 Luke Watson 21.02 q 9 1 Donovan Reid 21.08 Q 10 2 Christopher Brathwaite 21.09 11 1 Ikpoto Eseme 21.12 11 2 Samson Oyeledun 21.12 13 2 John Anzrah 21.22 14 1 Christopher Madzokere 21.43 15 2 David Lukuba 21.46 16 1 Ernest Obeng 21.54 17 1 Lawrence Adegbehingbe 21.58 18 1 Don Quarrie 22.04
Final Wind: +0.4 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Mike McFarlane 20.43 5 Allan Wells 20.43 8 Cameron Sharp 20.55 4 9 Paul Narracott 20.65 5 3 Bruce Frayne 20.72 6 1 Tony Sharpe 20.77 7 4 Donovan Reid 20.87 8 7 Luke Watson 20.88 9 6 Desai Williams 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