Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
30 km 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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 200 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 and 31 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

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

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

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

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

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

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

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