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The men's 200 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allan Wells Scotland	James Gilkes Guyana	Colin Bradford Jamaica

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	20.87	Q
2	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.97	Q
3	3	James Gilkes	Guyana	21.00	Q
4	5	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.14	Q
5	1	Dacre Bowen	Canada	21.15	Q
6	2	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.25	Q
7	2	Richard Hopkins	Australia	21.25	Q
8	4	Mike McFarlane	England	21.28	Q
9	5	Rickey Moxey	Bahamas	21.29	Q
10	1	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	21.30	Q
11	3	Daniel Biocchi	Canada	21.33	Q
11	4	Edwin Noel	Trinidad and Tobago	21.33	Q
13	5	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.34	Q
14	6	Allan Wells	Scotland	21.35	Q
14	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	21.35	Q
16	6	Trevor Hoyte	England	21.39	Q
17	1	Tochi Mochache	Kenya	21.40	Q
18	6	Cole Doty	Canada	21.42	Q
19	5	Drew McMaster	Scotland	21.45	Q
20	4	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	21.52	Q
21	5	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	21.53	q
22	6	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	21.55	Q
23	5	Jeff Griffiths	Wales	21.56	q
24	2	Timothy Bonsor	England	21.59	Q
25	3	Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan	India	21.60	Q
26	3	Cuthbert Jacobs	Antigua and Barbuda	21.61	Q
27	2	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.62	Q
28	4	Peter Kipkirong	Kenya	21.69	Q
28	6	Clyde Edwards	Barbados	21.69	Q
30	2	Dave Roberts	Wales	21.70	Q
31	3	Alex Mutunga	Kenya	21.74	Q
32	1	David Lukuba	Tanzania	21.86	Q
33	3	Linus Ambrose	Saint Lucia	22.00
34	2	Mokam Mwita	Tanzania	22.08
35	1	Banana Jarju	Gambia	22.10
35	4	Vaughn Harvey	Bermuda	22.10
37	6	Letseka Nchee	Lesotho	22.17
37	6	Kimberley Wade	Bermuda	22.17
39	1	Francis Williams	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.30
40	2	Keith Rocque	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.32
41	4	Genevieve Nestor	Saint Lucia	22.45
42	6	Jean Charlotte	Mauritius	22.67
43	5	Ousman N'Dure	Gambia	22.73
44	2	Molapi Bambatha	Lesotho	22.80
45	4	Bamba Njie	Gambia	23.04
	1	Anthony Husbands	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.61	Q
2	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	20.66	Q
3	4	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	20.89	Q
4	2	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.97	Q
5	4	Trevor Hoyte	England	21.16	Q
6	4	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.22	q
7	2	Mike McFarlane	England	21.31	Q
8	2	Richard Hopkins	Australia	21.35	Q
9	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	21.37	Q
9	2	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	21.37	q
11	3	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.38	Q
12	4	Cole Doty	Canada	21.44	q
13	1	Timothy Bonsor	England	21.48	Q
14	2	Dacre Bowen	Canada	21.48	q
15	1	Daniel Biocchi	Canada	21.50
16	3	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	21.51	Q
17	3	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.53	Q
18	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	21.54
18	3	Drew McMaster	Scotland	21.54
20	4	Bevan Smith	New Zealand	21.60
21	3	Cuthbert Jacobs	Antigua and Barbuda	21.63
22	4	Peter Kipkirong	Kenya	21.64
23	4	Jeff Griffiths	Wales	21.65
24	1	Edwin Noel	Trinidad and Tobago	21.66
24	3	Rickey Moxey	Bahamas	21.66
26	1	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	21.81
27	1	Clyde Edwards	Barbados	21.85
28	2	Dave Roberts	Wales	21.91
29	2	Tochi Mochache	Kenya	21.94
30	2	Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan	India	21.96
31	3	Alex Mutunga	Kenya	22.16
	3	David Lukuba	Tanzania	DNS

Held on 10 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +3.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.68	Q
2	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	20.71	Q
3	2	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	20.72	Q
4	2	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.75	Q
5	2	Timothy Bonsor	England	20.89
6	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	21.10
7	1	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	21.15	Q
8	2	Cole Doty	Canada	21.25
9	1	Trevor Hoyte	England	21.31	Q
10	1	Richard Hopkins	Australia	21.42	Q
11	1	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.46	Q
12	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	21.49
13	1	Albert Lomotey	Ghana	21.58
14	1	Dacre Bowen	Canada	21.61
15	1	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	22.14
	2	Mike McFarlane	England	DNS

Held on 10 August

Wind: +4.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Allan Wells	Scotland	20.12
	7	James Gilkes	Guyana	20.18
	8	Colin Bradford	Jamaica	20.43
4	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	20.74
5	4	Floyd Brown	Jamaica	20.79
6	6	Richard Hopkins	Australia	20.88
7	5	Trevor Hoyte	England	20.90
8	1	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	21.07