The men's 200 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium between 10 and 12 April 2018.

[1] In the final, it initially appeared that England's Zharnel Hughes had edged Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago at the line, recording the same time of 20.12 seconds.

However, upon review Hughes was disqualified for impeding Richards (running in the next lane) using his arm.

Richards was declared Commonwealth Games champion, with Canada's Aaron Brown and Leon Reid of Northern Ireland filling out the podium.

[2] Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:[3] The schedule was as follows:[1] All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) The first round consisted of nine heats.