The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 1 August. The heats and the final were held on 1 August.
| Men's 200 metres backstroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Manchester Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 1 August 2002 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:59.83 min | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results edit
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | James Goddard |  England |
1:59.83 | |
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5 | Gregor Tait |  Scotland |
2:00.55 | |
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3 | Simon Militis | England |
2:01.04 | |
| 4 | 6 | Leigh McBean |  Australia |
2:01.22 | |
| 5 | 7 | Ethan Rolff | Australia |
2:01.65 | |
| 6 | 1 | Cameron Gibson |  New Zealand |
2:02.00 | |
| 7 | 8 | Carlos Sayao |  Canada |
2:03.05 | |
| 8 | 4 | Keith Beavers | Canada |
2:03.29 |
Key: WR = World record
Preliminaries edit
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Keith Beavers | Canada |
2:01.22 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Gregor Tait | Scotland |
2:01.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Simon Militis | England |
2:02.46 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Leigh McBean | Australia |
2:02.54 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | James Goddard | England |
2:02.62 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Ethan Rolff | Australia |
2:02.63 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Cameron Gibson | New Zealand |
2:02.76 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Carlos Sayao | Canada |
2:02.94 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Tobias Oriwol | Canada |
2:04.24 | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Alex Lim |  Malaysia |
2:04.40 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Nicholas Neckles |  Barbados |
2:05.58 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Dane Harrop |  Isle of Man |
2:09.32 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Ian Powell |  Guernsey |
2:09.49 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Andrew Mackay |  Cayman Islands |
2:09.71 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Jonathon Le Noury | Guernsey |
2:13.30 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Kabir Walia |  Kenya |
2:29.07 | |
| - | 3 | 4 | Matt Welsh | Australia |
DQ |