Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25)
Competitors37 from 24 nations
Winning time1:45.08
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Wales
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The medals were presented by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Vice-Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Councillor Archie Graham, Board member Glasgow 2014.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record   Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009 [1][2]
Commonwealth record   Ian Thorpe (AUS) 1:44.06 Fukuoka, Japan 25 July 2001
Games record   Ian Thorpe (AUS) 1:44.71 Manchester, England 31 July 2002 [3]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Cameron McEvoy   Australia 1:46.39 Q
2 4 4 Thomas Fraser-Holmes   Australia 1:47.01 Q
3 3 5 Calum Jarvis   Wales 1:47.10 Q
4 5 5 Robert Renwick   Scotland 1:47.15 Q
5 5 3 Matthew Stanley   New Zealand 1:47.16 Q
6 4 5 James Guy   England 1:47.21 Q
7 3 4 David McKeon   Australia 1:47.99 Q
=8 3 3 Nick Grainger   England 1:48.98 QSO
3 6 Ryan Cochrane   Canada
4 3 Ieuan Lloyd   Wales
11 4 6 Mitchell Donaldson   New Zealand 1:49.76
12 4 1 Jordan Sloan   Northern Ireland 1:50.01
13 4 2 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago 1:50.09
14 5 2 Dylan Dunlop-Barrett   New Zealand 1:50.23
15 3 2 Coleman Allen   Canada 1:50.31
16 3 7 Danny Yeo   Singapore 1:50.71
17 5 7 Calvyn Justus   South Africa 1:50.73
18 5 6 Lewis Coleman   England 1:50.75
19 4 7 Lim Ching Hwang   Malaysia 1:51.39
20 5 1 Kevin Yeap   Malaysia 1:51.42
21 5 8 Otto Putland   Wales 1:52.06
22 4 8 Sajan Prakash   India 1:53.82
23 3 1 Quah Zheng Wen   Singapore 1:53.88
24 2 4 Alex Bregazzi   Isle of Man 1:56.49
25 2 5 Geoffrey Butler   Cayman Islands 1:57.13
26 2 3 Christopher Courtis   Barbados 1:57.34
27 3 8 Tom Gallichan   Jersey 1:58.01
28 2 1 Igor Mogne   Mozambique 1:59.85
29 2 6 Colin Bensadon   Gibraltar 2:00.99
30 2 7 Brandon Schuster   Samoa 2:03.13
31 2 2 Adam Viktora   Seychelles 2:04.65
32 1 4 Israr Hussain   Pakistan 2:06.05
33 1 3 Ammaar Ghadiyali   Tanzania 2:08.94
34 1 5 Nisar Ahmed   Pakistan 2:12.14
35 2 8 Nishwan Ibrahim   Maldives 2:12.60
36 1 2 Tong Li Panuve   Tonga 2:12.70
37 1 6 Dean Hoffman   Seychelles 2:14.60

Qualification swim-off

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Nick Grainger   England 1:48.29 Q
2 4 Ieuan Lloyd   Wales 1:48.96
3 5 Ryan Cochrane   Canada 1:49.28

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Thomas Fraser-Holmes   Australia 1:45.08
  4 Cameron McEvoy   Australia 1:45.56
  3 Calum Jarvis   Wales 1:46.53
4 1 David McKeon   Australia 1:46.74
5 6 Robert Renwick   Scotland 1:46.79
6 7 James Guy   England 1:46.84
7 2 Matthew Stanley   New Zealand 1:48.11
8 8 Nick Grainger   England 1:49.69

References

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  1. ^ Dillman, Lisa (29 July 2009). "Suit case: German ends Phelps' reign". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ Jeffery, Nicole (29 July 2009). "Paul Biedermann beats Michael Phelps in 200m freestyle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ Henderson, Charlie (31 July 2002). "Thorpe powers to hat-trick". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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