Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)
Competitors26 from 15 nations
Winning time2:22.36
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    England
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The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Maureen Campbell, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Chair of Scottish Swimming.

Records

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

World record   Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) 2:19.11 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2013 [1]
Commonwealth record   Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:20.12 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Games record   Leisel Jones (AUS) 2:20.72 Melbourne, Australia 18 March 2006

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 3 Kierra Smith   Canada 2:25.19 Q
2 3 5 Molly Renshaw   England 2:25.75 Q
3 4 4 Taylor McKeown   Australia 2:26.38 Q
4 4 5 Sally Hunter   Australia 2:26.69 Q
5 2 4 Martha McCabe   Canada 2:27.45 Q
6 2 5 Tessa Wallace   Australia 2:27.77 Q
7 4 6 Hannah Miley   Scotland 2:28.22 Q
8 4 3 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 2:28.33 Q
9 2 3 Tera van Beilen   Canada 2:28.40
10 2 6 Chloe Tutton   Wales 2:29.44
11 3 4 Sophie Taylor   England 2:30.66
12 4 2 Sycerika McMahon   Northern Ireland 2:31.98
13 3 6 Danielle Lowe   England 2:33.88
14 2 7 Laura Kinley   Isle of Man 2:36.25
15 2 2 Bethan Sloan   Wales 2:36.98
16 2 1 Zara Bailey   Jamaica 2:37.51
17 4 7 Samantha Yeo   Singapore 2:38.12
18 3 2 Christina Loh   Malaysia 2:38.68
19 4 1 Niamh Robinson   Isle of Man 2:40.00
20 3 1 Irene Chrysostomou   Cyprus 2:40.44
21 3 7 Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh   Malaysia 2:41.94
22 4 8 Barbara Vali-Skelton   Papua New Guinea 2:54.39
23 1 4 Anum Bandey   Pakistan 2:54.81
24 1 5 Jocelyn Flynn   Papua New Guinea 3:04.06
25 1 3 Aishath Sajina   Maldives 3:19.00
3 8 Izzy Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Taylor McKeown   Australia 2:22.36
  6 Sally Hunter   Australia 2:23.33
  5 Molly Renshaw   England 2:25.00
=4 1 Hannah Miley   Scotland 2:25.40
4 Kierra Smith   Canada
6 2 Martha McCabe   Canada 2:25.46
7 8 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 2:25.48 NR
8 7 Tessa Wallace   Australia 2:27.41

References

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  1. ^ "15th FINA World championships 200m Breaststroke Women's Semifinal Results". Omega Timing. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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