Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates5 April
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time2:08.05
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    Scotland
bronze medal    Australia
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Records edit

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

World record   Ippei Watanabe (JPN) 2:06.67 Tokyo, Japan 29 January 2017
Commonwealth record   Ross Murdoch (SCO) 2:07.30 Glasgow, United Kingdom 24 July 2014
Games record   Ross Murdoch (SCO) 2:07.30 Glasgow, United Kingdom 24 July 2014

Schedule edit

The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 2018 12:07 Qualifying
21:44 Final

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Ross Murdoch   Scotland 2:08.77 Q
2 1 4 Matt Wilson   Australia 2:09.74 Q
3 2 3 James Wilby   England 2:10.07 Q
4 2 5 Andrew Willis   England 2:10.52 Q
5 2 2 Calum Tait   Scotland 2:10.83 Q
6 1 2 Elijah Wall   Canada 2:11.47 Q
7 2 6 George Harley   Australia 2:11.62 Q
8 1 5 Craig Benson   Scotland 2:12.13 Q
9 1 6 Ayrton Sweeney   South Africa 2:13.27
10 1 3 Zac Stubblety-Cook   Australia 2:15.71
11 2 7 Luan Grobbelaar   South Africa 2:18.90
12 1 7 Taichi Vakasama Taichi   Fiji 2:21.07
13 2 1 Jonathan Chung Yee   Mauritius 2:22.71
14 1 1 Leonard Kalate   Papua New Guinea 2:30.23
15 2 8 Samuele Rossi   Seychelles 2:32.99
16 1 8 Jadon Wuilliez   Antigua and Barbuda 2:39.88

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 James Wilby   England 2:08.05
  4 Ross Murdoch   Scotland 2:08.32
  5 Matt Wilson   Australia 2:08.64
4 6 Andrew Willis   England 2:09.31
5 1 George Harley   Australia 2:10.04
6 8 Craig Benson   Scotland 2:10.09
7 2 Calum Tait   Scotland 2:11.67
8 7 Elijah Wall   Canada 2:11.94

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.