Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metres freestyle
at the Commonwealth Games
Venue Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates31 July 2002
Competitors21 from 14 nations
Winning time1:44.71 min
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1998
2006  

The Men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows;

World record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)1:44.06 Fukushima, Japan 25 July 2001 [1]
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)1:44.06 Fukushima, Japan 25 July 2001 [1]
Games record '

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyFinal Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:44.71 GR

Results

Heats

The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:48.50Q
224 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:49.22Q
314 Rick Say Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:49.94Q
435 Mark Johnston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50.26Q
533 Brian Johns Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50.40Q
625 Jamie Salter Flag of England.svg  England 1:50.41Q
715 Jason Cram Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:50.56Q
823 David Carry Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:51.45Q
926 David Davies Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:51.89
1036 Damian Alleyne Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1:53.61
1132 Alexandros Aresti Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:54.05
1216 Mark Chay Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:55.53
1322 Ron Cowen Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1:55.88
1417 Jonathon Le Noury Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 2:01.63
1512 Ben Lowndes Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 2:01.94
1637 Ben Wells Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2:03.59
1727 Barnsley Albert Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:03.71
1831 Angel Gonzalez Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:07.35
1921 Colin Bensadon Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:08.24
2011 Lateef Aliasau Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2:10.96
2138 Kpiliboh Otiko Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2:12.70

Final

The final was held on 31 July at 20:31. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:44.71 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:46.13
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Rick Say Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:49.40
47 Jamie Salter Flag of England.svg  England 1:50.01
52 Brian Johns Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50.27
61 Jason Cram Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:50.30
76 Mark Johnston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:51.18
88 David Carry Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:51.22

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References

  1. 1 2 "Thorpe shatters another record". BBC Sport. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. "Heats Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. "Final Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.