Men's 200 metres freestyle at the Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Manchester Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 31 July 2002 | |||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 14 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:44.71 min | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
50 m EAD | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m EAD | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The Men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows;
World record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukushima, Japan | 25 July 2001 | [1] |
Commonwealth record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukushima, Japan | 25 July 2001 | [1] |
Games record | ' |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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31 July | Final | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:44.71 | GR |
The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. [2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | 4 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:48.50 | Q |
2 | 2 | 4 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:49.22 | Q |
3 | 1 | 4 | Rick Say | Canada | 1:49.94 | Q |
4 | 3 | 5 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 1:50.26 | Q |
5 | 3 | 3 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:50.40 | Q |
6 | 2 | 5 | Jamie Salter | England | 1:50.41 | Q |
7 | 1 | 5 | Jason Cram | Australia | 1:50.56 | Q |
8 | 2 | 3 | David Carry | Scotland | 1:51.45 | Q |
9 | 2 | 6 | David Davies | Wales | 1:51.89 | |
10 | 3 | 6 | Damian Alleyne | Barbados | 1:53.61 | |
11 | 3 | 2 | Alexandros Aresti | Cyprus | 1:54.05 | |
12 | 1 | 6 | Mark Chay | Singapore | 1:55.53 | |
13 | 2 | 2 | Ron Cowen | Bermuda | 1:55.88 | |
14 | 1 | 7 | Jonathon Le Noury | Guernsey | 2:01.63 | |
15 | 1 | 2 | Ben Lowndes | Guernsey | 2:01.94 | |
16 | 3 | 7 | Ben Wells | Papua New Guinea | 2:03.59 | |
17 | 2 | 7 | Barnsley Albert | Seychelles | 2:03.71 | |
18 | 3 | 1 | Angel Gonzalez | Gibraltar | 2:07.35 | |
19 | 2 | 1 | Colin Bensadon | Gibraltar | 2:08.24 | |
20 | 1 | 1 | Lateef Aliasau | Nigeria | 2:10.96 | |
21 | 3 | 8 | Kpiliboh Otiko | Nigeria | 2:12.70 |
The final was held on 31 July at 20:31. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Ian Thorpe | Australia | 1:44.71 | GR | |
5 | Grant Hackett | Australia | 1:46.13 | ||
3 | Rick Say | Canada | 1:49.40 | ||
4 | 7 | Jamie Salter | England | 1:50.01 | |
5 | 2 | Brian Johns | Canada | 1:50.27 | |
6 | 1 | Jason Cram | Australia | 1:50.30 | |
7 | 6 | Mark Johnston | Canada | 1:51.18 | |
8 | 8 | David Carry | Scotland | 1:51.22 |
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