Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Manchester Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 30 July 2002 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:59.69 | ||||||||||||
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 Women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:
World record | Franziska van Almsick (GER) | 1:56.78 | Rome, Italy | 6 September 1994 | [1] |
Commonwealth record | ' | ||||
Games record | ' |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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30 July | Final | Karen Pickering | England | 1:59.69 | 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 | 5 | Karen Pickering | England | 2:00.89 | Q |
2 | 1 | 5 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:01.08 | Q |
3 | 3 | 3 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:01.13 | Q |
4 | 2 | 5 | Karen Legg | England | 2:01.18 | Q |
5 | 3 | 4 | Elka Graham | Australia | 2:01.23 | Q |
6 | 1 | 4 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 2:01.68 | Q |
7 | 1 | 6 | Jennifer Button | Canada | 2:01.71 | Q |
8 | 2 | 4 | Giaan Rooney | Australia | 2:01.73 | Q |
9 | 2 | 6 | Janelle Atkinson | Jamaica | 2:02.18 | |
10 | 1 | 3 | Sophie Simard | Canada | 2:02.62 | |
11 | 3 | 2 | Karen Nisbet | Scotland | 2:02.76 | |
12 | 2 | 3 | Mandy Leach | Zimbabwe | 2:03.51 | |
13 | 3 | 6 | Janine Belton | England | 2:03.65 | |
14 | 2 | 2 | Bethan Francis Coole | Wales | 2:04.37 | |
15 | 2 | 7 | Mackenzie Howe | Wales | 2:05.53 | |
16 | 1 | 2 | Catrin Davies | Wales | 2:05.73 | |
17 | 3 | 7 | Melissa Ingram | New Zealand | 2:07.04 | |
18 | 1 | 7 | Christel Bouvron | Singapore | 2:08.35 | |
19 | 3 | 1 | Angela Chuck | Jamaica | 2:09.20 | |
20 | 2 | 1 | Kaitlyn Elphinstone | Cayman Islands | 2:11.97 | |
21 | 3 | 8 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | Papua New Guinea | 2:12.75 | |
22 | 2 | 8 | Roberta Callus | Malta | 2:14.25 | |
23 | 1 | 1 | Elaine Reyes | Gibraltar | 2:18.26 |
The final was held on 30 July at 19:00. [1]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Karen Pickering | England | 1:59.69 | GR | |
6 | Karen Legg | England | 1:59.86 | ||
2 | Elka Graham | Australia | 2:00.07 | ||
5 | Petria Thomas | Australia | 2:00.07 | ||
5 | 7 | Helene Muller | South Africa | 2:00.77 | |
6 | 3 | Jessica Deglau | Canada | 2:00.85 | |
7 | 8 | Giaan Rooney | Australia | 2:01.03 | |
8 | 1 | Jennifer Button | Canada | 2:03.69 |
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