Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The Women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 8 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex. ^[1]

Three heats were held, with each initially drawn to be of six swimmers. The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals. ^[2]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Meagen Nay	Australia	2:09.53	Q, CG
2	5	Stephanie Proud	England	2:11.02	Q
3	3	Sinead Russell	Canada	2:13.23
4	2	Chelsey Wilson	Northern Ireland	2:20.48
5	7	Ananya Panigrahi	India	2:34.27
–	6	Georgia Davies	Wales		DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2:11.79	Q
2	3	Genevieve Cantin	Canada	2:12.87	Q
3	5	Gemma Spofforth	England	2:12.93	Q
4	6	Melanie Nocher	Northern Ireland	2:14.23
5	2	Kiera Aitken	Bermuda	2:25.74
6	7	Arti Ghorpade	India	2:33.95

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:09.43	Q, CG
2	5	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:10.01	Q
3	4	Elizabeth Simmonds	England	2:10.07	Q
4	6	Lauren Lavigna	Canada	2:13.71
5	7	Talisa Lanoe	Kenya	2:35.78
–	2	Penelope Marshall	New Zealand		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Meagen Nay	Australia	2:07.56	CG
	6	Elizabeth Simmonds	England	2:07.90
	3	Emily Seebohm	Australia	2:08.28
4	7	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2:09.01
5	8	Gemma Spofforth	England	2:09.08
6	2	Stephanie Proud	England	2:09.12
7	4	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:09.53
8	1	Genevieve Cantin	Canada	2:12.04

References

1. "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |". Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.
2. "XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi |". Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.