Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)
Competitors	22 from 15 nations
Winning time	2:07.30 GR
Medalists
Ross Murdoch    Scotland   Michael Jamieson    Scotland   Andrew Willis    England
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Michael Cavanagh, Chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland and the quaichs were presented by Louise Martin, Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Immediate Past Chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Vice-Chair of Glasgow 2014.

Records

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

World record	Akihiro Yamaguchi  (JPN)	2:07.01	Gifu, Japan	15 September 2012	[1] [2]
Commonwealth record	Christian Sprenger  (AUS)	2:07.31	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Games record	Brenton Rickard  (AUS)	2:10.89	Delhi, India	9 October 2010	[3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 July	Heat	Andrew Willis	England	2:10.50	GR
24 July	Heat	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:08.78	GR
24 July	Final	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:07.30	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:08.78	Q, GR
2	3	4	Michael Jamieson	Scotland	2:10.17	Q
3	3	3	Calum Tait	Scotland	2:10.33	Q
4	2	4	Andrew Willis	England	2:10.50	Q, GR
5	2	5	Adam Peaty	England	2:10.80	Q
6	1	3	James Wilby	England	2:11.62	Q
7	1	5	Robert Holderness	Wales	2:11.70	Q
8	1	4	Christian Sprenger	Australia	2:11.96	Q
9	2	3	Glenn Snyders	New Zealand	2:12.16
10	2	6	Richard Funk	Canada	2:12.56
11	1	6	Evan White	Canada	2:15.86
12	3	7	Guy Davies	Isle of Man	2:19.72
13	2	7	Luke Belton	Guernsey	2:21.28
14	1	7	Thomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	2:22.38
15	2	2	Dustin Tynes	Bahamas	2:22.90
16	1	2	Micah Fernandes	Kenya	2:24.15
17	3	2	Christopher Cheong	Singapore	2:24.41
18	3	1	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	2:35.61
19	2	1	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	2:36.73
20	1	1	Corey Ollivierre	Grenada	2:43.17
21	3	8	Ntseke Setho	Lesotho	3:05.18
	3	6	Daniel Tranter	Australia		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:07.30	CR
	5	Michael Jamieson	Scotland	2:08.40
	6	Andrew Willis	England	2:09.87
4	2	Adam Peaty	England	2:10.02
5	3	Calum Tait	Scotland	2:10.21
6	7	James Wilby	England	2:11.53
7	1	Robert Holderness	Wales	2:12.35
8	8	Christian Sprenger	Australia	2:12.69

References

1. "Akihiro Yamaguchi Drops World Record in Japan". Swimming World Magazine. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. "Akihiro Yamaguchi sets world record". ESPN. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
3. "Commonwealth Games: Brent Hayden Sweeps Sprint Frees on Day Six Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.