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

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates29 July 2014 (2014-07-29)
Competitors25 from 16 nations
Winning time1:57.83 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2010
2018  

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

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The medals were presented by David Wilkie, the 1974 Commonwealth champion in this event and the quaichs were presented by Dr. Bridget McConnell, Board member of Glasgow 2014.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ryan Lochte  (USA)1:54.00 Shanghai, China 28 July 2011 [1] [2]
Commonwealth recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Leith Brodie  (AUS)1:56.69 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Games recordFlag of England.svg  James Goddard  (ENG)1:58.10 Delhi, India 8 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 JulyFinal Daniel Tranter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.83GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Daniel Tranter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:59.05Q
225 Daniel Wallace Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:59.36Q
346 Sebastien Rousseau Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:59.61Q
445 Roberto Pavoni Flag of England.svg  England 1:59.79Q
543 Joseph Roebuck Flag of England.svg  England 2:00.46Q
635 Ieuan Lloyd Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 2:00.73Q
724 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:00.78Q
834 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.97Q
936 Evan White Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:01.28
1032 Mitchell Donaldson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:01.32
1122 Xavier Mohammed Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 2:01.47
1247 Luke Reilly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.10
1333 Dylan Bosch Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:04.03
1426 Lewis Coleman Flag of England.svg  England 2:04.63
1542 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:07.04
1637 Thomas Hollingsworth Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 2:08.35
1741 Luke Belton Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 2:13.54
1827 Colin Bensadon Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:13.74
1931 Ralph Goveia Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2:13.90
2021 Alexandros Axiotis Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2:14.58
2148 Brandon Schuster Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2:18.49
2215 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2:18.89
2313 Stanford Kawale Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2:24.57
2414 Nisar Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2:25.69
23 Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Daniel Tranter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.83 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Daniel Wallace Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:58.72
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:58.85
48 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.86
56 Roberto Pavoni Flag of England.svg  England 1:59.30
62 Joseph Roebuck Flag of England.svg  England 1:59.33
77 Ieuan Lloyd Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 2:00.44
83 Sebastien Rousseau Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:01.61

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