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

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	28 July 2014 (2014-07-28)
Competitors	18 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:55.83
Medalists
Mitch Larkin    Australia   Josh Beaver    Australia   Matson Lawson    Australia
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Gregor Tait, the 2006 Commonwealth champion in this event and the quaichs were presented by Stuart Ogg, Director of Corporate Services of Sportscotland.

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol  (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009	[1] [2]
Commonwealth record	James Goddard  (ENG)	1:55:58	Delhi, India	6 October 2010
Games record	James Goddard  (ENG)	1:55:58	Delhi, India	6 October 2010

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.44	Q
2	1	4	Matson Lawson	Australia	1:57.79	Q
3	1	3	Corey Main	New Zealand	1:57.86	Q
4	3	5	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:58.34	Q
5	2	5	Ryan Bennett	Scotland	1:59.44	Q
6	3	3	Russell Wood	Canada	1:59.92	Q
7	2	4	Craig McNally	Scotland	2:00.00	Q
8	2	3	Xavier Mohammed	Wales	2:01.04	Q
9	1	5	Darren Murray	South Africa	2:01.48
10	3	6	Grant Halsall	Isle of Man	2:05.30
11	1	6	Tom Gallichan	Jersey	2:09.15
12	1	2	Timothy Wynter	Jamaica	2:09.23
13	3	2	Tern Jian Han	Malaysia	2:10.07
14	3	7	James Jurkiewicz	Guernsey	2:11.61
15	2	7	Christopher Courtis	Barbados	2:13.18
16	2	2	Alex McCallum	Cayman Islands	2:13.87
17	1	7	Steven Maina	Kenya	2:14.90
	2	6	Roberto Pavoni	England		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:55.83
	6	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:56.19
	5	Matson Lawson	Australia	1:56.63
4	3	Corey Main	New Zealand	1:57.79
5	1	Craig McNally	Scotland	1:58.27
6	2	Ryan Bennett	Scotland	1:58.45
7	7	Russell Wood	Canada	1:59.32
8	8	Xavier Mohammed	Wales	1:59.65

References

1. "Cavic supplants Phelps' 100 fly time". ESPN. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
2. Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today . Retrieved 10 July 2013.