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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning time1:55.07 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2010
2018  

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

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The medals were presented by Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and the quaichs were presented by James Hickman, 1998 Commonwealth champion and Global Sports Marketing Manager of Speedo.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:51.51 Rome, Italy29 July 2009 [1] [2]
Commonwealth recordFlag of South Africa.svg  Chad le Clos  (RSA)1:52.96 London, United Kingdom31 July 2012
Games recordFlag of South Africa.svg  Chad le Clos  (RSA)1:56.48 Delhi, India4 October 2010 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyFinal Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:55.07GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
122 Cameron Brodie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:57.28Q
224 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:57.45Q
314 Sebastien Rousseau Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:57.84Q
423 Mitchell Pratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.95Q
527 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:58.04Q
616 Daniel Tranter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.30Q
725 Grant Irvine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.39Q
826 Roberto Pavoni Flag of England.svg  England 1:58.49Q
913 Dylan Bosch Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:58.95
1015 Joseph Roebuck Flag of England.svg  England 1:59.14
1112 Lewis Smith Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:59.25
1217 Evan White Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:00.96
1321 Gamal Assaad Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.60
1411 Dominic Walter Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:11.51
1528 Alex Bregazzi Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 2:15.42

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:55.07 GR
Silver medal icon.svg1 Grant Irvine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.34
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Sebastien Rousseau Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:56.43
44 Cameron Brodie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:56.59
56 Mitchell Pratt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.13
67 Daniel Tranter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.31
78 Roberto Pavoni Flag of England.svg  England 1:58.03
82 Joseph Schooling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:59.09

References

  1. Crouse, Karen (30 July 2012). "Phelps Rebounds Amid Boycott Threat". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". The Sydney Morning Herald . 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. "Commonwealth Games: Alicia Coutts Smokes 200 IM; Marieke Guehrer, Chad Le Clos, Brent Hayden, Australian Men's Relay Also Set Games Records During Day One Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.