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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)
Competitors	15 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:55.07 GR
Medalists
Chad le Clos    South Africa   Grant Irvine    Australia   Sebastien Rousseau    South Africa
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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.

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 record	Michael Phelps  (USA)	1:51.51	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[1] [2]
Commonwealth record	Chad le Clos  (RSA)	1:52.96	London, United Kingdom	31 July 2012
Games record	Chad le Clos  (RSA)	1:56.48	Delhi, India	4 October 2010	[3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
26 July	Final	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:55.07	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	2	Cameron Brodie	Scotland	1:57.28	Q
2	2	4	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:57.45	Q
3	1	4	Sebastien Rousseau	South Africa	1:57.84	Q
4	2	3	Mitchell Pratt	Australia	1:57.95	Q
5	2	7	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	1:58.04	Q
6	1	6	Daniel Tranter	Australia	1:58.30	Q
7	2	5	Grant Irvine	Australia	1:58.39	Q
8	2	6	Roberto Pavoni	England	1:58.49	Q
9	1	3	Dylan Bosch	South Africa	1:58.95
10	1	5	Joseph Roebuck	England	1:59.14
11	1	2	Lewis Smith	Scotland	1:59.25
12	1	7	Evan White	Canada	2:00.96
13	2	1	Gamal Assaad	Canada	2:02.60
14	1	1	Dominic Walter	Jamaica	2:11.51
15	2	8	Alex Bregazzi	Isle of Man	2:15.42

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:55.07	GR
	1	Grant Irvine	Australia	1:56.34
	3	Sebastien Rousseau	South Africa	1:56.43
4	4	Cameron Brodie	Scotland	1:56.59
5	6	Mitchell Pratt	Australia	1:57.13
6	7	Daniel Tranter	Australia	1:57.31
7	8	Roberto Pavoni	England	1:58.03
8	2	Joseph Schooling	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.