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

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates25 July 2014 (2014-07-25)
Competitors37 from 24 nations
Winning time1:45.08
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
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The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Contents

The medals were presented by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Vice-Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Councillor Archie Graham, Board member Glasgow 2014.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Paul Biedermann  (GER)1:42.00 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009 [1] [2]
Commonwealth recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)1:44.06 Fukuoka, Japan 25 July 2001
Games recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)1:44.71 Manchester, England 31 July 2002 [3]

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:46.39Q
244 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:47.01Q
335 Calum Jarvis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:47.10Q
455 Robert Renwick Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:47.15Q
553 Matthew Stanley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:47.16Q
645 James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 1:47.21Q
734 David McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:47.99Q
=833 Nick Grainger Flag of England.svg  England 1:48.98QSO
36 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
43 Ieuan Lloyd Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
1146 Mitchell Donaldson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:49.76
1241 Jordan Sloan Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1:50.01
1342 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1:50.09
1452 Dylan Dunlop-Barrett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:50.23
1532 Coleman Allen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50.31
1637 Danny Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:50.71
1757 Calvyn Justus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:50.73
1856 Lewis Coleman Flag of England.svg  England 1:50.75
1947 Lim Ching Hwang Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:51.39
2051 Kevin Yeap Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:51.42
2158 Otto Putland Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:52.06
2248 Sajan Prakash Flag of India.svg  India 1:53.82
2331 Quah Zheng Wen Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:53.88
2424 Alex Bregazzi Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1:56.49
2525 Geoffrey Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 1:57.13
2623 Christopher Courtis Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1:57.34
2738 Tom Gallichan Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 1:58.01
2821 Igor Mogne Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:59.85
2926 Colin Bensadon Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:00.99
3027 Brandon Schuster Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2:03.13
3122 Adam Viktora Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:04.65
3214 Israr Hussain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2:06.05
3313 Ammaar Ghadiyali Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:08.94
3415 Nisar Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2:12.14
3528 Nishwan Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2:12.60
3612 Tong Li Panuve Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 2:12.70
3716 Dean Hoffman Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:14.60

Qualification swim-off

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Nick Grainger Flag of England.svg  England 1:48.29Q
24 Ieuan Lloyd Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:48.96
35 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:49.28

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:45.08
Silver medal icon.svg4 Cameron McEvoy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:45.56
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Calum Jarvis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:46.53
41 David McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:46.74
56 Robert Renwick Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:46.79
67 James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 1:46.84
72 Matthew Stanley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:48.11
88 Nick Grainger Flag of England.svg  England 1:49.69

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