Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates 5 April 2018
Competitors 21 from 12 nations
Winning time 1:54.81
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Taylor Ruck  Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Ariarne Titmus  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Emma McKeon  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The Women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

2018 Commonwealth Games 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games and the first time a major multi-sport event achieved gender equality by having an equal number of events for males and female athletes.

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is a public swimming pool complex located in the Southport Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It was the swimming and diving facility for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Italy.svg  Federica Pellegrini  (ITA)1:52.98 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia.svg  Emma McKeon  (AUS)1:54.83 Adelaide, Australia 10 April 2016
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Emma McKeon  (AUS)1:55.57 Glasgow, United Kingdom 24 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
5 April Final Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:54.81 CR, GR

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Thursday 5 April 2018 11:00 Qualifying
20:04 Final

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Titmus, Ariarne Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.02 Q
2 3 4 McKeon, Emma Emma McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.40 Q
3 3 5 Ruck, Taylor Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:57.44 Q
4 1 4 Faulkner, Eleanor Eleanor Faulkner Flag of England.svg  England 1:57.87 Q
5 3 6 Hibbott, Holly Holly Hibbott Flag of England.svg  England 1:58.10 Q
6 1 5 Oleksiak, Penny Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:58.21 Q
7 2 5 Neale, Leah Leah Neale Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.91 Q
8 3 3 Hope, Lucy Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:59.18 Q
9 3 3 Greenslade, Kathryn Kathryn Greenslade Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:59.66
10 2 6 Doyle, Carina Carina Doyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:00.01
11 1 6 Jones, Ellena Ellena Jones Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 2:01.47
12 1 3 Evans, Joanna Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2:01.75
13 2 7 Atherley, Gemma Gemma Atherley Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 2:03.64
14 3 2 Coetzee, Dune Dune Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:04.15
15 1 2 Bellingan, Kristin Kristin Bellingan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:04.37
16 3 7 Hew, Lauren Lauren Hew Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 2:07.21
17 2 2 Ross, Marlies Marlies Ross Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:08.29
18 3 1 Jackson, Alison Alison Jackson Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 2:12.08
19 1 7 Holowchak, Makaela Makaela Holowchak Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2:14.01
20 2 1 Soukup, Theresa Theresa Soukup Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2:15.63
21 1 1 Maginley, Aliah Aliah Maginley Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2:25.35

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3Ruck, Taylor Taylor Ruck Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:54.81 CR, GR
4Titmus, Ariarne Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:54.85
5McKeon, Emma Emma McKeon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.26
46Faulkner, Eleanor Eleanor Faulkner Flag of England.svg  England 1:57.72
52Hibbott, Holly Holly Hibbott Flag of England.svg  England 1:58.55
61Neale, Leah Leah Neale Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.76
77Oleksiak, Penny Penny Oleksiak Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:59.55
88Hope, Lucy Lucy Hope Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:59.58

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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