Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates 9 April
Competitors 20 from 20 nations
Winning time 1:56.10
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Mitch Larkin  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Bradley Woodward  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Josh Beaver  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 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 the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia.svg  Mitch Larkin  (AUS)1:53.17 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 7 November 2015
Games record Flag of England.svg  James Goddard  (ENG)1:55.58 Delhi, India 6 October 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:31. [1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
125Binedell, Martin Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:57.92 Q
234Larkin, Mitch Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.99 Q
314Woodward, Bradley Bradley Woodward Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.41 Q
435Greenbank, Luke Luke Greenbank Flag of England.svg  England 1:58.54 Q
524Beaver, Josh Josh Beaver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:58.73 Q
636Thormeyer, Markus Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:59.68 Q
733Castelli, Xavier Xavier Castelli Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 2:00.08 Q
826McNally, Craig Craig McNally Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2:00.26 Q
923Ferguson, Conor Conor Ferguson Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 2:00.77
1037Clareburt, Lewis Lewis Clareburt Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:01.54
1115Main, Corey Corey Main Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:01.73
1216Binnema, Josiah Josiah Binnema Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:02.06
1313Baxter, Jarryd Jarryd Baxter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:02.17
1427Ashby, Bradlee Bradlee Ashby Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:02.32
1517Arthur, Jason Jason Arthur Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2:03.91
1632Milne, Stephen Stephen Milne Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2:04.45
1722Nataraj, Srihari Srihari Nataraj Flag of India.svg  India 2:04.75
1812Grobbelaar, Luan Luan Grobbelaar Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:06.10
1921Shalamon, Harry Harry Shalamon Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 2:06.29
2031Peiris, Akalanka Akalanka Peiris Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2:11.56

Final

The heats was held at 19:37. [2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5Larkin, Mitch Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.10
3Woodward, Bradley Bradley Woodward Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.57
2Beaver, Josh Josh Beaver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.04
46Greenbank, Luke Luke Greenbank Flag of England.svg  England 1:57.43
57Thormeyer, Markus Markus Thormeyer Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:57.82
64Binedell, Martin Martin Binedell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:57.87
78McNally, Craig Craig McNally Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:58.32
81Castelli, Xavier Xavier Castelli Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 1:59.27

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References

  1. ↑ Heats results
  2. ↑ Final results
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