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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates7 April
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Winning time1:54.00
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 Scotland.svg  Scotland
  2014
2022  

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

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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  Michael Phelps  (USA)1:51.51 Rome, Italy29 July 2009
Commonwealth record Flag of South Africa.svg  Chad le Clos  (RSA)1:52.96 London, United Kingdom31 July 2012
Games record Flag of South Africa.svg  Chad le Clos  (RSA)1:55.07 Glasgow, United Kingdom26 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
7 AprilFinal Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:54.00 GR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
123 Mackenzie Darragh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:56.96Q
214 David Morgan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.42Q
326 Duncan Scott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:57.64Q
424 Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:57.89Q
515 Grant Irvine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:57.91Q
617 Lewis Clareburt Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:58.32Q
713 Jacob Peters Flag of England.svg  England 1:58.42Q
825 James Guy Flag of England.svg  England 1:58.43Q, WD
922 Sajan Prakash Flag of India.svg  India 1:58.87Q
1016 Joe Litchfield Flag of England.svg  England 1:59.69
1127 Bradlee Ashby Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:00.30
1212 Eben Vorster Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:00.72
1321 Cherantha de Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2:08.71
1411 Matt Savitz Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:15.41

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Chad Le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:54.00 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 David Morgan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.36
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Duncan Scott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1:56.60
42 Grant Irvine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:56.91
51 Jacob Peters Flag of England.svg  England 1:57.75
64 Mackenzie Darragh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.81
77 Lewis Clareburt Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:58.51
88 Sajan Prakash Flag of India.svg  India 1:59.05

References

  1. "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. Final results [ dead link ]