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

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	9 April
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:05.45
Medalists
Alys Thomas    Wales   Laura Taylor    Australia   Emma McKeon    Australia
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record	Liu Zige  (CHN)	2:01.81	Jinan, China	21 October 2009
Commonwealth record	Jessicah Schipper  (AUS)	2:03.41	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Games record	Jessicah Schipper  (AUS)	2:06.09	Melbourne, Australia	21 March 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
9 April	Final	Alys Thomas	Wales	2:05.45	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:42. ^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3	Alys Thomas	Wales	2:07.72	Q
2	2	4	Laura Taylor	Australia	2:08.43	Q
3	2	2	Mabel Zavaros	Canada	2:08.71	Q
4	2	5	Emma McKeon	Australia	2:09.55	Q
5	1	3	Brianna Throssell	Australia	2:09.93	Q
6	1	4	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	2:09.95	Q
7	2	6	Laura Stephens	England	2:11.18	Q
8	1	5	Emily Large	England	2:11.35	Q
9	2	7	Hannah Miley	Scotland	2:11.53
10	1	6	Keanna MacInnes	Scotland	2:11.78
11	1	1	Dune Coetzee	South Africa	2:12.38
12	1	2	Aimee Willmott	England	2:12.40
13	1	7	Helena Gasson	New Zealand	2:13.25
14	2	1	Harriet Jones	Wales	2:14.35
	2	8	Alania Suttie	Samoa	DNS

Final

The final was held at 21:28. ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Alys Thomas	Wales	2:05.45	GR
	5	Laura Taylor	Australia	2:07.39
	6	Emma McKeon	Australia	2:08.05
4	7	Charlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	2:08.50
5	2	Brianna Throssell	Australia	2:08.82
6	3	Mabel Zavaros	Canada	2:09.20
7	8	Emily Large	England	2:10.96
8	1	Laura Stephens	England	2:11.46

References

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