Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Sandwell Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
Date | 31 July 2022 | |||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 14 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:55.60 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Qualification | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
50 m S7 | men | |
50 m S13 | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m S9 | women | |
200 m | men | women |
200 m S14 | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m S8 | women | |
100 m S9 | men | |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m SB6 | women | |
100 m SB8 | men | |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
100 m S10 | men | |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
200 m SM10 | women | |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
mixed | ||
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. The event was won by New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt, defeating South Africa's Chad le Clos, the event's reigning Commonwealth champion. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: [2]
World record | Kristóf Milák (HUN) | 1:50.34 | Budapest, Hungary | 21 June 2022 |
Commonwealth record | Chad le Clos (RSA) | 1:52.96 | London, United Kingdom | 31 July 2012 |
Games record | Chad le Clos (RSA) | 1:54.00 | Gold Coast, Australia | 7 April 2018 |
The schedule is as follows: [3]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday 31 July 2022 | 10:30 | Heats |
19:28 | Final |
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | 3 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:56.76 | Q |
2 | 3 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:56.85 | Q |
3 | 3 | 6 | Duncan Scott | Scotland | 1:57.48 | Q |
4 | 2 | 4 | Bowen Gough | Australia | 1:57.53 | Q |
5 | 2 | 5 | Jay Lelliott | England | 1:57.93 | Q |
6 | 1 | 4 | Mason Wilby | England | 1:57.97 | Q |
7 | 1 | 5 | James Guy | England | 1:58.30 | Q |
8 | 2 | 6 | Brendon Smith | Australia | 1:58.86 | Q |
9 | 2 | 3 | Kieren Pollard | Australia | 1:58.99 | R, S-off |
9 | 3 | 5 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:58.99 | R, S-off |
11 | 1 | 3 | Tom Beeley | Scotland | 1:59.40 | |
12 | 3 | 2 | Patrick Hussey | Canada | 1:59.41 | |
13 | 1 | 6 | Keanan Dols | Jamaica | 2:01.75 | |
14 | 1 | 2 | Isaac Dodds | Jersey | 2:06.41 | |
15 | 2 | 2 | Simon Bachmann | Seychelles | 2:09.25 | |
16 | 3 | 7 | Peter Allen | Isle of Man | 2:09.37 | |
17 | 2 | 7 | Ethan Stubbs-Green | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:10.25 | |
18 | 1 | 7 | Johnpaul Balloqui | Gibraltar | 2:10.50 | |
19 | 3 | 1 | Aidan Carroll | Gibraltar | 2:12.47 | |
20 | 2 | 1 | Mohamed Rihan Shiham | Maldives | 2:37.81 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:58.31 | R |
2 | 4 | Kieren Pollard | Australia | 1:58.57 | R |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:55.60 | ||
5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:55.89 | ||
1 | James Guy | England | 1:56.77 | ||
4 | 6 | Bowen Gough | Australia | 1:56.84 | |
5 | 3 | Duncan Scott | Scotland | 1:56.89 | |
6 | 7 | Mason Wilby | England | 1:57.12 | |
7 | 2 | Jay Lelliott | England | 1:58.13 | |
8 | 8 | Brendon Smith | Australia | 2:00.24 |
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