Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	24 July 2014
Competitors	22 from 15 nations
Winning time	2:07.30 GR
Medalists
Ross Murdoch   Scotland   Michael Jamieson   Scotland   Andrew Willis   England

Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m S8				women
100 m S9		men
200 m		men		women
200 m S14		men
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m SB9				women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
200 m SM8		men
200 m SM10				women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Michael Cavanagh, Chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland and the quaichs were presented by Louise Martin, Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Immediate Past Chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Vice-Chair of Glasgow 2014.

Records

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

World record	Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN)	2:07.01	Gifu, Japan	15 September 2012	[1][2]
Games record	Brenton Rickard (AUS)	2:10.89	Delhi, India	9 October 2010	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 July	Heat	Andrew Willis	England	2:10.50	GR
24 July	Heat	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:08.78	GR
24 July	Final	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:07.30	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	2:08.78	Q, GR
2	3	4	Jamieson, MichaelMichael Jamieson	Scotland	2:10.17	Q
3	3	3	Tait, CalumCalum Tait	Scotland	2:10.33	Q
4	2	4	Willis, AndrewAndrew Willis	England	2:10.50	Q, GR
5	2	5	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	2:10.80	Q
6	1	3	Wilby, JamesJames Wilby	England	2:11.62	Q
7	1	5	Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness	Wales	2:11.70	Q
8	1	4	Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger	Australia	2:11.96	Q
9	2	3	Snyders, GlennGlenn Snyders	New Zealand	2:12.16
10	2	6	Funk, RichardRichard Funk	Canada	2:12.56
11	1	6	White, EvanEvan White	Canada	2:15.86
12	3	7	Davies, GuyGuy Davies	Isle of Man	2:19.72
13	2	7	Belton, LukeLuke Belton	Guernsey	2:21.28
14	1	7	Hollingsworth, ThomasThomas Hollingsworth	Guernsey	2:22.38
15	2	2	Tynes, DustinDustin Tynes	Bahamas	2:22.90
16	1	2	Fernandes, MicahMicah Fernandes	Kenya	2:24.15
17	3	2	Cheong, ChristopherChristopher Cheong	Singapore	2:24.41
18	3	1	Bensadon, ColinColin Bensadon	Gibraltar	2:35.61
19	2	1	Schuster, BrandonBrandon Schuster	Samoa	2:36.73
20	1	1	Ollivierre, CoreyCorey Ollivierre	Grenada	2:43.17
21	3	8	Setho, NtsekeNtseke Setho	Lesotho	3:05.18
22	3	6	Tranter, DanielDaniel Tranter	Australia	99.99	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Murdoch, RossRoss Murdoch	Scotland	2:07.30	GR
	5	Jamieson, MichaelMichael Jamieson	Scotland	2:08.40
	6	Willis, AndrewAndrew Willis	England	2:09.87
4	2	Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty	England	2:10.02
5	3	Tait, CalumCalum Tait	Scotland	2:10.21
6	7	Wilby, JamesJames Wilby	England	2:11.53
7	1	Holderness, RobertRobert Holderness	Wales	2:12.35
8	8	Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger	Australia	2:12.69

References

1. "Akihiro Yamaguchi Drops World Record in Japan". Swimming World Magazine. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. "Akihiro Yamaguchi sets world record". ESPN. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
3. "Commonwealth Games: Brent Hayden Sweeps Sprint Frees on Day Six Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.

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