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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	25 July 2014
Competitors	37 from 24 nations
Winning time	1:45.08
Medalists
Thomas Fraser-Holmes   Australia   Cameron McEvoy   Australia   Calum Jarvis   Wales

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 freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Vice-Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Councillor Archie Graham, Board member Glasgow 2014.

Records

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

World record	Paul Biedermann (GER)	1:42.00	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	1:44.71	Manchester, England	31 July 2002	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	McEvoy, CameronCameron McEvoy	Australia	1:46.39	Q
2	4	4	Fraser-Holmes, ThomasThomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	1:47.01	Q
3	3	5	Jarvis, CalumCalum Jarvis	Wales	1:47.10	Q
4	5	5	Renwick, RobertRobert Renwick	Scotland	1:47.15	Q
5	5	3	Stanley, MatthewMatthew Stanley	New Zealand	1:47.16	Q
6	4	5	Guy, JamesJames Guy	England	1:47.21	Q
7	3	4	McKeon, DavidDavid McKeon	Australia	1:47.99	Q
=8	3	3	Grainger, NickNick Grainger	England	1:48.98	QSO
	3	6	Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane	Canada
	4	3	Lloyd, IeuanIeuan Lloyd	Wales
11	4	6	Donaldson, MitchellMitchell Donaldson	New Zealand	1:49.76
12	4	1	Sloan, JordanJordan Sloan	Northern Ireland	1:50.01
13	4	2	Carter, DylanDylan Carter	Trinidad and Tobago	1:50.09
14	5	2	Dunlop-Barrett, DylanDylan Dunlop-Barrett	New Zealand	1:50.23
15	3	2	Allen, ColemanColeman Allen	Canada	1:50.31
16	3	7	Yeo, DannyDanny Yeo	Singapore	1:50.71
17	5	7	Justus, CalvynCalvyn Justus	South Africa	1:50.73
18	5	6	Coleman, LewisLewis Coleman	England	1:50.75
19	4	7	Lim Ching Hwang	Malaysia	1:51.39
20	5	1	Yeap, KevinKevin Yeap	Malaysia	1:51.42
21	5	8	Putland, OttoOtto Putland	Wales	1:52.06
22	4	8	Prakash, SajanSajan Prakash	India	1:53.82
23	3	1	Quah Zheng Wen	Singapore	1:53.88
24	2	4	Bregazzi, AlexAlex Bregazzi	Isle of Man	1:56.49
25	2	5	Butler, GeoffreyGeoffrey Butler	Cayman Islands	1:57.13
26	2	3	Courtis, ChristopherChristopher Courtis	Barbados	1:57.34
27	3	8	Gallichan, TomTom Gallichan	Jersey	1:58.01
28	2	1	Mogne, IgorIgor Mogne	Mozambique	1:59.85
29	2	6	Bensadon, ColinColin Bensadon	Gibraltar	2:00.99
30	2	7	Schuster, BrandonBrandon Schuster	Samoa	2:03.13
31	2	2	Viktora, AdamAdam Viktora	Seychelles	2:04.65
32	1	4	Hussain, IsrarIsrar Hussain	Pakistan	2:06.05
33	1	3	Ghadiyali, AmmaarAmmaar Ghadiyali	Tanzania	2:08.94
34	1	5	Ahmed, NisarNisar Ahmed	Pakistan	2:12.14
35	2	8	Ibrahim, NishwanNishwan Ibrahim	Maldives	2:12.60
36	1	2	Panuve, Tong LiTong Li Panuve	Tonga	2:12.70
37	1	6	Hoffman, DeanDean Hoffman	Seychelles	2:14.60

Qualification swim-off

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Grainger, NickNick Grainger	England	1:48.29	Q
2	4	Lloyd, IeuanIeuan Lloyd	Wales	1:48.96
3	5	Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane	Canada	1:49.28

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Fraser-Holmes, ThomasThomas Fraser-Holmes	Australia	1:45.08
	4	McEvoy, CameronCameron McEvoy	Australia	1:45.56
	3	Jarvis, CalumCalum Jarvis	Wales	1:46.53
4	1	McKeon, DavidDavid McKeon	Australia	1:46.74
5	6	Renwick, RobertRobert Renwick	Scotland	1:46.79
6	7	Guy, JamesJames Guy	England	1:46.84
7	2	Stanley, MatthewMatthew Stanley	New Zealand	1:48.11
8	8	Grainger, NickNick Grainger	England	1:49.69

References

1. Dillman, Lisa (29 July 2009). "Suit case: German ends Phelps' reign". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
2. Jeffery, Nicole (29 July 2009). "Paul Biedermann beats Michael Phelps in 200m freestyle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
3. Henderson, Charlie (31 July 2002). "Thorpe powers to hat-trick". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

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