Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	27 July 2014
Competitors	16 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:07.24 GR
Medalists
Belinda Hocking   Australia   Emily Seebohm   Australia   Hilary Caldwell   Canada

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 women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by David Sparkes, Chief Executive Officer of British Swimming and the quaichs were presented by Ian Mason, Director of World Class Operations, British Swimming.

Records

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

World record	Missy Franklin (USA)	2:04.06	London, Great Britain	3 August 2012	[1][2]
Games record	Meagen Nay (AUS)	2:07.56	Delhi, India	8 October 2010
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
27 July	Final	Belinda Hocking	Australia	2:07.24	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Caldwell, HilaryHilary Caldwell	Canada	2:09.47	Q
2	1	5	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	2:10.81	Q
3	2	4	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	2:11.07	Q
4	2	5	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	2:11.47	Q
5	2	3	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	2:11.53	Q
6	2	6	Cantin, GenevieveGenevieve Cantin	Canada	2:11.59	Q
7	1	3	Russell, SineadSinead Russell	Canada	2:12.78	Q
8	1	6	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	2:13.45	Q
9	2	2	Fullalove , JessicaJessica Fullalove	England	2:15.95
10	1	2	Williams, RachelRachel Williams	Wales	2:16.53
11	2	7	Stirrat, DanielleDanielle Stirrat	Wales	2:21.20
12	1	1	Raheem, KimikoKimiko Raheem	Sri Lanka	2:24.63
13	2	1	Lanoe, TalisaTalisa Lanoe	Kenya	2:26.12
14	1	7	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	2:26.52
15	2	8	Hew, LaurenLauren Hew	Cayman Islands	2:27.16
16	1	8	Shaikh, AreebaAreeba Shaikh	Pakistan	2:46.30

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Hocking, BelindaBelinda Hocking	Australia	2:07.24	GR
	6	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm	Australia	2:08.51
	4	Caldwell, HilaryHilary Caldwell	Canada	2:08.55
4	5	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	England	2:09.29
5	8	Quigley, LaurenLauren Quigley	England	2:09.51
6	2	Wilson, MadisonMadison Wilson	Australia	2:10.35
7	7	Cantin, GenevieveGenevieve Cantin	Canada	2:10.91
8	1	Russell, SineadSinead Russell	Canada	2:12.61

References

1. Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "USA's Missy Franklin wins another gold, sets world record". USA Today. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
2. "US swimmer Missy Franklin sets world record, Phelps ends individual races with medal". Fox News. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

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