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

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	24 July 2014
Competitors	29 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:55.57 GR
Medalists
Emma McKeon   Australia   Siobhan-Marie O'Connor   England   Bronte Barratt   Australia

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 freestyle 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 Gideon Sam, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee and the quaichs were presented by John Mason, Board member of Glasgow 2014.

Records

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

World record	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	1:52.98	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Caitlin McClatchey (SCO)	1:57.25	Melbourne, Australia	16 March 2006
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 July	Heat	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	England	1:56.58	GR
24 July	Heat	Emma McKeon	Australia	1:56.57	GR
24 July	Final	Emma McKeon	Australia	1:55.57	GR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	McKeon, EmmaEmma McKeon	Australia	1:56.57	Q, GR
2	3	4	O'Connor, Siobhan-MarieSiobhan-Marie O'Connor	England	1:56.58	Q, GR
3	3	3	Boyle, LaurenLauren Boyle	New Zealand	1:56.82	Q, NR[3]
4	4	3	Carlin, JazminJazmin Carlin	Wales	1:57.61	Q
5	3	5	MacLean, BrittanyBrittany MacLean	Canada	1:57.75	Q
6	4	5	Prinsloo, KarinKarin Prinsloo	South Africa	1:58.38	Q
7	4	2	Cheverton, SamanthaSamantha Cheverton	Canada	1:58.61	Q
8	2	4	Barratt, BronteBronte Barratt	Australia	1:58.71	Q
9	2	3	McClatchey, CaitlinCaitlin McClatchey	Scotland	1:59.04
10	2	5	Elmslie, BrittanyBrittany Elmslie	Australia	1:59.18
11	4	6	Faulkner, EllieEllie Faulkner	England	1:59.40
12	2	6	Turner, RebeccaRebecca Turner	England	1:59.62
13	3	6	Lucie-Smith, SamanthaSamantha Lucie-Smith	New Zealand	1:59.63
14	3	2	Ackman, AlysonAlyson Ackman	Canada	1:59.86
15	2	7	Jones, EllenaEllena Jones	Wales	2:00.12
16	2	2	Robinson, EmmaEmma Robinson	New Zealand	2:01.78
17	4	7	Williams, RachelRachel Williams	Wales	2:01.84
18	4	1	Lim, LynetteLynette Lim	Singapore	2:03.91
19	3	8	Evans, JoannaJoanna Evans	Bahamas	2:04.19
20	3	7	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	2:05.08
21	4	8	Lim, AmandaAmanda Lim	Singapore	2:06.24
22	2	1	Bethel, RachelRachel Bethel	Northern Ireland	2:07.01
23	1	4	Cabrera, LaniLani Cabrera	Barbados	2:07.02
24	1	3	Buadromo, MatelitaMatelita Buadromo	Fiji	2:07.77
25	1	5	Plateau de Maroussen, OliviaOlivia Plateau de Maroussen	Mauritius	2:07.98
26	2	8	Hill, DanielleDanielle Hill	Northern Ireland	2:10.82
27	1	6	Clarke, AlexisAlexis Clarke	Barbados	2:14.36
28	1	2	Shajan, AminathAminath Shajan	Maldives	2:28.45
29	3	1	McMahon, SycerikaSycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	99.99	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	McKeon, EmmaEmma McKeon	Australia	1:55.57	GR
	5	O'Connor, Siobhan-MarieSiobhan-Marie O'Connor	England	1:55.82
	8	Barratt, BronteBronte Barratt	Australia	1:56.62
4	3	Boyle, LaurenLauren Boyle	New Zealand	1:57.00
5	2	MacLean, BrittanyBrittany MacLean	Canada	1:57.20
6	6	Carlin, JazminJazmin Carlin	Wales	1:57.26
7	1	Cheverton, SamanthaSamantha Cheverton	Canada	1:57.79
8	7	Prinsloo, KarinKarin Prinsloo	South Africa	1:58.95

References

1. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Federica Pellegrini Puts on Show for Home Crowd With World Record, U.S. Goes 2–3 With American Record". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
2. "Phelps bounces back with 200m fly world record triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
3. Anderson, Ian (25 July 2014). "Lauren Boyle misses the medals in 200m free". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

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