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

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 28 July 2014 (2014-07-28)
Competitors 18 from 15 nations
Winning time 1:55.83
Medalists
 Mitch Larkin  Australia
 Josh Beaver  Australia
 Matson Lawson  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 men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Gregor Tait, the 2006 Commonwealth champion in this event and the quaichs were presented by Stuart Ogg, Director of Corporate Services of Sportscotland.

Records

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009 [1][2]
Games record  James Goddard (ENG) 1:55:58 Delhi, India 6 October 2010
Commonwealth record '

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 1:57.44 Q
2 1 4 Lawson, MatsonMatson Lawson Australia 1:57.79 Q
3 1 3 Main, CoreyCorey Main New Zealand 1:57.86 Q
4 3 5 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia 1:58.34 Q
5 2 5 Bennett, RyanRyan Bennett Scotland 1:59.44 Q
6 3 3 Wood, RussellRussell Wood Canada 1:59.92 Q
7 2 4 McNally, CraigCraig McNally Scotland 2:00.00 Q
8 2 3 Mohammed, XavierXavier Mohammed Wales 2:01.04 Q
9 1 5 Murray, DarrenDarren Murray South Africa 2:01.48
10 3 6 Halsall, GrantGrant Halsall Isle of Man 2:05.30
11 1 6 Gallichan, TomTom Gallichan Jersey 2:09.15
12 1 2 Wynter, TimothyTimothy Wynter Jamaica 2:09.23
13 3 2 Tern Jian Han Malaysia 2:10.07
14 3 7 Jurkiewicz, JamesJames Jurkiewicz Guernsey 2:11.61
15 2 7 Courtis, ChristopherChristopher Courtis Barbados 2:13.18
16 2 2 McCallum, AlexAlex McCallum Cayman Islands 2:13.87
17 1 7 Maina, StevenSteven Maina Kenya 2:14.90
18 2 6 Pavoni, RobertoRoberto Pavoni England 9:59.99 DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin Australia 1:55.83
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Beaver, JoshJosh Beaver Australia 1:56.19
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Lawson, MatsonMatson Lawson Australia 1:56.63
4 3 Main, CoreyCorey Main New Zealand 1:57.79
5 1 McNally, CraigCraig McNally Scotland 1:58.27
6 2 Bennett, RyanRyan Bennett Scotland 1:58.45
7 7 Wood, RussellRussell Wood Canada 1:59.32
8 8 Mohammed, XavierXavier Mohammed Wales 1:59.65

References

  1. ↑ "Cavic supplants Phelps' 100 fly time". ESPN. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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