Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates9 April
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Winning time1:56.10
Medalists
    Australia
    Australia
    Australia

Records

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

World record Aaron Peirsol (USA)1:51.92Rome, Italy31 July 2009
Commonwealth record Mitch Larkin (AUS)1:53.17Dubai, United Arab Emirates7 November 2015
Games record James Goddard (ENG)1:55.58Delhi, India6 October 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Martin Binedell South Africa1:57.92Q
234Mitch Larkin Australia1:57.99Q
314Bradley Woodward Australia1:58.41Q
435Luke Greenbank England1:58.54Q
524Josh Beaver Australia1:58.73Q
636Markus Thormeyer Canada1:59.68Q
733Xavier Castelli Wales2:00.08Q
826Craig McNally Scotland2:00.26Q
923Conor Ferguson Northern Ireland2:00.77
1037Lewis Clareburt New Zealand2:01.54
1115Corey Main New Zealand2:01.73
1216Josiah Binnema Canada2:02.06
1313Jarryd Baxter South Africa2:02.17
1427Bradlee Ashby New Zealand2:02.32
1517Jason Arthur Ghana2:03.91
1632Stephen Milne Scotland2:04.45
1722Srihari Nataraj India2:04.75
1812Luan Grobbelaar South Africa2:06.10
1921Harry Shalamon Jersey2:06.29
2031Akalanka Peiris Sri Lanka2:11.56

Final

The heats was held at 19:37.[2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Mitch Larkin Australia1:56.10
3Bradley Woodward Australia1:56.57
2Josh Beaver Australia1:57.04
46Luke Greenbank England1:57.43
57Markus Thormeyer Canada1:57.82
64Martin Binedell South Africa1:57.87
78Craig McNally Scotland1:58.32
81Xavier Castelli Wales1:59.27

References

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