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

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)
Competitors 15 from 8 nations
Winning time 1:55.07 GR
Medalists
 Chad le Clos  South Africa
 Grant Irvine  Australia
 Sebastien Rousseau  South Africa
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 butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and the quaichs were presented by James Hickman, 1998 Commonwealth champion and Global Sports Marketing Manager of Speedo.

Records

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

World record  Michael Phelps (USA) 1:51.51 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009 [1][2]
Games record  Chad le Clos (RSA) 1:56.48 Delhi, India 4 October 2010 [3]
Commonwealth record '

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Final Chad le Clos South Africa 1:55.07 GR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 Brodie, CameronCameron Brodie Scotland 1:57.28 Q
2 2 4 le Clos, ChadChad le Clos South Africa 1:57.45 Q
3 1 4 Rousseau, SebastienSebastien Rousseau South Africa 1:57.84 Q
4 2 3 Pratt, MitchellMitchell Pratt Australia 1:57.95 Q
5 2 7 Schooling, JosephJoseph Schooling Singapore 1:58.04 Q
6 1 6 Tranter, DanielDaniel Tranter Australia 1:58.30 Q
7 2 5 Irvine, GrantGrant Irvine Australia 1:58.39 Q
8 2 6 Pavoni, RobertoRoberto Pavoni England 1:58.49 Q
9 1 3 Bosch, DylanDylan Bosch South Africa 1:58.95
10 1 5 Roebuck, JosephJoseph Roebuck England 1:59.14
11 1 2 Smith, LewisLewis Smith Scotland 1:59.25
12 1 7 White, EvanEvan White Canada 2:00.96
13 2 1 Assaad, GamalGamal Assaad Canada 2:02.60
14 1 1 Walter, DominicDominic Walter Jamaica 2:11.51
15 2 8 Bregazzi, AlexAlex Bregazzi Isle of Man 2:15.42

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 le Clos, ChadChad le Clos South Africa 1:55.07 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 1 Irvine, GrantGrant Irvine Australia 1:56.34
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Rousseau, SebastienSebastien Rousseau South Africa 1:56.43
4 4 Brodie, CameronCameron Brodie Scotland 1:56.59
5 6 Pratt, MitchellMitchell Pratt Australia 1:57.13
6 7 Tranter, DanielDaniel Tranter Australia 1:57.31
7 8 Pavoni, RobertoRoberto Pavoni England 1:58.03
8 2 Schooling, JosephJoseph Schooling Singapore 1:59.09

References

  1. ↑ Crouse, Karen (30 July 2012). "Phelps Rebounds Amid Boycott Threat". New York Times. 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. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Alicia Coutts Smokes 200 IM; Marieke Guehrer, Chad Le Clos, Brent Hayden, Australian Men's Relay Also Set Games Records During Day One Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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