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 (2014-07-24)
Competitors	29 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:55.57 GR
Medalists
Emma McKeon    Australia   Siobhan-Marie O'Connor    England   Bronte Barratt    Australia

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]
Commonwealth record	Joanne Jackson (ENG)	1:55.54	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Games record	Caitlin McClatchey (SCO)	1:57.25	Melbourne, Australia	16 March 2006

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	Emma McKeon	Australia	1:56.57	Q, GR
2	3	4	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	England	1:56.58	Q, GR
3	3	3	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	1:56.82	Q, NR[3]
4	4	3	Jazmin Carlin	Wales	1:57.61	Q
5	3	5	Brittany MacLean	Canada	1:57.75	Q
6	4	5	Karin Prinsloo	South Africa	1:58.38	Q
7	4	2	Samantha Cheverton	Canada	1:58.61	Q
8	2	4	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1:58.71	Q
9	2	3	Caitlin McClatchey	Scotland	1:59.04
10	2	5	Brittany Elmslie	Australia	1:59.18
11	4	6	Ellie Faulkner	England	1:59.40
12	2	6	Rebecca Turner	England	1:59.62
13	3	6	Samantha Lucie-Smith	New Zealand	1:59.63
14	3	2	Alyson Ackman	Canada	1:59.86
15	2	7	Ellena Jones	Wales	2:00.12
16	2	2	Emma Robinson	New Zealand	2:01.78
17	4	7	Rachel Williams	Wales	2:01.84
18	4	1	Lynette Lim	Singapore	2:03.91
19	3	8	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	2:04.19
20	3	7	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	2:05.08
21	4	8	Amanda Lim	Singapore	2:06.24
22	2	1	Rachel Bethel	Northern Ireland	2:07.01
23	1	4	Lani Cabrera	Barbados	2:07.02
24	1	3	Matelita Buadromo	Fiji	2:07.77
25	1	5	Olivia Plateau de Maroussen	Mauritius	2:07.98
26	2	8	Danielle Hill	Northern Ireland	2:10.82
27	1	6	Alexis Clarke	Barbados	2:14.36
28	1	2	Aminath Shajan	Maldives	2:28.45
	3	1	Sycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Emma McKeon	Australia	1:55.57	GR
	5	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	England	1:55.82
	8	Bronte Barratt	Australia	1:56.62
4	3	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	1:57.00
5	2	Brittany MacLean	Canada	1:57.20
6	6	Jazmin Carlin	Wales	1:57.26
7	1	Samantha Cheverton	Canada	1:57.79
8	7	Karin 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. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. 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.