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
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
	5	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	South Africa	1:55.07	GR
	1	Irvine, GrantGrant Irvine	Australia	1:56.34
	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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