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

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)
Competitors 22 from 15 nations
Winning time 2:07.30 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Scotland
silver medal    Scotland
bronze medal    England
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Swimming at the
2014 Commonwealth Games

Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
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 breaststroke 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 Michael Cavanagh, Chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland and the quaichs were presented by Louise Martin, Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Immediate Past Chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Vice-Chair of Glasgow 2014.

Records

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

World record  Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:07.01 Gifu, Japan 15 September 2012 [1][2]
Games record  Brenton Rickard (AUS) 2:10.89 Delhi, India 9 October 2010 [3]
Commonwealth record '

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Heat Andrew Willis England 2:10.50 GR
24 July Heat Ross Murdoch Scotland 2:08.78 GR
24 July Final Ross Murdoch Scotland 2:07.30 GR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Ross Murdoch Scotland 2:08.78 Q, GR
2 3 4 Michael Jamieson Scotland 2:10.17 Q
3 3 3 Calum Tait Scotland 2:10.33 Q
4 2 4 Andrew Willis England 2:10.50 Q, GR
5 2 5 Adam Peaty England 2:10.80 Q
6 1 3 James Wilby England 2:11.62 Q
7 1 5 Robert Holderness Wales 2:11.70 Q
8 1 4 Christian Sprenger Australia 2:11.96 Q
9 2 3 Glenn Snyders New Zealand 2:12.16
10 2 6 Richard Funk Canada 2:12.56
11 1 6 Evan White Canada 2:15.86
12 3 7 Guy Davies Isle of Man 2:19.72
13 2 7 Luke Belton Guernsey 2:21.28
14 1 7 Thomas Hollingsworth Guernsey 2:22.38
15 2 2 Dustin Tynes Bahamas 2:22.90
16 1 2 Micah Fernandes Kenya 2:24.15
17 3 2 Christopher Cheong Singapore 2:24.41
18 3 1 Colin Bensadon Gibraltar 2:35.61
19 2 1 Brandon Schuster Samoa 2:36.73
20 1 1 Corey Ollivierre Grenada 2:43.17
21 3 8 Ntseke Setho Lesotho 3:05.18
3 6 Daniel Tranter Australia DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Ross Murdoch Scotland 2:07.30 GR
2nd 5 Michael Jamieson Scotland 2:08.40
3rd 6 Andrew Willis England 2:09.87
4 2 Adam Peaty England 2:10.02
5 3 Calum Tait Scotland 2:10.21
6 7 James Wilby England 2:11.53
7 1 Robert Holderness Wales 2:12.35
8 8 Christian Sprenger Australia 2:12.69

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