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

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

Records

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009
Commonwealth record  Mitch Larkin (AUS) 1:53.17 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 7 November 2015
Games record  James Goddard (ENG) 1:55.58 Delhi, India 6 October 2010

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Martin Binedell  South Africa 1:57.92 Q
2 3 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:57.99 Q
3 1 4 Bradley Woodward  Australia 1:58.41 Q
4 3 5 Luke Greenbank  England 1:58.54 Q
5 2 4 Josh Beaver  Australia 1:58.73 Q
6 3 6 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 1:59.68 Q
7 3 3 Xavier Castelli  Wales 2:00.08 Q
8 2 6 Craig McNally  Scotland 2:00.26 Q
9 2 3 Conor Ferguson  Northern Ireland 2:00.77
10 3 7 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 2:01.54
11 1 5 Corey Main  New Zealand 2:01.73
12 1 6 Josiah Binnema  Canada 2:02.06
13 1 3 Jarryd Baxter  South Africa 2:02.17
14 2 7 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 2:02.32
15 1 7 Jason Arthur  Ghana 2:03.91
16 3 2 Stephen Milne  Scotland 2:04.45
17 2 2 Srihari Nataraj  India 2:04.75
18 1 2 Luan Grobbelaar  South Africa 2:06.10
19 2 1 Harry Shalamon  Jersey 2:06.29
20 3 1 Akalanka Peiris  Sri Lanka 2:11.56

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:56.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Bradley Woodward  Australia 1:56.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Josh Beaver  Australia 1:57.04
4 6 Luke Greenbank  England 1:57.43
5 7 Markus Thormeyer  Canada 1:57.82
6 4 Martin Binedell  South Africa 1:57.87
7 8 Craig McNally  Scotland 1:58.32
8 1 Xavier Castelli  Wales 1:59.27

References

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