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

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Winning time2:07.30 GR
Medalists
gold medal Ross Murdoch   Scotland
silver medal Michael Jamieson   Scotland
bronze medal Andrew Willis   England
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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 , Chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland and the quaichs were presented by , 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]
Commonwealth record
Games record  Brenton Rickard (AUS) 2:10.89 Delhi, India 9 October 2010 [3]

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  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  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  Canada 2:15.86
12 3 7  Isle of Man 2:19.72
13 2 7  Guernsey 2:21.28
14 1 7  Guernsey 2:22.38
15 2 2 Dustin Tynes  Bahamas 2:22.90
16 1 2  Kenya 2:24.15
17 3 2  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  Lesotho 3:05.18
3 6 Daniel Tranter  Australia DNS

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ross Murdoch  Scotland 2:07.30 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Michael Jamieson  Scotland 2:08.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Andrew Willis  England 2:09.87
4 2 Adam Peaty  England 2:10.02
5 3  Scotland 2:10.21
6 7 James Wilby  England 2:11.53
7 1  Wales 2:12.35
8 8 Christian Sprenger  Australia 2:12.69

References[]

  1. ^ "Akihiro Yamaguchi Drops World Record in Japan". Swimming World Magazine. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Akihiro Yamaguchi sets world record". ESPN. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Brent Hayden Sweeps Sprint Frees on Day Six Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.

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