Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:	2002
Venue:	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Competitors:	14
Nations:	10
Win Value:	2:25.93
Gold:	Leisel Jones
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Sarah Poewe
Silvercga:	RSA
Bronze:	Kelli Waite
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 1 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows.

World record

Qi Hui (CHN)

2:22.99

13 April 2001

Results

Heats

Both heats were held on 1 August.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			2:27.30	Q
2	2	5			2:29.23	Q
3	1	4			2:29.86	Q
4	2	6			2:30.60	Q
5	1	3			2:31.01	Q
6	1	5			2:31.23	Q
7	2	3			2:32.15	Q
8	1	2			2:32.82	Q
9	1	6			2:32.87
10	2	2			2:34.29
11	2	7			2:34.72
12	1	7			2:43.06
13	1	1			2:47.11
14	2	1			2:49.40

Final

The final was held on 1 August.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:25.93
	3			2:27.47
	5			2:28.58
4	6			2:29.55
5	2			2:30.45
6	8			2:31.33
7	7			2:31.58
8	1			2:33.09

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2002 Commonwealth Games. 14 August 2020.
2. Web site: Results . 2002 Commonwealth Games. 14 August 2020.