| Event: | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre |
| Dates: | 6 April |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 1:45.56 |
| Gold: | Kyle Chalmers |
| Goldcga: | AUS |
| Silver: | Mack Horton |
| Silvercga: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Duncan Scott |
| Bronzecga: | SCO |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
The schedule is as follows:[1]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 6 April 2018 | 10:31 | Qualifying | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 19:56 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 1:46.62 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 1:47.04 | Q | |||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 1:47.08 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 1:47.10 | Q | |||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 1:47.35 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 1:47.37 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 1:47.89 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 1:48.08 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 6 | 1:48.16 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 7 | 1:48.42 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 1:48.72 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 6 | 1:48.75 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 1:48.96 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 2 | 1:49.14 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | 1:49.35 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 3 | 1:49.58 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 1:49.60 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 1 | 1:50.78 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 1:51.69 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | 1:51.87 | ||||
| 21 | 2 | 8 | 1:53.23 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 1 | 1:53.27 | ||||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 1:56.68 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 8 | 1:58.36 | ||||
| 25 | 1 | 3 | 1:58.92 | ||||
| 26 | 1 | 5 | 1:59.43 | ||||
| 27 | 1 | 6 | 1:59.54 | ||||
| 28 | 1 | 4 | 2:00.46 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 7 | 2:07.82 | ||||
| 30 | 1 | 2 | 2:09.61 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1:45.56 | |||||
| 1 | 1:45.89 | |||||
| 4 | 1:46.30 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 1:46.40 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 1:46.53 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1:47.01 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 1:47.46 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 1:48.52 |