Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Competitors:	20
Nations:	14
Win Value:	1:55.60
Gold:	Lewis Clareburt
Goldcga:	NZL
Silver:	Chad le Clos
Silvercga:	RSA
Bronze:	James Guy
Bronzecga:	ENG
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. The event was won by New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt, defeating South Africa's Chad le Clos, the event's reigning Commonwealth champion.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:^[2]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[3]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 31 July 2022	10:30	Heats
	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:28	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	3	Lewis Clareburt		1:56.76	Q
2	3	4	Chad le Clos		1:56.85	Q
3	3	6	Duncan Scott		1:57.48	Q
4	2	4	Bowen Gough		1:57.53	Q
5	2	5	Jay Lelliott		1:57.93	Q
6	1	4	Mason Wilby		1:57.97	Q
7	1	5	James Guy		1:58.30	Q
8	2	6	Brendon Smith		1:58.86	Q
9	2	3	Kieren Pollard		1:58.99	R, S-off
9	3	5	Sajan Prakash		1:58.99	R, S-off
11	1	3	Tom Beeley		1:59.40
12	3	2	Patrick Hussey		1:59.41
13	1	6	Keanan Dols		2:01.75
14	1	2	Isaac Dodds		2:06.41
15	2	2	Simon Bachmann		2:09.25
16	3	7	Peter Allen		2:09.37
17	2	7	Ethan Stubbs-Green		2:10.25
18	1	7	Johnpaul Balloqui		2:10.50
19	3	1	Aidan Carroll		2:12.47
20	2	1	Mohamed Rihan Shiham		2:37.81

Swim-off

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Sajan Prakash		1:58.31	R
2	4	Kieren Pollard		1:58.57	R

Final

^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Lewis Clareburt		1:55.60
	5	Chad le Clos		1:55.89
	1	James Guy		1:56.77
4	6	Bowen Gough		1:56.84
5	3	Duncan Scott		1:56.89
6	7	Mason Wilby		1:57.12
7	2	Jay Lelliott		1:58.13
8	8	Brendon Smith		2:00.24

Notes and References

1. Commonwealth Games: Lewis Clareburt Tips Chad le Clos in Tight 200 Fly. Swimming World. Matthew. de George. 31 July 2022. 1 August 2022.
2. Web site: Current records - Men (as at 30 July 2022) . 31 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swimming – Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 31 July 2022.
4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-31/SWMM200MBF------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats results
5. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-31/SWMM200MBF------------HEAT0001RR--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Swim-off results
6. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-31/SWMM200MBF------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results