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

Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	2 August
Competitors:	20
Nations:	14
Win Value:	1:56.40
Gold:	Brodie Williams
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Bradley Woodward
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Pieter Coetze
Bronzecga:	RSA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held on 2 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	10:30	Qualifying
	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:13	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			1:56.33	Q
2	1	4			1:57.88	Q
3	1	5			1:57.99	Q
4	2	5			1:58.08	Q
5	1	3			1:58.36	Q
6	3	5			1:58.74	Q
7	3	4			1:59.59	Q
8	3	3			2:00.65	Q
9	2	6			2:00.84	R, NR
10	3	6			2:02.01	R
11	2	3			2:03.57
12	2	2			2:04.78
13	1	6			2:05.93	NR
14	3	2			2:07.49
15	1	2			2:10.80
16	2	7			2:11.64
17	1	7			2:11.73
18	3	7			2:12.22
19	3	1			2:14.29	NR
20	2	1			2:37.33

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:56.40
	3			1:56.41
	6			1:56.77
4	1			1:56.91
5	4			1:56.98
6	7			1:57.50
7	2			1:58.65
8	8			2:01.64

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM200MBA------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM200MBA------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results