Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates10 April
Competitors24 from 14 nations
Winning time1:57.67
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Scotland
bronze medal    Australia
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The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records[edit]

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

World record  Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:54.00 Shanghai, China 28 July 2011
Commonwealth record  Max Litchfield (GBR) 1:56.64 Budapest, Hungary 26 July 2017
Games record  Daniel Tranter (AUS) 1:57.83 Glasgow, United Kingdom 29 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
10 April Final Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:57.67 GR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were held at 11:13.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 3 5 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:59.02 Q
2 3 4 Clyde Lewis  Australia 1:59.50 Q
3 3 6 Daniel Wallace  Scotland 2:00.21 Q
4 1 4 Duncan Scott  Scotland 2:00.44 Q
5 2 5 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 2:00.57 Q
6 2 4 Mark Szaranek  Scotland 2:00.58 Q
7 1 5 Xavier Castelli  Wales 2:00.97 Q
8 1 2 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 2:01.33 Q
9 1 6 Mackenzie Darragh  Canada 2:01.67
10 3 3 Joe Litchfield  England 2:01.78
11 2 6 Jarryd Baxter  South Africa 2:02.23
12 1 3 Travis Mahoney  Australia 2:02.30
13 2 3 Jarvis Parkinson  England 2:02.85
14 2 7 Tristan Cote  Canada 2:03.09
15 3 2 Ayrton Sweeney  South Africa 2:03.19
16 2 2 James Brown  Northern Ireland 2:03.34
17 3 7 Eben Vorster  South Africa 2:07.11
18 2 1 Jason Arthur  Ghana 2:07.44
19 1 7 Brandon Schuster  Samoa 2:08.44
20 3 1 Taichi Vakasama  Fiji 2:12.35
21 3 8 Izaak Bastian  Bahamas 2:12.87
22 1 1 Stefano Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda 2:18.59
23 2 8 Jadon Wuilliez  Antigua and Barbuda 2:19.95
24 1 8 Samuele Rossi  Seychelles 2:21.10

Final[edit]

The final was held at 20:15.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mitch Larkin  Australia 1:57.67 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Duncan Scott  Scotland 1:57.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Clyde Lewis  Australia 1:58.18
4 7 Mark Szaranek  Scotland 1:59.24
5 2 Bradlee Ashby  New Zealand 1:59.59
6 3 Daniel Wallace  Scotland 1:59.85
7 8 Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand 2:01.13
8 1 Xavier Castelli  Wales 2:01.49

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