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

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates	2 August
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:56.40
Medalists
Brodie Williams    England   Bradley Woodward    Australia   Pieter Coetze    South Africa

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:

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Commonwealth record	Mitch Larkin (AUS)	1:53.17	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	7 November 2015
Games record	James Goddard (ENG)	1:55.58	Delhi, India	6 October 2010

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	10:30	Qualifying
	19:13	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Luke Greenbank	England	1:56.33	Q
2	1	4	Brodie Williams	England	1:57.88	Q
3	1	5	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:57.99	Q
4	2	5	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:58.08	Q
5	1	3	Craig McNally	Scotland	1:58.36	Q
6	3	5	Joshua Edwards-Smith	Australia	1:58.74	Q
7	3	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:59.59	Q
8	3	3	Jay Lelliott	England	2:00.65	Q
9	2	6	Srihari Nataraj	India	2:00.84	R, NR
10	3	6	Khiew Hoe Yean	Malaysia	2:02.01	R
11	2	3	Andrew Jeffcoat	New Zealand	2:03.57
12	2	2	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	2:04.78
13	1	6	Jack Harvey	Bermuda	2:05.93	NR
14	3	2	Guy Brooks	South Africa	2:07.49
15	1	2	Isaac Dodds	Jersey	2:10.80
16	2	7	Bede Aitu	Cook Islands	2:11.64
17	1	7	Samuel Lowe	Guernsey	2:11.73
18	3	7	Davante Carey	Bahamas	2:12.22
19	3	1	Zackary Gresham	Grenada	2:14.29	NR
20	2	1	Mohamed Rihan Shiham	Maldives	2:37.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Brodie Williams	England	1:56.40
	3	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:56.41
	6	Pieter Coetze	South Africa	1:56.77
4	1	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:56.91
5	4	Luke Greenbank	England	1:56.98
6	7	Joshua Edwards-Smith	Australia	1:57.50
7	2	Craig McNally	Scotland	1:58.65
8	8	Jay Lelliott	England	2:01.64