en Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games %E2%80%93 Men%27s 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Men's 200 metre backstroke ; at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	28 July 2014
Competitors	18 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:55.83
Medalists
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Gregor Tait, the 2006 Commonwealth champion in this event and the quaichs were presented by Stuart Ogg, Director of Corporate Services of Sportscotland.

Records

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.44	Q
2	1	4	Matson Lawson	Australia	1:57.79	Q
3	1	3	Corey Main	New Zealand	1:57.86	Q
4	3	5	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:58.34	Q
5	2	5	Ryan Bennett	Scotland	1:59.44	Q
6	3	3	Russell Wood	Canada	1:59.92	Q
7	2	4	Craig McNally	Scotland	2:00.00	Q
8	2	3	Xavier Mohammed	Wales	2:01.04	Q
9	1	5	Darren Murray	South Africa	2:01.48
10	3	6	Grant Halsall	Isle of Man	2:05.30
11	1	6	Tom Gallichan	Jersey	2:09.15
12	1	2	Timothy Wynter	Jamaica	2:09.23
13	3	2	Tern Jian Han	Malaysia	2:10.07
14	3	7	James Jurkiewicz	Guernsey	2:11.61
15	2	7	Christopher Courtis	Barbados	2:13.18
16	2	2	Alex McCallum	Cayman Islands	2:13.87
17	1	7	Steven Maina	Kenya	2:14.90
	2	6	Roberto Pavoni	England		DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:55.83
	6	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:56.19
	5	Matson Lawson	Australia	1:56.63
4	3	Corey Main	New Zealand	1:57.79
5	1	Craig McNally	Scotland	1:58.27
6	2	Ryan Bennett	Scotland	1:58.45
7	7	Russell Wood	Canada	1:59.32
8	8	Xavier Mohammed	Wales	1:59.65