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

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	6 April
Competitors	30 from 19 nations
Winning time	1:45.56
Medalists
Kyle Chalmers    Australia   Mack Horton    Australia   Duncan Scott    Scotland
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Records

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

World record	Paul Biedermann (GER)	1:42.00	Rome, Italy	28 July 2009
Commonwealth record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	1:44.06	Fukuoka, Japan	25 July 2001
Games record	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	1:44.71	Manchester, United Kingdom	31 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 6 April 2018	10:31	Qualifying
	19:56	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Duncan Scott	Scotland	1:46.62	Q
2	3	4	James Guy	England	1:47.04	Q
3	4	3	Calum Jarvis	Wales	1:47.08	Q
4	2	4	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:47.10	Q
5	4	5	Alexander Graham	Australia	1:47.35	Q
6	2	6	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:47.37	Q
7	3	5	Mack Horton	Australia	1:47.89	Q
8	2	5	Stephen Milne	Scotland	1:48.08	Q
9	4	6	Jordan Sloan	Northern Ireland	1:48.16
10	3	7	Craig McLean	Scotland	1:48.42
11	3	3	Nicholas Grainger	England	1:48.72
12	3	6	Matthew Stanley	New Zealand	1:48.75
13	3	2	Cameron Kurle	England	1:48.96
14	2	2	Carson Olafson	Canada	1:49.14
15	2	7	Wesley Roberts	Cook Islands	1:49.35
16	2	3	Welson Sim	Malaysia	1:49.58
17	4	2	Jeremy Bagshaw	Canada	1:49.60
18	4	1	Eben Vorster	South Africa	1:50.78
19	4	7	Samuel Belanger	Canada	1:51.69
20	3	1	Alex Sobers	Barbados	1:51.87
21	2	8	James Brown	Northern Ireland	1:53.23
22	2	1	Mathieu Marquet	Mauritius	1:53.27
23	3	8	Samuel Seghers	Papua New Guinea	1:56.68
24	4	8	Constantinos Hadjittooulis	Cyprus	1:58.36
25	1	3	Gregory Anodin	Mauritius	1:58.92
26	1	5	Erico Cuna	Mozambique	1:59.43
27	1	6	Dean Hoffman	Seychelles	1:59.54
28	1	4	Stefano Mitchell	Antigua and Barbuda	2:00.46
29	1	7	Aidan Carrol	Gibraltar	2:07.82
30	1	2	Cruz Halbich	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2:09.61

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Kyle Chalmers	Australia	1:45.56
	1	Mack Horton	Australia	1:45.89
	4	Duncan Scott	Scotland	1:46.30
4	5	James Guy	England	1:46.40
5	3	Calum Jarvis	Wales	1:46.53
6	2	Alexander Graham	Australia	1:47.01
7	7	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:47.46
8	8	Stephen Milne	Scotland	1:48.52