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

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	9 April
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Winning time	1:56.10
Medalists
Mitch Larkin    Australia   Bradley Woodward    Australia   Josh Beaver    Australia
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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

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Martin Binedell	South Africa	1:57.92	Q
2	3	4	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:57.99	Q
3	1	4	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:58.41	Q
4	3	5	Luke Greenbank	England	1:58.54	Q
5	2	4	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:58.73	Q
6	3	6	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	1:59.68	Q
7	3	3	Xavier Castelli	Wales	2:00.08	Q
8	2	6	Craig McNally	Scotland	2:00.26	Q
9	2	3	Conor Ferguson	Northern Ireland	2:00.77
10	3	7	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	2:01.54
11	1	5	Corey Main	New Zealand	2:01.73
12	1	6	Josiah Binnema	Canada	2:02.06
13	1	3	Jarryd Baxter	South Africa	2:02.17
14	2	7	Bradlee Ashby	New Zealand	2:02.32
15	1	7	Jason Arthur	Ghana	2:03.91
16	3	2	Stephen Milne	Scotland	2:04.45
17	2	2	Srihari Nataraj	India	2:04.75
18	1	2	Luan Grobbelaar	South Africa	2:06.10
19	2	1	Harry Shalamon	Jersey	2:06.29
20	3	1	Akalanka Peiris	Sri Lanka	2:11.56

Final

The heats was held at 19:37.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Mitch Larkin	Australia	1:56.10
	3	Bradley Woodward	Australia	1:56.57
	2	Josh Beaver	Australia	1:57.04
4	6	Luke Greenbank	England	1:57.43
5	7	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	1:57.82
6	4	Martin Binedell	South Africa	1:57.87
7	8	Craig McNally	Scotland	1:58.32
8	1	Xavier Castelli	Wales	1:59.27