Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	28 July 2014
Competitors	24 from 15 nations
Winning time	2:07.61
Medalists
Audrey Lacroix   Canada   Aimee Willmott   England   Madeline Groves   Australia

Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m S8				women
100 m S9		men
200 m		men		women
200 m S14		men
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
100 m SB9				women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
200 m SM8		men
200 m SM10				women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The women's 200 metre butterfly 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 Takitoa Taumoepeau, Secretary General of the Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee and the quaichs were presented by Annette Knott, Secretary General of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee.

Records

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

World record	Liu Zige (CHN)	2:01.81	Jinan, China	21 October 2009	[1][2]
Games record	Jessicah Schipper (AUS)	2:06.09	Melbourne, Australia	21 March 2006
Commonwealth record		'

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Groves, MadelineMadeline Groves	Australia	2:08.51	Q
2	1	5	Lowe, JemmaJemma Lowe	Wales	2:09.28	Q
3	3	5	Lacroix, AudreyAudrey Lacroix	Canada	2:09.58	Q
4	2	5	Willmott, AimeeAimee Willmott	England	2:09.60	Q
5	2	4	Gandy, EllenEllen Gandy	Australia	2:09.96	Q
6	1	3	Thomas, AlysAlys Thomas	Wales	2:11.03	Q
7	3	6	Miley, HannahHannah Miley	Scotland	2:11.06	Q
8	1	4	Savard, KaterineKaterine Savard	Canada	2:11.31	Q
9	2	6	Bowles, AlannaAlanna Bowles	Australia	2:12.31
10	2	3	Sheridan, ElenaElena Sheridan	England	2:12.39
11	3	2	Lee, SamanthaSamantha Lee	New Zealand	2:13.63
12	3	3	Gray, TillyTilly Gray	England	2:14.68
13	1	6	Warnes, ReneRene Warnes	South Africa	2:14.85
14	1	1	McMahon, SycerikaSycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	2:15.53
15	2	2	Overholt, EmilyEmily Overholt	Canada	2:15.83
16	1	2	Atkinson, CharlotteCharlotte Atkinson	Isle of Man	2:16.64
17	3	1	Kane, GemmaGemma Kane	Northern Ireland	2:18.39
18	1	7	Patrick, TrudiannTrudiann Patrick	Jamaica	2:21.28
19	2	7	Lim, LynetteLynette Lim	Singapore	2:21.45
20	3	8	Butler, LaraLara Butler	Cayman Islands	2:22.53
21	2	1	Yap Siew Hui	Malaysia	2:22.55
22	2	8	Sonnenschein, JannahJannah Sonnenschein	Mozambique	2:24.33
23	1	8	Erasito, TieriTieri Erasito	Fiji	2:28.08
24	3	7	Quah Ting Wen	Singapore	9:59.99	DSQ

Finals

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Lacroix, AudreyAudrey Lacroix	Canada	2:07.61
	6	Willmott, AimeeAimee Willmott	England	2:08.07
	4	Groves, MadelineMadeline Groves	Australia	2:08.44
4	7	Thomas, AlysAlys Thomas	Wales	2:08.62
5	5	Lowe, JemmaJemma Lowe	Wales	2:08.69
6	1	Miley, HannahHannah Miley	Scotland	2:09.32
7	2	Gandy, EllenEllen Gandy	Australia	2:09.51
8	8	Savard, KaterineKaterine Savard	Canada	2:12.81

References

1. "Chinese National Games: Liu Zige Shocks World With Astounding 200 Fly World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
2. "Chinese Olympic champion Liu Zige breaks women's 200m butterfly world record". People's Daily. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

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