Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
{{short description|None}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event
|event = Women's 200 metre freestyle
|games = 2018
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
|dates = 5 April 2018
|competitors = 21
|nations = 12
|win_value = 1:54.81
|gold = Taylor Ruck
|goldCGA = CAN
|silver = Ariarne Titmus
|silverCGA = AUS
|bronze = Emma McKeon
|bronzeCGA = AUS
|prev = 2014
|next = 2022
}}
{{Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games}}
The Women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
{{Commonwealth Games Record Swimming
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Federica Pellegrini|ITA}}
| world_mark = 1:52.98
| world_place = Rome, Italy
| world_date = 29 July 2009
| world_ref =
| commonwealth_athlete = {{flagathlete|Emma McKeon|AUS}}
| commonwealth_mark = 1:54.83
| commonwealth_place = Adelaide, Australia
| commonwealth_date = 10 April 2016
| commonwealth_ref =
| games_athlete = {{flagCGFathlete|Emma McKeon|AUS}}
| games_mark = 1:55.57
| games_place = Glasgow, United Kingdom
| games_date = 24 July 2014
| games_ref =
}}
The following records were established during the competition:
class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record | |||||
5 April | Final | align=left|Taylor Ruck | align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2018}} | 1:54.81 | CR, GR |
Schedule
The schedule is as follows:{{cite web|title=Swimming – Daily Schedule|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/swimming/daily-schedule.htm|publisher=Gold Coast 2018|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
class="wikitable"
! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
rowspan=2| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 11:00 | Qualifying |
style=background:lemonchiffon| 20:04 | style=background:lemonchiffon| Final |
Results
=Heats=
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes | ||||||
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 | 2 | 4 | align=left|{{sortname|Ariarne|Titmus}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 1:57.02 | Q |
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 2 | 3 | 4 | align=left|{{sortname|Emma|McKeon}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 1:57.40 | Q |
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 3 | 3 | 5 | align=left|{{sortname|Taylor|Ruck}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2018}} | 1:57.44 | Q |
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 4 | 1 | 4 | align=left|{{sortname|Eleanor|Faulkner}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}} | 1:57.87 | Q |
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 5 | 3 | 6 | align=left|{{sortname|Holly|Hibbott}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}} | 1:58.10 | Q |
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 6 | 1 | 5 | align=left|{{sortname|Penny|Oleksiak}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|CAN|2018}} | 1:58.21 | Q |
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 7 | 2 | 5 | align=left|{{sortname|Leah|Neale}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 1:58.91 | Q |
bgcolor=ccffcc
| 8 | 3 | 3 | align=left|{{sortname|Lucy|Hope|dab=swimmer}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|SCO|2018}} | 1:59.18 | Q |
9 | 3 | 3 | align=left|{{sortname|Kathryn|Greenslade}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|WAL|2018}} | 1:59.66 | |
10 | 2 | 6 | align=left|{{sortname|Carina|Doyle}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|NZL|2018}} | 2:00.01 | |
11 | 1 | 6 | align=left|{{sortname|Ellena|Jones}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|WAL|2018}} | 2:01.47 | |
12 | 1 | 3 | align=left|{{sortname|Joanna|Evans|Joanna Evans (swimmer)}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|BAH|2018}} | 2:01.75 | |
13 | 2 | 7 | align=left|{{sortname|Gemma|Atherley}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|JER|2018}} | 2:03.64 | |
14 | 3 | 2 | align=left|{{sortname|Dune|Coetzee}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}} | 2:04.15 | |
15 | 1 | 2 | align=left|{{sortname|Kristin|Bellingan}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}} | 2:04.37 | |
16 | 3 | 7 | align=left|{{sortname|Lauren|Hew}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|CAY|2018}} | 2:07.21 | |
17 | 2 | 2 | align=left|{{sortname|Marlies|Ross}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|RSA|2018}} | 2:08.29 | |
18 | 3 | 1 | align=left|{{sortname|Alison|Jackson|Alison Jackson (swimmer)}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|CAY|2018}} | 2:12.08 | |
19 | 1 | 7 | align=left|{{sortname|Makaela|Holowchak}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|ANT|2018}} | 2:14.01 | |
20 | 2 | 1 | align=left|{{sortname|Theresa|Soukup}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|SEY|2018}} | 2:15.63 | |
21 | 1 | 1 | align=left|{{sortname|Aliah|Maginley}} | align=left| {{flagCGF|ANT|2018}} | 2:25.35 |
=Final=
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
{{gold1}} | 3 | align="left" |{{sortname|Taylor|Ruck}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|CAN|2018}} | 1:54.81 | CR, GR |
{{silver2}} | 4 | align="left" |{{sortname|Ariarne|Titmus}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 1:54.85 | |
{{bronze3}} | 5 | align="left" |{{sortname|Emma|McKeon}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 1:56.26 | |
4 | 6 | align="left" |{{sortname|Eleanor|Faulkner}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|ENG|2018}} | 1:57.72 | |
5 | 2 | align="left" |{{sortname|Holly|Hibbott}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|ENG|2018}} | 1:58.55 | |
6 | 1 | align="left" |{{sortname|Leah|Neale}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|AUS|2018}} | 1:58.76 | |
7 | 7 | align="left" |{{sortname|Penny|Oleksiak}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|CAN|2018}} | 1:59.55 | |
8 | 8 | align="left" |{{sortname|Lucy|Hope|dab=swimmer}} | align="left" |{{flagCGF|SCO|2018}} | 1:59.58 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 200m Freestyle Women}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle}}