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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	5 April
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:08.05
Medalists
James Wilby    England   Ross Murdoch    Scotland   Matt Wilson    Australia

The men's 200 metre breaststroke 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:

World record	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	2:06.67	Tokyo, Japan	29 January 2017
Commonwealth record	Ross Murdoch (SCO)	2:07.30	Glasgow, United Kingdom	24 July 2014
Games record	Ross Murdoch (SCO)	2:07.30	Glasgow, United Kingdom	24 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

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

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	12:07	Qualifying
	21:44	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:08.77	Q
2	1	4	Matt Wilson	Australia	2:09.74	Q
3	2	3	James Wilby	England	2:10.07	Q
4	2	5	Andrew Willis	England	2:10.52	Q
5	2	2	Calum Tait	Scotland	2:10.83	Q
6	1	2	Elijah Wall	Canada	2:11.47	Q
7	2	6	George Harley	Australia	2:11.62	Q
8	1	5	Craig Benson	Scotland	2:12.13	Q
9	1	6	Ayrton Sweeney	South Africa	2:13.27
10	1	3	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Australia	2:15.71
11	2	7	Luan Grobbelaar	South Africa	2:18.90
12	1	7	Taichi Vakasama Taichi	Fiji	2:21.07
13	2	1	Jonathan Chung Yee	Mauritius	2:22.71
14	1	1	Leonard Kalate	Papua New Guinea	2:30.23
15	2	8	Samuele Rossi	Seychelles	2:32.99
16	1	8	Jadon Wuilliez	Antigua and Barbuda	2:39.88

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	James Wilby	England	2:08.05
	4	Ross Murdoch	Scotland	2:08.32
	5	Matt Wilson	Australia	2:08.64
4	6	Andrew Willis	England	2:09.31
5	1	George Harley	Australia	2:10.04
6	8	Craig Benson	Scotland	2:10.09
7	2	Calum Tait	Scotland	2:11.67
8	7	Elijah Wall	Canada	2:11.94