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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	7 April
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:54.00
Medalists
Chad le Clos    South Africa   David Morgan    Australia   Duncan Scott    Scotland

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Records

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

World record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:51.51	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Commonwealth record	Chad le Clos (RSA)	1:52.96	London, United Kingdom	31 July 2012
Games record	Chad le Clos (RSA)	1:55.07	Glasgow, United Kingdom	26 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
7 April	Final	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:54.00	GR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3	Mackenzie Darragh	Canada	1:56.96	Q
2	1	4	David Morgan	Australia	1:57.42	Q
3	2	6	Duncan Scott	Scotland	1:57.64	Q
4	2	4	Chad le Clos	South Africa	1:57.89	Q
5	1	5	Grant Irvine	Australia	1:57.91	Q
6	1	7	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	1:58.32	Q
7	1	3	Jacob Peters	England	1:58.42	Q
8	2	5	James Guy	England	1:58.43	Q, WD
9	2	2	Sajan Prakash	India	1:58.87	Q
10	1	6	Joe Litchfield	England	1:59.69
11	2	7	Bradlee Ashby	New Zealand	2:00.30
12	1	2	Eben Vorster	South Africa	2:00.72
13	2	1	Cherantha de Silva	Sri Lanka	2:08.71
14	1	1	Matt Savitz	Gibraltar	2:15.41

Final

The final was held at 19:37.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Chad Le Clos	South Africa	1:54.00	GR
	5	David Morgan	Australia	1:56.36
	3	Duncan Scott	Scotland	1:56.60
4	2	Grant Irvine	Australia	1:56.91
5	1	Jacob Peters	England	1:57.75
6	4	Mackenzie Darragh	Canada	1:57.81
7	7	Lewis Clareburt	New Zealand	1:58.51
8	8	Sajan Prakash	India	1:59.05