Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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:

| World record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Emma McKeon (AUS) | 1:54.83 | Adelaide, Australia | 10 April 2016 |
| Games record | Emma McKeon (AUS) | 1:55.57 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 24 July 2014 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 April | Final | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 1:54.81 | CR, GR |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

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

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 11:00 | Qualifying |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 20:04 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:57.02 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 1:57.40 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 1:57.44 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Eleanor Faulkner | England | 1:57.87 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Holly Hibbott | England | 1:58.10 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 1:58.21 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Leah Neale | Australia | 1:58.91 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lucy Hope | Scotland | 1:59.18 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Kathryn Greenslade | Wales | 1:59.66 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Carina Doyle | New Zealand | 2:00.01 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Ellena Jones | Wales | 2:01.47 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 2:01.75 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Gemma Atherley | Jersey | 2:03.64 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Dune Coetzee | South Africa | 2:04.15 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Kristin Bellingan | South Africa | 2:04.37 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 2:07.21 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Marlies Ross | South Africa | 2:08.29 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Alison Jackson | Cayman Islands | 2:12.08 | |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Makaela Holowchak | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:14.01 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Theresa Soukup | Seychelles | 2:15.63 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Aliah Maginley | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:25.35 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 1:54.81 | CR, GR |
| | 4 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 1:54.85 | |
| | 5 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 1:56.26 | |
| 4 | 6 | Eleanor Faulkner | England | 1:57.72 | |
| 5 | 2 | Holly Hibbott | England | 1:58.55 | |
| 6 | 1 | Leah Neale | Australia | 1:58.76 | |
| 7 | 7 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 1:59.55 | |
| 8 | 8 | Lucy Hope | Scotland | 1:59.58 | |
