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

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

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

| World record | Missy Franklin (USA) | 2:04.06 | London, United Kingdom | 3 August 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | 2:05.68 | Budapest, Hungary | 29 July 2017 |
| Games record | Belinda Hocking (AUS) | 2:07.24 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 27 July 2014 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 April | Final | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:05.98 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 10:31.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:09.12 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:10.27 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:10.45 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Jessica Fullalove | England | 2:11.51 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:11.68 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 2:12.12 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:12.62 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Hayley Baker | Australia | 2:12.71 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Chloe Golding | England | 2:13.05 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Mariella Venter | South Africa | 2:14.82 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Nathania van Niekerk | South Africa | 2:16.07 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Gemma Atherley | Jersey | 2:16.89 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Bobbi Gichard | New Zealand | 2:17.88 | |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Aaliyah Palestrini | Seychelles | 2:27.48 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Lauren Hew | Cayman Islands | 2:27.88 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Therese Soukup | Seychelles | 2:36.95 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Kathryn Greenslade | Wales | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:37.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:05.98 | GR |
| | 1 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:06.42 | |
| | 2 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:06.82 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:07.86 | |
| 5 | 5 | Hilary Caldwell | Canada | 2:09.22 | |
| 6 | 8 | Hayley Baker | Australia | 2:11.28 | |
| 7 | 6 | Jessica Fullalove | England | 2:11.74 | |
| 8 | 7 | Elizabeth Simmonds | England | 2:12.40 | |
