Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly
# Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 26 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and the quaichs were presented by James Hickman, 1998 Commonwealth champion and Global Sports Marketing Manager of Speedo.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth 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) | 1:56.48 | Delhi, India | 4 October 2010 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 July | Final | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:55.07 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Cameron Brodie | Scotland | 1:57.28 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:57.45 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Sebastien Rousseau | South Africa | 1:57.84 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Mitchell Pratt | Australia | 1:57.95 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 1:58.04 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Daniel Tranter | Australia | 1:58.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:58.39 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Roberto Pavoni | England | 1:58.49 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Dylan Bosch | South Africa | 1:58.95 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Joseph Roebuck | England | 1:59.14 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Lewis Smith | Scotland | 1:59.25 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Evan White | Canada | 2:00.96 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Gamal Assaad | Canada | 2:02.60 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Dominic Walter | Jamaica | 2:11.51 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Alex Bregazzi | Isle of Man | 2:15.42 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 1:55.07 | GR |
| | 1 | Grant Irvine | Australia | 1:56.34 | |
| | 3 | Sebastien Rousseau | South Africa | 1:56.43 | |
| 4 | 4 | Cameron Brodie | Scotland | 1:56.59 | |
| 5 | 6 | Mitchell Pratt | Australia | 1:57.13 | |
| 6 | 7 | Daniel Tranter | Australia | 1:57.31 | |
| 7 | 8 | Roberto Pavoni | England | 1:58.03 | |
| 8 | 2 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 1:59.09 | |
