Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Date	August 4, 2002
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:13.10
Medalists
Jim Piper    Australia   Terence Parkin    South Africa   Michael Brown    Canada

Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

The Men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place on 4 August 2002 at Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Schedule

All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 4 August 2002	10:13	Heat 1
	10:18	Heat 2
	10:24	Heat 3
	17:50	Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Mike Barrowman	United States	2:10.16	Barcelona	29 July 1992
Games record	Nick Gillingham	England	2:12.54	Victoria	22 August 1994

Results

Heats

The heats were held the morning session on 4 August.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Jim Piper	Australia	2:15.21	Q
1	3	3	Michael Brown	Canada	2:15.21	Q
3	3	6	Andrew Bree	Northern Ireland	2:15.24	Q
4	3	5	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:15.60	Q
5	2	4	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:15.72	Q
6	2	3	Adam Whitehead	England	2:15.83	Q
7	1	4	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:16.21	Q
7	1	5	Ian Edmond	Scotland	2:16.21	Q
9	1	3	John Stamhuis	Canada	2:16.83
10	2	5	Justin Norris	Australia	2:17.92
11	2	6	Adrian Turner	England	2:18.79
12	1	6	Michael Williamson	Northern Ireland	2:19.23
13	2	7	Wickus Nienaber	Swaziland	2:25.72
14	3	2	Graham Smith	Bermuda	2:32.84
15	1	2	Jamie Zammitt	Gibraltar	2:35.55
16	2	2	Gavin Santos	Gibraltar	2:36.63
17	3	7	Chisela Kanchela	Zambia	2:53.66

Final

The final were held the evening session on 4 August.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jim Piper	Australia	2:13.10
	2	Terence Parkin	South Africa	2:13.34
	5	Michael Brown	Canada	2:13.82
4	7	Adam Whitehead	England	2:14.40
5	3	Andrew Bree	Northern Ireland	2:14.48
6	8	Ian Edmond	Scotland	2:14.56
7	6	Regan Harrison	Australia	2:15.86
8	1	Morgan Knabe	Canada	2:16.73