Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 30 July. The heats and the semi were held on 30 July.

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	30 July 2002
Competitors	23 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:59.69
Medalists
Karen Pickering  England   Karen Legg  England   Elka Graham  Australia Petria Thomas  Australia

Results

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Karen Pickering	England	1:59.69	GR
	6	Karen Legg	England	1:59.86
	2	Elka Graham	Australia	2:00.07
	5	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:00.07
5	7	Helene Muller	South Africa	2:00.77
6	3	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:00.85
7	8	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:01.03
8	1	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:03.69

Key: WR = World record

Preliminaries

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Karen Pickering	England	2:00.89	Q
2	1	5	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:01.08	Q
3	3	3	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:01.13	Q
4	2	5	Karen Legg	England	2:01.18	Q
5	3	4	Elka Graham	Australia	2:01.23	Q
6	1	4	Helene Muller	South Africa	2:01.68	Q
7	1	6	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:01.71	Q
8	2	4	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:01.73	Q
9	2	6	Janelle Atkinson	Jamaica	2:02.18
10	1	3	Sophie Simard	Canada	2:02.62
11	3	2	Karen Nisbet	Scotland	2:02.76
12	2	3	Mandy Leach	Zimbabwe	2:03.51
13	3	6	Janine Belton	England	2:03.65
14	2	2	Bethan Francis Coole	Wales	2:04.37
15	2	7	Mackenzie Howe	Wales	2:05.53
16	1	2	Catrin Davies	Wales	2:05.73
17	3	7	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:07.04
18	1	7	Christel Bouvron	Singapore	2:08.35
19	3	1	Angela Chuck	Jamaica	2:09.20
20	2	1	Kaitlyn Elphinstone	Cayman Islands	2:11.97
21	3	8	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane	Papua New Guinea	2:12.75
22	2	8	Roberta Callus	Malta	2:14.25
23	1	1	Elaine Reyes	Gibraltar	2:18.26

References

Heats Results