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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	7 April
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:22.02
Medalists
Tatjana Schoenmaker    South Africa   Molly Renshaw    England   Chloé Tutton    Wales

Records

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

World record	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2013
Commonwealth record	Annamay Pierse (CAN)	2:20.12	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Games record	Leisel Jones (AUS)	2:20.72	Melbourne, Australia	18 March 2006

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:40.[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	3	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	2:23.57	Q
2	2	4	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2:25.04	Q
3	2	5	Chloé Tutton	Wales	2:25.08	Q
4	1	4	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:25.33	Q
5	3	5	Molly Renshaw	England	2:25.55	Q
6	1	5	Tessa Wallace	Australia	2:26.86	Q
7	1	6	Kaylene Corbett	South Africa	2:27.68	Q
8	3	6	Hannah Miley	Scotland	2:28.01	Q, WD
9	3	2	Emily Visagie	South Africa	2:28.37	Q
10	1	3	Georgia Bohl	Australia	2:28.90
11	2	3	Mary-Sophie Harvey	Canada	2:29.26
12	3	4	Jocelyn Ulyett	England	2:29.54
13	2	6	Sarah Darcel	Canada	2:29.70
14	2	2	Beth Sloan	Wales	2:29.94
15	3	7	Niamh Robinson	Isle of Man	2:32.94
16	1	2	Lillian Higgs	Bahamas	2:42.65
	2	7	Aliah Maginley	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS

Final

The final was held at 21:09.[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Tatjana Schoenmaker	South Africa	2:22.02	AF
	2	Molly Renshaw	England	2:23.28
	3	Chloé Tutton	Wales	2:23.42
4	6	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:23.62
5	5	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2:25.51
6	7	Tessa Wallace	Australia	2:26.59
7	8	Emily Visagie	South Africa	2:29.25
8	1	Kaylene Corbett	South Africa	2:29.40

References

1. Heats results
2. Final results