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

The Women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

World record	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994
Commonwealth record
Games record

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
30 July	Final	Karen Pickering	England	1:59.69	GR

Results

Heats

The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals.

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

Final

The final was held on 30 July at 19:00.

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