Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)
Competitors	26 from 15 nations
Winning time	2:22.36
Medalists
Taylor McKeown    Australia   Sally Hunter    Australia   Molly Renshaw    England

The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Maureen Campbell, Director of Commonwealth Games Scotland and Chair of Scottish Swimming.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth 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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	3	Kierra Smith	Canada	2:25.19	Q
2	3	5	Molly Renshaw	England	2:25.75	Q
3	4	4	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2:26.38	Q
4	4	5	Sally Hunter	Australia	2:26.69	Q
5	2	4	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:27.45	Q
6	2	5	Tessa Wallace	Australia	2:27.77	Q
7	4	6	Hannah Miley	Scotland	2:28.22	Q
8	4	3	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:28.33	Q
9	2	3	Tera van Beilen	Canada	2:28.40
10	2	6	Chloe Tutton	Wales	2:29.44
11	3	4	Sophie Taylor	England	2:30.66
12	4	2	Sycerika McMahon	Northern Ireland	2:31.98
13	3	6	Danielle Lowe	England	2:33.88
14	2	7	Laura Kinley	Isle of Man	2:36.25
15	2	2	Bethan Sloan	Wales	2:36.98
16	2	1	Zara Bailey	Jamaica	2:37.51
17	4	7	Samantha Yeo	Singapore	2:38.12
18	3	2	Christina Loh	Malaysia	2:38.68
19	4	1	Niamh Robinson	Isle of Man	2:40.00
20	3	1	Irene Chrysostomou	Cyprus	2:40.44
21	3	7	Nadia Adrianna Redza Goh	Malaysia	2:41.94
22	4	8	Barbara Vali-Skelton	Papua New Guinea	2:54.39
23	1	4	Anum Bandey	Pakistan	2:54.81
24	1	5	Jocelyn Flynn	Papua New Guinea	3:04.06
25	1	3	Aishath Sajina	Maldives	3:19.00
	3	8	Izzy Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Taylor McKeown	Australia	2:22.36
	6	Sally Hunter	Australia	2:23.33
	5	Molly Renshaw	England	2:25.00
=4	1	Hannah Miley	Scotland	2:25.40
	4	Kierra Smith	Canada
6	2	Martha McCabe	Canada	2:25.46
7	8	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	2:25.48	NR
8	7	Tessa Wallace	Australia	2:27.41