# Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 25 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Vice-Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by Councillor Archie Graham, Board member Glasgow 2014.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2001 |
| Games record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.71 | Manchester, England | 31 July 2002 |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 1:46.39 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 1:47.01 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Calum Jarvis | Wales | 1:47.10 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Robert Renwick | Scotland | 1:47.15 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Matthew Stanley | New Zealand | 1:47.16 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | James Guy | England | 1:47.21 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | David McKeon | Australia | 1:47.99 | Q |
| =8 | 3 | 3 | Nick Grainger | England | 1:48.98 | QSO |
| =8 | 3 | 6 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 1:48.98 | QSO |
| =8 | 4 | 3 | Ieuan Lloyd | Wales | 1:48.98 | QSO |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Mitchell Donaldson | New Zealand | 1:49.76 | |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Jordan Sloan | Northern Ireland | 1:50.01 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:50.09 | |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Dylan Dunlop-Barrett | New Zealand | 1:50.23 | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Coleman Allen | Canada | 1:50.31 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Danny Yeo | Singapore | 1:50.71 | |
| 17 | 5 | 7 | Calvyn Justus | South Africa | 1:50.73 | |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Lewis Coleman | England | 1:50.75 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Lim Ching Hwang | Malaysia | 1:51.39 | |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Kevin Yeap | Malaysia | 1:51.42 | |
| 21 | 5 | 8 | Otto Putland | Wales | 1:52.06 | |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Sajan Prakash | India | 1:53.82 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Quah Zheng Wen | Singapore | 1:53.88 | |
| 24 | 2 | 4 | Alex Bregazzi | Isle of Man | 1:56.49 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Geoffrey Butler | Cayman Islands | 1:57.13 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Christopher Courtis | Barbados | 1:57.34 | |
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Tom Gallichan | Jersey | 1:58.01 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Igor Mogne | Mozambique | 1:59.85 | |
| 29 | 2 | 6 | Colin Bensadon | Gibraltar | 2:00.99 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 2:03.13 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Adam Viktora | Seychelles | 2:04.65 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Israr Hussain | Pakistan | 2:06.05 | |
| 33 | 1 | 3 | Ammaar Ghadiyali | Tanzania | 2:08.94 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5 | Nisar Ahmed | Pakistan | 2:12.14 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Nishwan Ibrahim | Maldives | 2:12.60 | |
| 36 | 1 | 2 | Tong Li Panuve | Tonga | 2:12.70 | |
| 37 | 1 | 6 | Dean Hoffman | Seychelles | 2:14.60 | |

#### Qualification swim-off

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Nick Grainger | England | 1:48.29 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ieuan Lloyd | Wales | 1:48.96 | |
| 3 | 5 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 1:49.28 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 1:45.08 |
| | 4 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 1:45.56 |
| | 3 | Calum Jarvis | Wales | 1:46.53 |
| 4 | 1 | David McKeon | Australia | 1:46.74 |
| 5 | 6 | Robert Renwick | Scotland | 1:46.79 |
| 6 | 7 | James Guy | England | 1:46.84 |
| 7 | 2 | Matthew Stanley | New Zealand | 1:48.11 |
| 8 | 8 | Nick Grainger | England | 1:49.69 |