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

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
The medals were presented by Gideon Sam, vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation and President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee and the quaichs were presented by John Mason, board member of Glasgow 2014.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:52.98 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Commonwealth record | Joanne Jackson (ENG) | 1:55.54 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Games record | Caitlin McClatchey (SCO) | 1:57.25 | Melbourne, Australia | 16 March 2006 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 24 July | Heat | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | England | 1:56.58 | GR |
| 24 July | Heat | Emma McKeon | Australia | 1:56.57 | GR |
| 24 July | Final | Emma McKeon | Australia | 1:55.57 | GR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 1:56.57 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | England | 1:56.58 | Q, GR |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 1:56.82 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Jazmin Carlin | Wales | 1:57.61 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Brittany MacLean | Canada | 1:57.75 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 1:58.38 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Samantha Cheverton | Canada | 1:58.61 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Bronte Barratt | Australia | 1:58.71 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Caitlin McClatchey | Scotland | 1:59.04 | |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Brittany Elmslie | Australia | 1:59.18 | |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Ellie Faulkner | England | 1:59.40 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Rebecca Turner | England | 1:59.62 | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Samantha Lucie-Smith | New Zealand | 1:59.63 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Alyson Ackman | Canada | 1:59.86 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Ellena Jones | Wales | 2:00.12 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Emma Robinson | New Zealand | 2:01.78 | |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Rachel Williams | Wales | 2:01.84 | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Lynette Lim | Singapore | 2:03.91 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 2:04.19 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Quah Ting Wen | Singapore | 2:05.08 | |
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Amanda Lim | Singapore | 2:06.24 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Rachel Bethel | Northern Ireland | 2:07.01 | |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Lani Cabrera | Barbados | 2:07.02 | |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 2:07.77 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Olivia Plateau de Maroussen | Mauritius | 2:07.98 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Danielle Hill | Northern Ireland | 2:10.82 | |
| 27 | 1 | 6 | Alexis Clarke | Barbados | 2:14.36 | |
| 28 | 1 | 2 | Aminath Shajan | Maldives | 2:28.45 | |
| | 3 | 1 | Sycerika McMahon | Northern Ireland | | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 1:55.57 | GR |
| | 5 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | England | 1:55.82 | |
| | 8 | Bronte Barratt | Australia | 1:56.62 | |
| 4 | 3 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 1:57.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | Brittany MacLean | Canada | 1:57.20 | |
| 6 | 6 | Jazmin Carlin | Wales | 1:57.26 | |
| 7 | 1 | Samantha Cheverton | Canada | 1:57.79 | |
| 8 | 7 | Karin Prinsloo | South Africa | 1:58.95 | |