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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:25.93
Medalists
Leisel Jones    Australia   Sarah Poewe    South Africa   Kelli Waite    Australia
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 1 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows.

World record

Qi Hui (CHN)

2:22.99

Hangzhou, China

13 April 2001

Results

Heats

Both heats were held on 1 August.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:27.30	Q
2	2	5	Kelli Waite	Australia	2:29.23	Q
3	1	4	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	2:29.86	Q
4	2	6	Brooke Hanson	Australia	2:30.60	Q
5	1	3	Heidi Earp	England	2:31.01	Q
6	1	5	Jaime King	England	2:31.23	Q
7	2	3	Christin Petelski	Canada	2:32.15	Q
8	1	2	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	2:32.82	Q
9	1	6	Kirsty Balfour	Scotland	2:32.87
10	2	2	Siow Yi Ting	Malaysia	2:34.29
11	2	7	Annamay Pierse	Canada	2:34.72
12	1	7	Natalie Bree	Jersey	2:43.06
13	1	1	Gail Strobridge	Guernsey	2:47.11
14	2	1	Rachel Ah Koy	Fiji	2:49.40

Final

The final was held on 1 August.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Leisel Jones	Australia	2:25.93
	3	Sarah Poewe	South Africa	2:27.47
	5	Kelli Waite	Australia	2:28.58
4	6	Brooke Hanson	Australia	2:29.55
5	2	Heidi Earp	England	2:30.45
6	8	Rhiannon Leier	Canada	2:31.33
7	7	Jaime King	England	2:31.58
8	1	Christin Petelski	Canada	2:33.09

References