Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metres backstroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 August 2002
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:59.83 min
Medalists
James Goddard    England   Gregor Tait    Scotland   Simon Militis    England

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place 1 August. The heats and the final were held on 1 August.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	James Goddard	England	1:59.83
	5	Gregor Tait	Scotland	2:00.55
	3	Simon Militis	England	2:01.04
4	6	Leigh McBean	Australia	2:01.22
5	7	Ethan Rolff	Australia	2:01.65
6	1	Cameron Gibson	New Zealand	2:02.00
7	8	Carlos Sayao	Canada	2:03.05
8	4	Keith Beavers	Canada	2:03.29

Key: WR = World record

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	3	Keith Beavers	Canada	2:01.22	Q
2	2	4	Gregor Tait	Scotland	2:01.51	Q
3	1	4	Simon Militis	England	2:02.46	Q
4	2	5	Leigh McBean	Australia	2:02.54	Q
5	3	5	James Goddard	England	2:02.62	Q
6	1	3	Ethan Rolff	Australia	2:02.63	Q
7	1	5	Cameron Gibson	New Zealand	2:02.76	Q
8	2	6	Carlos Sayao	Canada	2:02.94	Q
9	2	3	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	2:04.24
10	3	6	Alex Lim	Malaysia	2:04.40
11	1	6	Nicholas Neckles	Barbados	2:05.58
12	1	2	Dane Harrop	Isle of Man	2:09.32
13	3	2	Ian Powell	Guernsey	2:09.49
14	2	2	Andrew Mackay	Cayman Islands	2:09.71
15	3	7	Jonathon Le Noury	Guernsey	2:13.30
16	2	7	Kabir Walia	Kenya	2:29.07
-	3	4	Matt Welsh	Australia	DQ

Results