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

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.

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

World record

Qi Hui (CHN)

2:22.99

Hangzhou, China

13 April 2001

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

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