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

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	4 August 2002 (2002-08-04)
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning time	2:08.40
Medalists
Petria Thomas    Australia   Georgina Lee    England   Margie Pedder    England

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

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

World record	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:05.81	Sydney, Australia	17 May 2000	[1]
Commonwealth record	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:05.81	Sydney, Australia	17 May 2000	[1]
Games record	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:06.60	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 September 1998	[1]

Both heats were held on 4 August.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:09.05	Q
2	2	6	Jen Button	Canada	2:11.16	Q
3	1	4	Georgina Lee	England	2:12.07	Q
4	1	5	Margie Pedder	England	2:12.32	Q
5	1	6	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:13.02	Q
6	2	5	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:13.71	Q
7	1	3	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:15.45	Q
8	2	2	Rachel Coffee	Australia	2:16.89	Q
9	1	2	Heather Roffey	Cayman Islands	2:19.48
10	1	7	Angela Galea	Malta	2:21.69
11	2	1	Christel Bouvron	Singapore	2:22.51
12	2	7	Natalia Roubina	Cyprus	2:22.98
13	2	8	Kaitlyn Elphinstone	Cayman Islands	2:26.88
	1	1	Tamara Swaby	Jamaica	DNS

The final was held on 4 August.^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:08.40
	3	Georgina Lee	England	2:10.73
	6	Margie Pedder	England	2:11.60
4	5	Jen Button	Canada	2:11.77
5	7	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:12.71
6	2	Elizabeth Van Welie	New Zealand	2:13.24
7	1	Audrey Lacroix	Canada	2:15.21
8	8	Rachel Coffee	Australia	2:16.95