Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 August
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:05.60 GR
Medalists
Kaylee McKeown    Australia   Kylie Masse    Canada   Katie Shanahan    Scotland

Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
50 m S7	men
50 m S13	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m S9		women
200 m	men	women
200 m S14	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m S8		women
100 m S9	men
200 m	men
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m SB6		women
100 m SB8	men
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m S10	men
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
200 m SM10		women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Regan Smith (USA)	2:03.35	Gwangju, South Korea	26 July 2019
Commonwealth record	Kaylee McKeown  (AUS)	2:04.28	Adelaide, Australia	17 June 2021
Games record	Kylie Masse (CAN)	2:05.98	Gold Coast, Australia	8 April 2018

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
1 August	Final	Kaylee McKeown	Australia	2:05.60	GR

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Kaylee McKeown	Australia	2:10.95	Q
2	1	4	Kylie Masse	Canada	2:11.27	Q
3	1	5	Minna Atherton	Australia	2:11.38	Q
4	2	3	Katie Shanahan	Scotland	2:11.48	Q
5	1	3	Holly McGill	Scotland	2:13.03	Q
6	2	6	Charlotte Evans	Wales	2:14.68	Q
7	1	6	Gemma Atherley	Jersey	2:17.47	Q
8	2	5	Cassie Wild	Scotland	2:17.94	Q
9	2	2	Danielle Titus	Barbados	2:19.35	R
10	2	7	Ganga Senavirathne	Sri Lanka	2:26.63	R
11	1	2	Danielle Treasure	Barbados	2:26.72
12	1	7	Katelyn Cabral	Bahamas	2:33.19
13	2	1	Kiera Prentice	Isle of Man	2:38.01
14	1	1	Poppy Davis-Coyle	Saint Helena	2:48.18
15	2	8	Aishath Sausan	Maldives	2:58.24

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kaylee McKeown	Australia	2:05.60	GR
	5	Kylie Masse	Canada	2:07.81
	6	Katie Shanahan	Scotland	2:09.22
4	3	Minna Atherton	Australia	2:09.40
5	2	Holly McGill	Scotland	2:13.00
6	7	Charlotte Evans	Wales	2:14.26
7	8	Cassie Wild	Scotland	2:18.32
8	1	Gemma Atherley	Jersey	2:18.53