Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	30 July 2002
Competitors	23 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:59.69
Medalists
Karen Pickering    England   Karen Legg    England   Elka Graham    Australia   Petria Thomas    Australia
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Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
50 m EAD	men	women
100 m	men	women
100 m EAD	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The Women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Contents

• Records
• Results
• Heats
• Final
• References

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:

World record	Franziska van Almsick  (GER)	1:56.78	Rome, Italy	6 September 1994	[1]
Commonwealth record
Games record

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
30 July	Final	Karen Pickering	England	1:59.69	GR

Results

Heats

The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Karen Pickering	England	2:00.89	Q
2	1	5	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:01.08	Q
3	3	3	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:01.13	Q
4	2	5	Karen Legg	England	2:01.18	Q
5	3	4	Elka Graham	Australia	2:01.23	Q
6	1	4	Helene Muller	South Africa	2:01.68	Q
7	1	6	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:01.71	Q
8	2	4	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:01.73	Q
9	2	6	Janelle Atkinson	Jamaica	2:02.18
10	1	3	Sophie Simard	Canada	2:02.62
11	3	2	Karen Nisbet	Scotland	2:02.76
12	2	3	Mandy Leach	Zimbabwe	2:03.51
13	3	6	Janine Belton	England	2:03.65
14	2	2	Bethan Francis Coole	Wales	2:04.37
15	2	7	Mackenzie Howe	Wales	2:05.53
16	1	2	Catrin Davies	Wales	2:05.73
17	3	7	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:07.04
18	1	7	Christel Bouvron	Singapore	2:08.35
19	3	1	Angela Chuck	Jamaica	2:09.20
20	2	1	Kaitlyn Elphinstone	Cayman Islands	2:11.97
21	3	8	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane	Papua New Guinea	2:12.75
22	2	8	Roberta Callus	Malta	2:14.25
23	1	1	Elaine Reyes	Gibraltar	2:18.26

Final

The final was held on 30 July at 19:00. ^[1]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Karen Pickering	England	1:59.69	GR
	6	Karen Legg	England	1:59.86
	2	Elka Graham	Australia	2:00.07
	5	Petria Thomas	Australia	2:00.07
5	7	Helene Muller	South Africa	2:00.77
6	3	Jessica Deglau	Canada	2:00.85
7	8	Giaan Rooney	Australia	2:01.03
8	1	Jennifer Button	Canada	2:03.69

References