| Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 April | |||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:54.00 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20142022 → | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 50 m S7/S8 | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S9 | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 200 m S14 | men | |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m S9 | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 100 m SB8/SB9 | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 50 m S7 | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 200 m SM8 | men | |
| 200 m SM10 | women | |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Michael Phelps (USA) |
1:51.51 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
| Commonwealth record |  Chad le Clos (RSA) |
1:52.96 | London, United Kingdom | 31 July 2012 |
| Games record |  Chad le Clos (RSA) |
1:55.07 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 26 July 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 7 April | Final | Chad le Clos | South Africa |
1:54.00 | GR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:31.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Mackenzie Darragh |  Canada |
1:56.96 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | David Morgan |  Australia |
1:57.42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Duncan Scott |  Scotland |
1:57.64 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Chad le Clos | South Africa |
1:57.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Grant Irvine | Australia |
1:57.91 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Lewis Clareburt |  New Zealand |
1:58.32 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Jacob Peters |  England |
1:58.42 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | James Guy | England |
1:58.43 | Q, WD |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Sajan Prakash |  India |
1:58.87 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Joe Litchfield | England |
1:59.69 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Bradlee Ashby | New Zealand |
2:00.30 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Eben Vorster | South Africa |
2:00.72 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Cherantha de Silva |  Sri Lanka |
2:08.71 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Matt Savitz |  Gibraltar |
2:15.41 |
Final
The final was held at 19:37.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Chad Le Clos | South Africa |
1:54.00 | GR |
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5 | David Morgan | Australia |
1:56.36 | |
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3 | Duncan Scott | Scotland |
1:56.60 | |
| 4 | 2 | Grant Irvine | Australia |
1:56.91 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jacob Peters | England |
1:57.75 | |
| 6 | 4 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada |
1:57.81 | |
| 7 | 7 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand |
1:58.51 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sajan Prakash | India |
1:59.05 |
References
| Commonwealth champions in men's 200 m butterfly | |
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