Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The Men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.

Three heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Charles Francis	Canada	01:59.67	Q
2	4	Ashley Delaney	Australia	02:00.44	Q
3	6	Craig McNally	Scotland	02:02.10
4	5	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	02:02.34
5	2	Rehan Poncha	India	02:09.71

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	01:59.79	Q
2	4	Christopher Walker-Hebborn	England	02:00.57	Q
3	6	Charl Crous	South Africa	02:01.37
4	5	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	02:01.76
5	2	Rohit Havaldar	India	02:09.45
6	7	Praveen Tokas	India	02:12.67

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	James Goddard	England	01:59.30	Q
2	6	Marco Loughran	Wales	1:59.88	Q
3	3	Ryan Bennett	England	2:00.32	Q
4	5	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	2:00.86	Q
5	2	Ian Barr	Malaysia	2:08.84
6	7	Jeremy Matthews	Singapore	2:10.94

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	James Goddard	England	1:55:58	CGR
	8	Gareth Kean	New Zealand	1:57:37	NR
	7	Ashley Delaney	Australia	1:58:18
4	1	Christopher Walker-Hebborn	England	1:59:00
5	5	Charles Francis	Canada	2:00:07
6	6	Marco Loughran	Wales	2:00:11
7	3	Tobias Oriwol	Canada	2:00:24
8	2	Ryan Bennett	England	2:01:86