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 01:59.67 Q 2 4 Ashley Delaney 02:00.44 Q 3 6 Craig McNally 02:02.10 4 5 Daniel Bell 02:02.34 5 2 Rehan Poncha 02:09.71
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Tobias Oriwol 01:59.79 Q 2 4 Christopher Walker-Hebborn 02:00.57 Q 3 6 Charl Crous 02:01.37 4 5 Hayden Stoeckel 02:01.76 5 2 Rohit Havaldar 02:09.45 6 7 Praveen Tokas 02:12.67
Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 James Goddard 01:59.30 Q 2 6 Marco Loughran 1:59.88 Q 3 3 Ryan Bennett 2:00.32 Q 4 5 Gareth Kean 2:00.86 Q 5 2 Ian Barr 2:08.84 6 7 Jeremy Matthews 2:10.94
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 James Goddard 1:55:58 CGR 8 Gareth Kean 1:57:37 NR 7 Ashley Delaney 1:58:18 4 1 Christopher Walker-Hebborn 1:59:00 5 5 Charles Francis 2:00:07 6 6 Marco Loughran 2:00:11 7 3 Tobias Oriwol 2:00:24 8 2 Ryan Bennett 2:01:86
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