The Men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows;
The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 31 July Final Ian Thorpe 1:44.71 GR
Results Heats The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Ian Thorpe 1:48.50 Q 2 2 4 Grant Hackett 1:49.22 Q 3 1 4 Rick Say 1:49.94 Q 4 3 5 Mark Johnston 1:50.26 Q 5 3 3 Brian Johns 1:50.40 Q 6 2 5 Jamie Salter 1:50.41 Q 7 1 5 Jason Cram 1:50.56 Q 8 2 3 David Carry 1:51.45 Q 9 2 6 David Davies 1:51.89 10 3 6 Damian Alleyne 1:53.61 11 3 2 Alexandros Aresti 1:54.05 12 1 6 Mark Chay 1:55.53 13 2 2 Ron Cowen 1:55.88 14 1 7 Jonathon Le Noury 2:01.63 15 1 2 Ben Lowndes 2:01.94 16 3 7 Ben Wells 2:03.59 17 2 7 Barnsley Albert 2:03.71 18 3 1 Angel Gonzalez 2:07.35 19 2 1 Colin Bensadon 2:08.24 20 1 1 Lateef Aliasau 2:10.96 21 3 8 Kpiliboh Otiko 2:12.70
Final The final was held on 31 July at 20:31. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ian Thorpe 1:44.71 GR 5 Grant Hackett 1:46.13 3 Rick Say 1:49.40 4 7 Jamie Salter 1:50.01 5 2 Brian Johns 1:50.27 6 1 Jason Cram 1:50.30 7 6 Mark Johnston 1:51.18 8 8 David Carry 1:51.22
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