The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 3 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.
World record Krisztina Egerszegi 2:06.62 Athens, Greece 25 August 1991Games record Anna Simcic 2:12.32 Auckland, New Zealand
Schedule The schedule was as follows:
All times are local time Date Time Round Saturday 3 August 10:22 Heats 19:27 Final
Results Heats The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Sarah Price 2:11.91 Q, GR 2 3 3 Katy Sexton 2:12.90 Q 3 2 5 Joanna Fargus 2:13.16 Q 4 1 4 Clementine Stoney 2:13.35 Q 5 1 5 Jennifer Fratesi 2:13.52 Q 6 2 3 Kelly Tucker 2:13.60 Q 7 2 4 Kirsty Coventry 2:13.91 Q 8 3 6 Melissa Ingram 2:14.34 Q 9 3 5 Elizabeth Warden 2:15.07 10 1 3 Hannah McLean 2:15.11 11 2 6 Charlene Wittstock 2:15.69 12 2 2 Louise Coull 2:16.44 13 1 6 Elizabeth Wycliffe 2:16.81 14 3 2 Kirsty Thomson 2:19.52 15 1 2 Emily Crookall-Nixon 2:27.10 16 3 7 Mariana Chuck 2:32.72 17 2 7 Kiran Khan 2:46.90
Final The final was held on 3 August at 19:27.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Sarah Price 2:10.58 GR 3 Joanna Fargus 2:11.60 5 Katy Sexton 2:12.01 4 2 Jennifer Fratesi 2:12.35 5 1 Kirsty Coventry 2:12.47 6 6 Clementine Stoney 2:12.64 7 7 Kelly Tucker 2:13.94 8 8 Melissa Ingram 2:14.48
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