2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
- Friday, July 29 – Wednesday, August 3, 2022
- Birmingham, England
- Sandwell Aquatic Center
- Start Times
- Prelims: 10:30 am local / 5:30 am ET
- Finals: 7:00 pm local / 2:00 pm ET
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Event Schedule
- Entry List (PDF)
- Live Results
- Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet
- Day 4 Finals Live Recap
Full Results
WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – FINAL
- Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2:05.60 GR
- Kylie Masse (CAN), 2:07.81
- Katie Shanahan (SCO), 2:09.22
- Minna Atherton (AUS), 2:09.40
- Holly McGill (SCO), 2:13.00
- Charlotte Evans (WAL), 2:14.26
- Cassie Wild (SC), 2:18.32
- Gemma Atherley (JEY), 2:18.53
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown crushed the women’s 200 back final in Birmingham by setting a new Commonwealth Games record of 2:05.60. She took .38 off defending champion Kylie Masse’s record which she set in 2018.
21-year-old McKeown, the reigning Olympic and world champion, touched the wall first today with a 2-second lead over the field including second-place finisher Masse of Canada who swam a 2:07.81. Scotland’s Katie Shanahan rounded out the 2022 Commonwealth Games podium with a time of 2:09.22, out touching 4th place finisher Minna Atherton of Austria by .18.
McKeown took out the race fast, but conservative compared to her strategy at the 2022 World Championships. In Budapest, she split a blistering 29.59 on the first 50 meters compared to her 30.09 here in Birmingham. She had a stronger final 50 today though, coming home in 31.56 compared to the 31.70 she split on her finish at the World Championships.
Split Comparison – McKeown Commonwealth Games vs McKeown World Championships vs Masse 2018
| McKeown 2022 Commonwealth Games | McKeown 2022 World Championships | Masse 2018 | |
| 50m | 30.09 | 29.59 | 29.66 |
| 100m | 1:02.02 (31.93) | 1:01.51 (31.92) |
1:01.39 (31.73)
|
| 150m | 1:34.04 (32.02) | 1:33.38 (31.87) |
1:33.39 (32.00)
|
| 200m | 2:05.60 (31.56) | 2:05.08 (31.70) |
2:05.98 (32.59)
|
McKeown is coming off three gold medal wins at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 100 and 200 backstroke alongside the 400 medley relay.
I missed Seebohm in this event- she is a master tactician.
Kaylee just keeps winning despite not having the best season.
Her 200m back consistency has been great.
To be fair she has been consistent in the 100 back this year too, but her 200 back times are more competitive by comparison.
This is her 11th swim under 2:05,60, the rest of the World has like 14 ever.
I noticed there are no down votes whatsoever in the comments section on Summer McIntosh’s 200IM victory, but there are down votes here. Not that I’m suggesting that the obsessive down-voters could possibly be Canadians.
I very much doubt it’s Canadians. I feel like all the Commonwealth countries are pretty supportive of each other.
Aussies always get downvoted a lot.