title: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre individual medley
  
  The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | 2:06.12 | Kazan, Russia | 3 August 2015 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Commonwealth record | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (GBR) | 2:06.88 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 August 2016 |
  | Games record | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (ENG) | 2:08.21 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 27 July 2014 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were held at 11:25.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | England | 2:11.31 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | 4 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:12.24 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 5 | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 2:12.50 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | 3 | Abbie Wood | England | 2:12.85 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | 3 | Sarah Darcel | Canada | 2:12.95 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | 5 | Aimee Willmott | England | 2:13.38 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | 2 | Meg Bailey | Australia | 2:13.61 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | 6 | Blair Evans | Australia | 2:13.63 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 6 | Kayla Sanchez | Canada | 2:14.07 | |
  | 10 | 2 | 2 | Taylor McKeown | Australia | 2:15.77 | |
  | 11 | 2 | 1 | Emily Visagie | South Africa | 2:18.27 | |
  | 12 | 1 | 7 | Niamh Robinson | Isle of Man | 2:19.62 | |
  | 13 | 2 | 7 | Marlies Ross | South Africa | 2:19.67 | |
  | 14 | 1 | 1 | Matelita Buadromo | Fiji | 2:24.76 | |
  | 15 | 1 | 8 | Alania Suttie | Samoa | 2:30.23 | |
  | 16 | 2 | 8 | Aaliyah Palestrini | Seychelles | 2:36.25 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 21:24.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | England | 2:09.80 |
  | | 2 | Sarah Darcel | Canada | 2:11.14 |
  | | 5 | Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson | Canada | 2:11.74 |
  | 4 | 7 | Aimee Willmott | England | 2:12.07 |
  | 5 | 8 | Blair Evans | Australia | 2:12.76 |
  | 6 | 3 | Hannah Miley | Scotland | 2:13.29 |
  | 7 | 6 | Abbie Wood | England | 2:13.72 |
  | 8 | 1 | Meg Bailey | Australia | 2:14.58 |
  