Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time

The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Sarah Price	England	2:11.91	Q, GR
2	3	3	Katy Sexton	England	2:12.90	Q
3	2	5	Joanna Fargus	England	2:13.16	Q
4	1	4	Clementine Stoney	Australia	2:13.35	Q
5	1	5	Jennifer Fratesi	Canada	2:13.52	Q
6	2	3	Kelly Tucker	Australia	2:13.60	Q
7	2	4	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:13.91	Q
8	3	6	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:14.34	Q
9	3	5	Elizabeth Warden	Canada	2:15.07
10	1	3	Hannah McLean	New Zealand	2:15.11
11	2	6	Charlene Wittstock	South Africa	2:15.69
12	2	2	Louise Coull	Scotland	2:16.44
13	1	6	Elizabeth Wycliffe	Canada	2:16.81
14	3	2	Kirsty Thomson	Scotland	2:19.52
15	1	2	Emily Crookall-Nixon	Isle of Man	2:27.10
16	3	7	Mariana Chuck	Jamaica	2:32.72
17	2	7	Kiran Khan	Pakistan	2:46.90

The final was held on 3 August at 19:27.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sarah Price	England	2:10.58	GR
	3	Joanna Fargus	England	2:11.60
	5	Katy Sexton	England	2:12.01
4	2	Jennifer Fratesi	Canada	2:12.35
5	1	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:12.47
6	6	Clementine Stoney	Australia	2:12.64
7	7	Kelly Tucker	Australia	2:13.94
8	8	Melissa Ingram	New Zealand	2:14.48