The Men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on 6 October 2010, at the SPM Swimming Pool Complex.[1]
Three heats were held, with most containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Charles Francis | 01:59.67 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | Ashley Delaney | 02:00.44 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Craig McNally | 02:02.10 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Daniel Bell | 02:02.34 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Rehan Poncha | 02:09.71 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Tobias Oriwol | 01:59.79 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | Christopher Walker-Hebborn | 02:00.57 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Charl Crous | 02:01.37 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Hayden Stoeckel | 02:01.76 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Rohit Havaldar | 02:09.45 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Praveen Tokas | 02:12.67 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | James Goddard | 01:59.30 | Q | ||
| 2 | 6 | Marco Loughran | 1:59.88 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bennett | 2:00.32 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | Gareth Kean | 2:00.86 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | Ian Barr | 2:08.84 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Jeremy Matthews | 2:10.94 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1:55:58 | CGR | ||||
| 8 | 1:57:37 | NR | ||||
| 7 | 1:58:18 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 1:59:00 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 2:00:07 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 2:00:11 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 2:00:24 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 2:01:86 |