Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre butterfly

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Medalists
Yuko Nakanishi    Japan   Maki Mita    Japan   Liu Yin    China

Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The women's 200 metre butterfly swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World record	Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL)	2:05.78	Berlin, Germany	4 August 2002
Asian record	Liu Limin (CHN)	2:06.77	Hiroshima, Japan	8 October 1994
Games record	Liu Limin (CHN)	2:06.77	Hiroshima, Japan	8 October 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Maki Mita (JPN)	2:11.57
2	2	Yuko Nakanishi (JPN)	2:11.66
3	1	Liu Yin (CHN)	2:13.51
4	1	Li Jie (CHN)	2:14.45
5	2	Park Kyung-hwa (KOR)	2:17.22
6	1	Christel Bouvron (SGP)	2:17.53
7	1	Chan Wing Suet (HKG)	2:17.79
8	2	Shin Bo-mi (KOR)	2:19.65
9	1	Richa Mishra (IND)	2:22.09
10	1	Lucia Dacanay (PHI)	2:22.36
11	2	Flora Kong (HKG)	2:22.41
12	2	U-Nice Chan (SGP)	2:23.60

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Yuko Nakanishi (JPN)	2:08.99
	Maki Mita (JPN)	2:11.57
	Liu Yin (CHN)	2:12.07
4	Li Jie (CHN)	2:12.28
5	Chan Wing Suet (HKG)	2:17.42
6	Park Kyung-hwa (KOR)	2:18.22
7	Shin Bo-mi (KOR)	2:19.53
8	Christel Bouvron (SGP)	2:22.52

References

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Page 223
• Results