Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date 18 November 2010 (2010-11-18)
Competitors 20 from 18 nations
Medalists
 Naoya Tomita   Japan
 Xue Ruipeng   China
 Choi Kyu-woong   South Korea

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 20 competitors from 18 countries who took part in this event. Three heats were held, with two 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.

Naoya Tomita from Japan won the gold medal, Xue Ruipeng from China and Choi Kyu-woong from South Korea were both awarded the silver medal due to reaching in the same time.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Thursday, 18 November 201009:22Heats
18:23Final

Records

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

World record Christian Sprenger (AUS)2:07.31Rome, Italy30 July 2009
Asian record Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)2:07.51Barcelona, Spain8 June 2008
Games record Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)2:09.97Busan, South Korea2 October 2002

Results

Legend
  • DSQ — Disqualified

Heats

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
11 Xue Ruipeng (CHN)2:15.20
22 Choi Kyu-woong (KOR)2:15.26
32 Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ)2:15.49
41 Xie Zhi (CHN)2:15.59
53 Naoya Tomita (JPN)2:16.06
62 Nuttapong Ketin (THA)2:16.15
73 Miguel Molina (PHI)2:17.15
83 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ)2:17.61
91 Yap See Tuan (MAS)2:19.77
102 Sandeep Sejwal (IND)2:19.78
112 Dmitriy Shvetsov (UZB)2:20.90
123 Lionel Khoo (SGP)2:21.06
133 Dmitrii Aleksandrov (KGZ)2:21.45
143 Nguyễn Hữu Việt (VIE)2:22.06
151 Indra Gunawan (INA)2:23.08
161 Chen Cho-yi (TPE)2:24.93
172 Soroush Khajegi (IRI)2:27.99
183 Chou Kit (MAC)2:29.19
191 Mubarak Al-Besher (UAE)2:31.61
202 Ahmed Atari (QAT)2:36.48

Final

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Naoya Tomita (JPN)2:10.36
2nd, silver medalist(s) Xue Ruipeng (CHN)2:12.25
2nd, silver medalist(s) Choi Kyu-woong (KOR)2:12.25
4 Xie Zhi (CHN)2:12.37
5 Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ)2:12.38
6 Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ)2:14.94
7 Nuttapong Ketin (THA)2:17.79
— Miguel Molina (PHI)DSQ

References

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