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

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date14 November
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Medalists
    South Korea
    China
    Japan

There were 29 competitors from 17 countries who took part in this event. Four 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.

Defending champion Park Tae-hwan from South Korea won the gold medal with 1 minute 44.80 seconds, which also broke the Asian record.

Schedule

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

Date Time Event
Sunday, 14 November 201009:30Heats
18:25Final

Records

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

World Record Paul Biedermann (GER)1:42.00Rome, Italy28 July 2009
Asian Record Park Tae-hwan (KOR)1:44.85Beijing, China12 August 2008
Games Record Park Tae-hwan (KOR)1:47.12Doha, Qatar3 December 2006

Results

Legend
  • DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
11 Sun Yang (CHN)1:47.85
22 Zhang Lin (CHN)1:48.86
34 Park Tae-hwan (KOR)1:49.15
44 Yuki Kobori (JPN)1:49.61
53 Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)1:50.20
63 Lee Hyun-seung (KOR)1:50.45
74 Danny Yeo (SIN)1:51.70
82 Clement Lim (SIN)1:51.91
92 Oleg Rabota (KAZ)1:52.60
102 Sarit Tiewong (THA)1:53.33
114 Petr Romashkin (UZB)1:53.42
124 Jessie Lacuna (PHI)1:53.50
133 Aaron D'Souza (IND)1:53.93
142 Sobitjon Amilov (UZB)1:54.02
154 Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA)1:54.51
163 Abdullah Al-Thuwaini (IOC)1:54.72
173 Alexandr Ivanov (KAZ)1:54.98
183 Kent Cheung (HKG)1:55.03
192 Saeid Maleka Ashtiani (IRI)1:55.04
201 Rohit Halvaldar (IND)1:55.48
213 Kong Chun Yin (HKG)1:56.51
224 Loai Tashkandi (KSA)1:57.67
231 Antonio Tong (MAC)1:58.05
244 Punyawee Sontana (THA)1:58.73
253 Mohammad Madwa (IOC)1:58.92
262 Hazem Tashkandi (KSA)2:03.90
271 Abdulrahman Al-Ollan (QAT)2:06.64
281 Hussain Al-Lanjawi (QAT)2:23.84
2 Rami Anis (SYR)DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Time Notes
 Park Tae-hwan (KOR)1:44.80AR
 Sun Yang (CHN)1:46.25
 Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)1:47.73
4 Zhang Lin (CHN)1:48.10
5 Yuki Kobori (JPN)1:48.15
6 Lee Hyun-seung (KOR)1:50.42
7 Danny Yeo (SIN)1:51.07
8 Clement Lim (SIN)1:52.25

References

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