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

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre
Dates 14 November 2010
Competitors 29 from 17 nations
Winning time 1 minute 44.80 seconds
Medalists
    South Korea
    China
    Japan
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Swimming events at the
2010 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
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
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 men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

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.

Contents

Records

World record
1:42.00 Paul Biedermann Rome 28 July 2009
Asian record
1:44.85 Park Tae-Hwan Beijing 12 August 2008

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 2 Sun Yang China 1:47.85
2 2 4 Zhang Lin China 1:48.86
3 4 4 Park Tae-Hwan South Korea 1:49.15
4 4 5 Yuki Kobori Japan 1:49.61
5 3 4 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1:50.20
6 3 3 Lee Hyun-Seung South Korea 1:50.45
7 4 6 Yeo Kai Quan Singapore 1:51.70
8 2 6 Lim Yong En Clement Singapore 1:51.91
9 2 5 Oleg Rabota Kazakhstan 1:52.60
10 2 3 Sarit Tiewong Thailand 1:53.33
11 4 7 Petr Romashkin Uzbekistan 1:53.42
12 4 3 Jessie Khing Lacuna Philippines 1:53.50
13 3 7 Aaron Agnel Dsouza India 1:53.93
14 2 7 Sobitjon Amilov Uzbekistan 1:54.02
15 4 2 Triady Fauzi Sidiq Indonesia 1:54.51
16 3 2 Abdullah Altuwaini Kuwait 1:54.72
17 3 5 Alexandr Ivanov Kazakhstan 1:54.98
18 3 6 Cheung Kin Tat Kent Hong Kong 1:55.03
19 2 2 Saeed Malekae Ashtiani Iran 1:55.04
20 1 4 Rohit Rajendra Havaldar India 1:55.48
21 3 8 Kong Chun Yin Hong Kong 1:56.51
22 4 8 Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi Saudi Arabia 1:57.67
23 1 5 Tong Antonio Macau 1:58.05
24 4 1 Punyawee Sontana Thailand 1:58.73
25 3 1 Mohammed Madouh Kuwait 1:58.92
26 2 8 Hazem Abdulwahid Tashkandi Saudi Arabia 2:03.90
27 1 6 Abdulrahman Al Ollan Qatar 2:06.64
28 1 3 Hussain Allanjawi Qatar 2:23.84
2 1 Rami Anis Syria DNF

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3 Park Tae-Hwan South Korea 1:44.80 AR
4 Sun Yang China 1:46.25
2 Takeshi Matsuda Japan 1:47.73
4 5 Zhang Lin China 1:48.10
5 6 Yuki Kobori Japan 1:48.15
6 7 Lee Hyun-Seung South Korea 1:50.42
7 1 Yeo Kai Quan Singapore 1:51.07
8 8 Lim Yong En Clement Singapore 1:52.25

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