Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | December 7, 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 2002 | 2010 → | |||||||||
| Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games  | ||||
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| 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 | ||
Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games
The men's 200m breaststroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 7, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
Schedule
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 10:23 | Heats |
| 18:11 | Final |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian records were as follows.
| World Record |  Brendan Hansen (USA) | 2:08.50 | Victoria, Canada | 21 August 2006 |
| Asian Record |  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:09.42 | Barcelona, Spain | 24 July 2003 |
| Games Record | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:09.97 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
Results
- Legend
- DNS — Did not start
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) |
2:15.57 | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Daisuke Kimura (JPN) |
2:16.57 | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 |  Shin Su-jong (KOR) |
2:16.78 | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 |  Wang Wei-wen (TPE) |
2:17.81 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 |  Lai Zhongjian (CHN) |
2:18.02 | |
| 6 | 3 | 4 |  Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) |
2:18.36 | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Xie Zhi (CHN) |
2:18.44 | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 |  Miguel Molina (PHI) |
2:19.38 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Chiang Hsin-hung (TPE) |
2:19.49 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) |
2:20.72 | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 |  Andrey Morkovin (UZB) |
2:21.03 | |
| 12 | 4 | 2 |  Vorrawuti Aumpiwan (THA) |
2:21.39 | |
| 13 | 4 | 7 |  Leonard Tan (SIN) |
2:22.48 | |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Gerard Bordado (PHI) |
2:23.96 | |
| 15 | 2 | 6 |  Nguyễn Hữu Việt (VIE) |
2:25.95 | |
| 16 | 4 | 6 |  Abdulrahman Al-Bader (KUW) |
2:27.90 | |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Lim Zhi Cong (SIN) |
2:28.89 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | You Seung-hun (KOR) |
2:29.15 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 |  Osama El-Aarag (QAT) |
2:31.19 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 |  Wael Koubrousli (LIB) |
2:33.35 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 |  Firas Chihade (SYR) |
2:33.41 | |
| 22 | 4 | 1 |  Lao Hei Meng (MAC) |
2:34.10 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 |  Pavel Kuleshov (KGZ) |
2:38.38 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Ma Chan Wai (MAC) |
2:46.43 | |
| 25 | 1 | 5 |  Hassan Ashraf (MDV) |
2:54.69 | |
| — | 1 | 4 |  Guvanch Ataniyazov (TKM) |
DNS |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:12.05 | |
 | 5 | Daisuke Kimura (JPN) | 2:13.17 | |
 | 7 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 2:13.60 | |
| 4 | 2 | Lai Zhongjian (CHN) | 2:14.95 | |
| 5 | 1 | Xie Zhi (CHN) | 2:15.11 | |
| 6 | 3 | Shin Su-jong (KOR) | 2:15.90 | |
| 7 | 8 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 2:17.89 | |
| 8 | 6 | Wang Wei-wen (TPE) | 2:17.95 |