Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | December 3, 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 21 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 freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 3, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
Schedule
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 10:28 | Heats |
| 18:13 | Final |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian records were as follows.
| World Record |  Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2001 |
| Asian Record |  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:47.51 | Victoria, Canada | 17 August 2006 |
| Games Record |  Liu Yu (CHN) | 1:49.29 | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
1:49.75 | |
| 2 | 5 | 5 |  Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) |
1:50.14 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) |
1:50.71 | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Zhang Lin (CHN) |
1:50.96 | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR) |
1:51.07 | |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) |
1:51.47 | |
| 7 | 4 | 6 |  Bryan Tay (SIN) |
1:53.04 | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 |  Daniel Bego (MAS) |
1:54.37 | |
| 9 | 3 | 7 |  Virdhawal Khade (IND) |
1:54.44 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 |  Miguel Molina (PHI) |
1:54.62 | |
| 11 | 4 | 3 |  Tang Sheng-chieh (TPE) |
1:55.32 | |
| 12 | 4 | 1 |  Cheung Siu Hang (HKG) |
1:55.57 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 |  Timur Irgashev (UZB) |
1:55.73 | |
| 14 | 5 | 7 |  Mohammad Madwa (KUW) |
1:55.86 | |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Marcus Cheah (SIN) |
1:55.99 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 |  Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA) |
1:56.23 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 |  Vyacheslav Titarenko (KAZ) |
1:56.39 | |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) |
1:56.66 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 |  Mohammad Bidarian (IRI) |
1:56.84 | |
| 20 | 3 | 6 | Waleed Al-Qahtani (KUW) |
1:56.99 | |
| 21 | 5 | 6 | Chen Te-tung (TPE) |
1:57.96 | |
| 22 | 5 | 1 | Soheil Maleka Ashtiani (IRI) |
1:58.17 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG) |
1:58.55 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 |  Anas Abu-Yousuf (QAT) |
1:58.87 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 |  Daniel Lee (SRI) |
2:01.02 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Moyssara El-Aarag (QAT) |
2:01.03 | |
| 27 | 2 | 7 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) |
2:01.60 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 |  Jamil Yamout (LIB) |
2:01.89 | |
| 29 | 2 | 3 |  Rashid Iunusov (KGZ) |
2:02.48 | |
| 30 | 2 | 6 |  Antonio Tong (MAC) |
2:03.19 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Kendrick Uy (PHI) |
2:04.80 | |
| 32 | 2 | 4 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) |
2:06.72 | |
| 33 | 2 | 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ali Adel (IRQ) |
2:10.87 | |
| 34 | 1 | 4 | Ali Majeed (IRQ) |
2:17.00 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 |  Ali Mohamed Raaidh (MDV) |
2:30.12 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:47.12 | AR |
 | 6 | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 1:47.85 | |
 | 5 | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 1:49.62 | |
| 4 | 3 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) | 1:49.92 | |
| 5 | 7 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) | 1:50.37 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR) | 1:51.67 | |
| 7 | 1 | Bryan Tay (SIN) | 1:52.09 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:56.25 |