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

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)
Competitors 29 from 17 nations
Medalists
 Park Tae-hwan  South Korea
 Sun Yang  China
 Takeshi Matsuda  Japan
Swimming 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.

Schedule

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

Date Time Event
Sunday, 14 November 2010 09:30 Heats
18:25 Final

Records

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

World Record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Asian Record  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 1:44.85 Beijing, China 12 August 2008
Games Record  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 1:47.12 Doha, Qatar 3 December 2006

Results

Legend

Heats

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 1  Sun Yang (CHN) 1:47.85
2 2  Zhang Lin (CHN) 1:48.86
3 4  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 1:49.15
4 4  Yuki Kobori (JPN) 1:49.61
5 3  Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 1:50.20
6 3  Lee Hyun-seung (KOR) 1:50.45
7 4  Danny Yeo (SIN) 1:51.70
8 2  Clement Lim (SIN) 1:51.91
9 2  Oleg Rabota (KAZ) 1:52.60
10 2  Sarit Tiewong (THA) 1:53.33
11 4  Petr Romashkin (UZB) 1:53.42
12 4  Jessie Lacuna (PHI) 1:53.50
13 3  Aaron D'Souza (IND) 1:53.93
14 2  Sobitjon Amilov (UZB) 1:54.02
15 4  Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA) 1:54.51
16 3  Abdullah Al-Thuwaini (IOC) 1:54.72
17 3  Alexandr Ivanov (KAZ) 1:54.98
18 3  Kent Cheung (HKG) 1:55.03
19 2  Saeid Maleka Ashtiani (IRI) 1:55.04
20 1  Rohit Halvaldar (IND) 1:55.48
21 3  Kong Chun Yin (HKG) 1:56.51
22 4  Loai Tashkandi (KSA) 1:57.67
23 1  Antonio Tong (MAC) 1:58.05
24 4  Punyawee Sontana (THA) 1:58.73
25 3  Mohammad Madwa (IOC) 1:58.92
26 2  Hazem Tashkandi (KSA) 2:03.90
27 1  Abdulrahman Al-Ollan (QAT) 2:06.64
28 1  Hussain Al-Lanjawi (QAT) 2:23.84
— 2  Rami Anis (SYR) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 1:44.80 AR
2nd  Sun Yang (CHN) 1:46.25
3rd  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

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