Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date	November 14, 2010
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Medalists
Zhao Jing   China   Shiho Sakai   Japan   Aya Terakawa   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 women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 14 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 14 competitors from 10 countries who took part in this event. Two heats were held, the heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the both field qualified for the finals.

Zhao Jing from China won the gold medal, two Japanese swimmers Shiho Sakai and Aya Terakawa won the silver and bronze medal respectively.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 14 November 2010	09:50	Heats
	18:42	Final

Records

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

World Record	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	2:04.81	Rome, Italy	1 August 2009
Asian Record	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)	2:07.13	Beijing, China	16 August 2008
Games Record	He Cihong (CHN)	2:09.46	Hiroshima, Japan	8 October 1994

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Shiho Sakai (JPN)	2:09.68
2	2	Zhou Yanxin (CHN)	2:10.83
3	1	Zhao Jing (CHN)	2:13.66
4	1	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	2:14.28
5	2	Ham Chan-mi (KOR)	2:16.20
6	1	Claudia Lau (HKG)	2:16.23
7	2	Chen Ting (TPE)	2:18.61
7	2	Yulduz Kuchkarova (UZB)	2:18.61
9	2	Chavisa Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA)	2:23.14
10	1	Yekaterina Rudenko (KAZ)	2:24.83
11	1	Lee Joo-hyung (KOR)	2:26.71
12	2	Kuan Weng I (MAC)	2:27.79
13	1	Nguyễn Thị Kim Tuyến (VIE)	2:30.87
14	1	Erica Vong (MAC)	2:35.46

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Zhao Jing (CHN)	2:06.46	AR
	Shiho Sakai (JPN)	2:07.81
	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	2:09.72
4	Zhou Yanxin (CHN)	2:10.16
5	Ham Chan-mi (KOR)	2:13.78
6	Claudia Lau (HKG)	2:14.86
7	Yulduz Kuchkarova (UZB)	2:17.59
8	Chen Ting (TPE)	2:18.86

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Women's 200m Backstroke Heats Official Website
• Women's 200m Backstroke Ev.No.10 Final Official Website