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

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date14 November 2010
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Medalists
gold medal    South Korea
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Japan
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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

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

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

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games 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

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Legend
  • DNS — Did not start

Heats

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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

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 1:44.80 AR
    Sun Yang (CHN) 1:46.25
    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

References

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