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

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date14 November 2010
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Medalists
gold medal Park Tae-hwan   South Korea
silver medal Sun Yang   China
bronze medal Takeshi Matsuda   Japan
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Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games

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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 1:44.80 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sun Yang (CHN) 1:46.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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