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

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date18 November 2010
Competitors20 from 18 nations
Winning time2:10.36
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    China
silver medal    South Korea
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There were 20 competitors from 18 countries who took part in this event. Three heats were held, with two 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.

Naoya Tomita from Japan won the gold medal, Xue Ruipeng from China and Choi Kyu-woong from South Korea were both awarded the silver medal due to reaching in the same time.

Schedule

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

Date Time Event
Thursday, 18 November 2010 09:22 Heats
18:23 Final

Records

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

World Record   Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2:07.31 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Asian Record   Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:07.51 Barcelona, Spain 8 June 2008
Games Record   Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:09.97 Busan, South Korea 2 October 2002

Results

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Legend
  • DSQ — Disqualified

Heats

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Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 1   Xue Ruipeng (CHN) 2:15.20
2 2   Choi Kyu-woong (KOR) 2:15.26
3 2   Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) 2:15.49
4 1   Xie Zhi (CHN) 2:15.59
5 3   Naoya Tomita (JPN) 2:16.06
6 2   Nuttapong Ketin (THA) 2:16.15
7 3   Miguel Molina (PHI) 2:17.15
8 3   Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) 2:17.61
9 1   Yap See Tuan (MAS) 2:19.77
10 2   Sandeep Sejwal (IND) 2:19.78
11 2   Dmitriy Shvetsov (UZB) 2:20.90
12 3   Lionel Khoo (SIN) 2:21.06
13 3   Dmitrii Aleksandrov (KGZ) 2:21.45
14 3   Nguyễn Hữu Việt (VIE) 2:22.06
15 1   Indra Gunawan (INA) 2:23.08
16 1   Chen Cho-yi (TPE) 2:24.93
17 2   Soroush Khajegi (IRI) 2:27.99
18 3   Chou Kit (MAC) 2:29.19
19 1   Mubarak Al-Besher (UAE) 2:31.61
20 2   Ahmed Atari (QAT) 2:36.48

Final

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Naoya Tomita (JPN) 2:10.36
    Xue Ruipeng (CHN) 2:12.25
    Choi Kyu-woong (KOR) 2:12.25
4   Xie Zhi (CHN) 2:12.37
5   Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) 2:12.38
6   Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) 2:14.94
7   Nuttapong Ketin (THA) 2:17.79
  Miguel Molina (PHI) DSQ

References

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