The men's 200m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 3, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | 3 December 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Schedule edit
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 10:28 | Heats |
| 18:13 | Final |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Ian Thorpe (AUS) |
1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2001 |
| Asian Record |  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
1:47.51 | Victoria, Canada | 17 August 2006 |
| Games Record |  Liu Yu (CHN) |
1:49.29 | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |
Results edit
Heats edit
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
|
1:49.75 | |
| 2 | 5 |  Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN)
|
1:50.14 | |
| 3 | 3 | Zhang Enjian (CHN)
|
1:50.71 | |
| 4 | 4 | Zhang Lin (CHN)
|
1:50.96 | |
| 5 | 3 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR)
|
1:51.07 | |
| 6 | 4 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN)
|
1:51.47 | |
| 7 | 4 |  Bryan Tay (SIN)
|
1:53.04 | |
| 8 | 5 |  Daniel Bego (MAS)
|
1:54.37 | |
| 9 | 3 |  Virdhawal Khade (IND)
|
1:54.44 | |
| 10 | 3 |  Miguel Molina (PHI)
|
1:54.62 | |
| 11 | 4 |  Tang Sheng-chieh (TPE)
|
1:55.32 | |
| 12 | 4 |  Cheung Siu Hang (HKG)
|
1:55.57 | |
| 13 | 4 |  Timur Irgashev (UZB)
|
1:55.73 | |
| 14 | 5 |  Mohammad Madwa (KUW)
|
1:55.86 | |
| 15 | 4 | Marcus Cheah (SIN)
|
1:55.99 | |
| 16 | 3 |  Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA)
|
1:56.23 | |
| 17 | 1 |  Vyacheslav Titarenko (KAZ)
|
1:56.39 | |
| 18 | 5 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB)
|
1:56.66 | |
| 19 | 3 |  Mohammad Bidarian (IRI)
|
1:56.84 | |
| 20 | 3 | Waleed Al-Qahtani (KUW)
|
1:56.99 | |
| 21 | 5 | Chen Te-tung (TPE)
|
1:57.96 | |
| 22 | 5 | Soheil Maleka Ashtiani (IRI)
|
1:58.17 | |
| 23 | 5 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG)
|
1:58.55 | |
| 24 | 3 |  Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT)
|
1:58.87 | |
| 25 | 2 |  Daniel Lee (SRI)
|
2:01.02 | |
| 26 | 2 | Moyssara El-Aarag (QAT)
|
2:01.03 | |
| 27 | 2 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI)
|
2:01.60 | |
| 28 | 2 |  Jamil Yamout (LIB)
|
2:01.89 | |
| 29 | 2 |  Rashid Iunusov (KGZ)
|
2:02.48 | |
| 30 | 2 |  Antonio Tong (MAC)
|
2:03.19 | |
| 31 | 4 | Kendrick Uy (PHI)
|
2:04.80 | |
| 32 | 2 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC)
|
2:06.72 | |
| 33 | 2 |  Ali Adel (IRQ)
|
2:10.87 | |
| 34 | 1 | Ali Majeed (IRQ)
|
2:17.00 | |
| 35 | 1 |  Ali Mohamed Raaidh (MDV)
|
2:30.12 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
1:47.12 | AR |
 |
Zhang Lin (CHN) |
1:47.85 | |
 |
Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) |
1:49.62 | |
| 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) |
1:49.92 | |
| 5 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) |
1:50.37 | |
| 6 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR) |
1:51.67 | |
| 7 | Bryan Tay (SIN) |
1:52.09 | |
| 8 | Daniel Bego (MAS) |
1:56.25 |