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

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date15 November 2010
Competitors23 from 15 nations
Winning time1:55.45 GR
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    China
bronze medal    China
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There were 23 competitors from 15 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.

Ryosuke Irie from Japan won the gold medal, two Chinese swimmers Zhang Fenglin and Cheng Feiyi won the silver and bronze medal respectively.

Schedule edit

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

Date Time Event
Monday, 15 November 2010 10:07 Heats
19:14 Final

Records edit

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

World Record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:51.92 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009
Asian Record   Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:52.51 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009
Games Record   Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:58.85 Doha, Qatar 4 December 2006

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 3   Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:59.78
2 2   Zhang Fenglin (CHN) 2:00.35
3 2   Cheng Feiyi (CHN) 2:01.31
4 1   Kim Ji-heun (KOR) 2:02.54
5 3   Park Seon-kwan (KOR) 2:04.01
6 1   Sergey Pankov (UZB) 2:04.60
7 3   Zach Ong (SIN) 2:04.89
8 2   Rainer Ng (SIN) 2:04.95
9 1   Oleg Rabota (KAZ) 2:05.08
10 1   Abdullah Al-Thuwaini (IOC) 2:05.48
11 2   Yuan Ping (TPE) 2:05.63
12 3   Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) 2:06.49
13 3   Ian James Barr (MAS) 2:06.52
14 1   Daniil Bukin (UZB) 2:06.75
15 3   I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA) 2:08.50
16 2   Kevin Chu (HKG) 2:09.31
17 2   Iurii Zakharov (KGZ) 2:09.88
18 3   Antonio Tong (MAC) 2:10.53
19 1   Rohit Halvaldar (IND) 2:12.79
20 3   Shuaib Al-Thuwaini (IOC) 2:15.09
21 2   Rehan Poncha (IND) 2:18.56
22 1   Abdulrahman Al-Ollan (QAT) 2:29.28
23 2   Hussain Al-Lanjawi (QAT) 2:35.19

Final edit

Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:55.45 GR
    Zhang Fenglin (CHN) 1:57.53
    Cheng Feiyi (CHN) 1:58.93
4   Kim Ji-heun (KOR) 1:59.03
5   Park Seon-kwan (KOR) 2:01.33
6   Rainer Ng (SIN) 2:04.06
7   Zach Ong (SIN) 2:04.28
8   Sergey Pankov (UZB) 2:05.31

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