Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 21 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	21 August 2018
Competitors	21 from 15 nations
Medalists
Yasuhiro Koseki    Japan   Ippei Watanabe    Japan   Qin Haiyang    China

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 21 August 2018	09:34	Heats
	18:40	Final

Records

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

World Record	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	2:06.67	Tokyo, Japan	29 January 2017
Asian Record	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	2:06.67	Tokyo, Japan	29 January 2017
Games Record	Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ)	2:07.67	Incheon, South Korea	23 September 2014

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	2:11.92
2	3	Yan Zibei (CHN)	2:12.45
3	2	Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN)	2:12.77
4	3	Denis Petrashov (KGZ)	2:12.89
5	1	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	2:13.51
6	2	Cho Sung-jae (KOR)	2:14.05
7	2	Chao Man Hou (MAC)	2:15.34
8	3	Amro Al-Wir (JOR)	2:16.15
9	3	Phạm Thanh Bảo (VIE)	2:16.51
10	1	Kim Jae-youn (KOR)	2:16.83
10	2	Boris Yang (HKG)	2:16.83
12	1	Zachary Tan (SGP)	2:17.01
13	1	Marcus Mok (HKG)	2:17.18
14	3	Lionel Khoo (SGP)	2:17.62
15	1	Nuttapong Ketin (THA)	2:18.17
16	2	Vladislav Mustafin (UZB)	2:19.02
17	3	Batyr Täçmyradow (TKM)	2:29.15
18	2	Abdelrahman Hesham Mohamed (QAT)	2:31.22
19	1	Batmönkhiin Jürmed (MGL)	2:40.71
20	1	Muhammad Hamza Malik (PAK)	2:40.72
21	2	Gotsbayaryn Tengis (MGL)	3:11.23

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN)	2:07.81
	Ippei Watanabe (JPN)	2:07.82
	Qin Haiyang (CHN)	2:08.07
4	Yan Zibei (CHN)	2:11.07
5	Denis Petrashov (KGZ)	2:12.19
6	Cho Sung-jae (KOR)	2:13.86
7	Chao Man Hou (MAC)	2:15.82
8	Amro Al-Wir (JOR)	2:17.43