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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 20 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	20 August 2018
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Medalists
Kanako Watanabe    Japan   Yu Jingyao    China   Reona Aoki    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 20 August 2018	09:58	Heats
	19:16	Final

Records

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

World Record	Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)	2:19.11	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2013
Asian Record	Rie Kaneto (JPN)	2:19.65	Tokyo, Japan	9 April 2016
Games Record	Kanako Watanabe (JPN)	2:21.82	Incheon, South Korea	22 September 2014

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Kanako Watanabe (JPN)	2:27.05
2	2	Zhang Xinyu (CHN)	2:28.48
3	3	Reona Aoki (JPN)	2:29.16
4	1	Yu Jingyao (CHN)	2:29.76
5	3	Back Su-yeon (KOR)	2:30.63
6	3	Jamie Yeung (HKG)	2:32.05
7	3	Samantha Yeo (SGP)	2:33.74
8	1	Lin Pei-wun (TPE)	2:35.16
9	2	Anandia Evato (INA)	2:35.33
10	2	Azzahra Permatahani (INA)	2:35.71
11	1	Kim Hye-jin (KOR)	2:36.26
12	2	Wang Chin Lam (HKG)	2:40.52
13	1	Ngô Thị Ngọc Quỳnh (VIE)	2:44.84
14	3	Cheang Weng Lam (MAC)	2:48.37
15	2	Nooran Ba Matraf (YEM)	2:53.11
16	1	Mera Abushammaleh (PLE)	2:55.44
17	3	Aishath Hulva Khulail (MDV)	3:34.83

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Kanako Watanabe (JPN)	2:23.05
	Yu Jingyao (CHN)	2:23.31
	Reona Aoki (JPN)	2:23.33
4	Zhang Xinyu (CHN)	2:26.24
5	Back Su-yeon (KOR)	2:28.48
6	Jamie Yeung (HKG)	2:29.81
7	Lin Pei-wun (TPE)	2:33.39
8	Samantha Yeo (SGP)	2:33.75