2023 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
Dates	15 July (heats & semi-finals) 16 July (final)
Competitors	38 from 26 nations
Winning time	20.23 CR
Medalists
Towa Uzawa    Japan   Yang Chun-han    Chinese Taipei   Koki Ueyama    Japan
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The men's 200 metres event at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 15 and 16 July. ^[1]

Records

Records before the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [2]	Usain Bolt  (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
Asian record [3]	Xie Zhenye  (CHN)	19.88	London, United Kingdom	21 July 2019
Championship record	Femi Ogunode  (QAT)	20.28	Wuhan, China	6 June 2015
World leading [4]	Noah Lyles  (USA)	19.67	Kingston, Jamaica	3 June 2023
Asian leading [5]	Towa Uzawa  (JPN)	20.32	Osaka, Japan	2 June 2023

Results

Heats

Held on 15 July. ^[6] First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Towa Uzawa	Japan	20.73	Q
2	Rashid Al-Aasmi	Oman	21.16	Q
3	Milad Naseh Jahani	Iran	21.17	Q
4	Ngần Ngọc Nghĩa	Vietnam	21.20	Q
5	Ho Wai Lun	Hong Kong	21.43	q, PB
6	Bilal Thiyab	Jordan	21.73	q, PB
7	Aimat Tulebayev	Kazakhstan	21.82	q
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Koki Ueyama	Japan	20.73	Q
2	Abdulaziz Abdou Atafi	Saudi Arabia	21.06	Q
3	Noureddine Hadid	Lebanon	21.18	Q
4	Mohammad Jahir Rayhan	Bangladesh	21.67	Q
5	Chan Kin Wa	Macau	21.85
6	Ibrahim Nahil Nizar	Maldives	22.59	PB
7	Penjor Tshering	Bhutan	22.83	NR
			Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Xie Zhenye	China	20.57	Q
2	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei	20.87	Q
3	Ko Seung-hwan	South Korea	20.91	Q
4	Mark Lee	Singapore	21.48	Q
5	Mueed Abdul	Pakistan	21.86
6	Md Rakibul Hasan	Bangladesh	22.41
7	Shivaraj Parki	Nepal	22.64	PB
8	Wais Ahmad Atayee	Afghanistan	23.68	PB
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Shin Min-kyu	South Korea	21.17	Q
2	Fahad Mohamed Al-Subaie	Saudi Arabia	21.23	Q
3	Mohamed Obaid Al-Saadi	Oman	21.30	Q
4	Jonathan Nyepa	Malaysia	21.79	Q
5	Favoris Muzrapov	Tajikistan	22.30
6	Alisher Sadulayev	Turkmenistan	22.41
7	Safar Ali Ahmadi	Afghanistan	24.90	PB
—	Soraoat Dapbang	Thailand	DNS
			Wind: -1.1 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	20.93	Q
2	Shajar Abbas	Pakistan	21.06	Q
3	Chen Wen-pu	Chinese Taipei	21.12	Q
4	Chayut Khongprasit	Thailand	21.53	Q
5	Vitaliy Zems	Kazakhstan	21.76	q
6	Sorsy Phompakdy	Laos	21.90	NR
7	Aayush Kunwar	Nepal	22.40	PB
—	Reuben Rainer Lee Siong En	Singapore	DNS
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Semi-finals

Held on 15 July. ^[7] First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Xie Zhenye	China	20.71	Q
2	Ko Seung-hwan	South Korea	20.79	Q
3	Shajar Abbas	Pakistan	21.04
4	Chen Wen-pu	Chinese Taipei	21.09
5	Chayut Khongprasit	Thailand	21.12
6	Milad Naseh Jahani	Iran	21.14
7	Mohammad Jahir Rayhan	Bangladesh	21.69
8	Aimat Tulebayev	Kazakhstan	22.14
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	20.66	Q
2	Koki Ueyama	Japan	20.83	Q
3	Fahad Mohamed Al-Subaie	Saudi Arabia	20.99	q
4	Mohamed Obaid Al-Saadi	Oman	21.08
5	Shin Min-kyu	South Korea	21.15
6	Ngần Ngọc Nghĩa	Vietnam	21.20
7	Ho Wai Lun	Hong Kong	21.82
8	Bilal Thiyab	Jordan	21.86
			Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Towa Uzawa	Japan	20.56	Q
2	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei	20.71	Q
3	Abdulaziz Abdou Atafi	Saudi Arabia	20.85	q
4	Noureddine Hadid	Lebanon	21.16
5	Rashid Al-Aasmi	Oman	21.17
6	Vitaliy Zems	Kazakhstan	21.48
7	Mark Lee	Singapore	21.56
8	Jonathan Nyepa	Malaysia	21.83
			Wind: -0.4 m/s

Final

Held on 16 July. ^[8]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Towa Uzawa	Japan	20.23	CR
	6	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei	20.48
	8	Koki Ueyama	Japan	20.53
4	3	Xie Zhenye	China	20.66
5	7	Ko Seung-hwan	South Korea	20.66
6	1	Abdulaziz Abdou Atafi	Saudi Arabia	20.74
7	2	Fahad Mohamed Al-Subaie	Saudi Arabia	21.10
8	5	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	29.03
				Wind: -0.4 m/s

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "200 Metres men - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
3. "200 Metres men - Asian record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
4. "200 Metres men - 2023 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
5. "200 Metres men - 2023 Asian leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
6. Heats results
7. Semifinals results
8. Final results