2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships
Venue	Gumi Civic Stadium
Location	Gumi, South Korea
Dates	30 May (heats & semi-finals) 31 May (final)
Winning time	20.12 CR
Medalists
Towa Uzawa    Japan   Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi  [ de ]    Saudi Arabia   Animesh Kujur    India
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The men's 200 metres event at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 30 and 31 May. ^[1]

Records

Records before the 2025 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	Towa Uzawa  (JPN)	20.23	Bangkok, Thailand	16 July 2023
World leading [4]	Kenny Bednarek  (USA)	19.84	Miramar, United States	4 May 2025
Asian leading [5]	Towa Uzawa  (JPN)	20.13	Fukuroi, Japan	18 May 2025

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+8), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
30 May	11:10	Heats
	19:25	Semi-finals
31 May	17:30	Final

Results

Heats

Held on 30 May. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Shōta Iizuka	Japan	20.89	Q
2	5	Animesh Kujur	India	20.98	Q
3	4	Ildar Akhmadiev	Tajikistan	21.51	Q, SB
4	3	Magnus Johannsson	Hong Kong	21.57	q
5	7	Muhammad Sayyid Amin bin Roslan	Malaysia	21.83	SB
6	2	Zulkhuu Otgontugs	Mongolia	22.70	SB
—	8	Aayush Kunwar  [ de ]	Nepal	DNF
[6]				Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Heat 2

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Towa Uzawa	Japan	20.94	Q
2	6	Chen Jinfeng	China	21.12	Q
3	7	Yip King Wai	Hong Kong	21.25	Q
4	3	Witali Zems  [ de; ru ]	Kazakhstan	21.38	q
5	4	Russel Alexander Nasir Taib  [ de ]	Malaysia	21.71	SB
6	8	Favoris Muzrapov  [ de ]	Tajikistan	22.11	SB
7	2	Shivaraj Parki	Nepal	22.68	SB
[6]				Wind: (−1.0 m/s)

Heat 3

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Ali Anwar Al-Balushi	Oman	21.71	Q
2	6	Kalinga Kumarage  [ de; fr ]	Sri Lanka	21.73	Q
3	7	Noureddine Hadid	Lebanon	21.74	Q
4	4	Almat Tulebaev	Kazakhstan	22.01 [.001]	SB
5	8	Leong Lok Io	Macau	22.01 [.004]
6	3	Turtogtokh Erdenebat	Mongolia	23.74	SB
[6]				Wind: (+0.6 m/s)

Heat 4

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi  [ de ]	Saudi Arabia	20.61	Q, SB
2	3	Ko Seung-hwan  [ de ]	South Korea	20.69	Q, SB
3	6	Shi Junhao	China	20.76	Q
4	2	Suleiman Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates	20.94	q, = NU20R
5	7	Shajar Abbas  [ de; no; ur ]	Pakistan	21.15	q, SB
6	1	Zaid Al-Awamleh	Jordan	21.64	SB
7	8	Vong Ka In	Macau	22.44
8	4	Omar Chaaban	Palestine	22.92	SB
[6]				Wind: (+1.0 m/s)

Semi-finals

Held on 30 May. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Ko Seung-hwan  [ de ]	South Korea	20.82 [.816]	Q
2	6	Shōta Iizuka	Japan	20.82 [.820]	Q
3	5	Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi  [ de ]	Saudi Arabia	20.83	Q
4	4	Shi Junhao	China	20.98	q
5	1	Suleiman Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates	21.30
6	8	Noureddine Hadid	Lebanon	21.57
7	2	Magnus Johannsson	Hong Kong	21.70
8	3	Zaid Al-Awamleh	Jordan	21.90
[7]				Wind: (+-2.4 m/s)

Heat 2

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Towa Uzawa	Japan	20.67	Q
2	7	Animesh Kujur	India	20.81	Q
3	3	Chen Jinfeng	China	20.88	Q
4	4	Yip King Wai	Hong Kong	21.10	q, PB
5	2	Witali Zems  [ de; ru ]	Kazakhstan	21.25
6	1	Shajar Abbas  [ de; no; ur ]	Pakistan	21.27
7	6	Ali Anwar Al-Balushi	Oman	21.30
8	8	Ildar Akhmadiev	Tajikistan	21.62
[7]				Wind: (−0.9 m/s)

Final

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	5	Towa Uzawa	Japan	20.12	CR , PB
	4	Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi  [ de ]	Saudi Arabia	20.31	PB
	7	Animesh Kujur	India	20.32	NR
4	3	Shōta Iizuka	Japan	20.66	SB
5	8	Chen Jinfeng	China	20.70	PB
6	6	Ko Seung-hwan  [ de ]	South Korea	20.72
7	2	Yip King Wai	Hong Kong	21.16
—	1	Shi Junhao	China	DQ	TR 16.8
[8]				Wind: (+0.8 m/s)

References

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5. "200 Metres men - 2025 Asian leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
6. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 200 metres heats results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
7. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 200 metres semi-finals results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
8. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 200 metres final results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.