Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue Sajik Swimming Pool
Date5 October
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  1998
2006  

The men's 200 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

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Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

DateTimeEvent
Saturday, 5 October 200210:00Heats
19:00Final

Records

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

World Record Flag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)1:55.15 Minneapolis, United States 20 March 2002
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Fu Yong  (CHN)1:58.72 Shanghai, China 19 October 1997
Games Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Fu Yong  (CHN)1:59.30 Bangkok, Thailand 7 December 1998

Results

Legend

Heats

RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes
12Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Nakano  (JPN)2:01.28
22Flag of Japan.svg  Naoya Sonoda  (JPN)2:04.83
31Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Sung Min  (KOR)2:07.61
42Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Peng  (CHN)2:09.57
51Flag of Malaysia.svg  Alex Lim  (MAS)2:09.82
61Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Rui  (CHN)2:09.88
72Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Dickson Fai  (HKG)2:10.10
82Flag of Singapore.svg  Gerald Koh  (SIN)2:19.25
92Flag of Qatar.svg  Rashid Al-Mohannadi  (QAT)2:32.86
1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Maher Al-Motar  (KSA)DNS
1Flag of Lebanon.svg  François Ghattas  (LIB)DNS

Final

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Peng  (CHN)2:00.40
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Takashi Nakano  (JPN)2:00.76
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Naoya Sonoda  (JPN)2:01.22
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Rui  (CHN)2:01.28
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Alex Lim  (MAS)2:01.97
6Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Sung Min  (KOR)2:03.23
7Flag of Singapore.svg  Gerald Koh  (SIN)2:08.51
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Dickson Fai  (HKG)2:11.39

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