Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Aoti Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
Date | 18 November 2010 | |||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:10.36 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
There were 20 competitors from 18 countries who took part in this event. Three heats were held, with two containing the maximum number of swimmers (eight). The heat in which a swimmer competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the swimmers with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the finals.
Naoya Tomita from Japan won the gold medal, Xue Ruipeng from China and Choi Kyu-woong from South Korea were both awarded the silver medal due to reaching in the same time.
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Date | Time | Event |
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Thursday, 18 November 2010 | 09:22 | Heats |
18:23 | Final |
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
World Record | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | 2:07.31 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
Asian Record | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:07.51 | Barcelona, Spain | 8 June 2008 |
Games Record | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:09.97 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Xue Ruipeng (CHN) | 2:15.20 | |
2 | 2 | Choi Kyu-woong (KOR) | 2:15.26 | |
3 | 2 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 2:15.49 | |
4 | 1 | Xie Zhi (CHN) | 2:15.59 | |
5 | 3 | Naoya Tomita (JPN) | 2:16.06 | |
6 | 2 | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:16.15 | |
7 | 3 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 2:17.15 | |
8 | 3 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 2:17.61 | |
9 | 1 | Yap See Tuan (MAS) | 2:19.77 | |
10 | 2 | Sandeep Sejwal (IND) | 2:19.78 | |
11 | 2 | Dmitriy Shvetsov (UZB) | 2:20.90 | |
12 | 3 | Lionel Khoo (SIN) | 2:21.06 | |
13 | 3 | Dmitrii Aleksandrov (KGZ) | 2:21.45 | |
14 | 3 | Nguyễn Hữu Việt (VIE) | 2:22.06 | |
15 | 1 | Indra Gunawan (INA) | 2:23.08 | |
16 | 1 | Chen Cho-yi (TPE) | 2:24.93 | |
17 | 2 | Soroush Khajegi (IRI) | 2:27.99 | |
18 | 3 | Chou Kit (MAC) | 2:29.19 | |
19 | 1 | Mubarak Al-Besher (UAE) | 2:31.61 | |
20 | 2 | Ahmed Atari (QAT) | 2:36.48 |
Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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Naoya Tomita (JPN) | 2:10.36 | ||
Xue Ruipeng (CHN) | 2:12.25 | ||
Choi Kyu-woong (KOR) | 2:12.25 | ||
4 | Xie Zhi (CHN) | 2:12.37 | |
5 | Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ) | 2:12.38 | |
6 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 2:14.94 | |
7 | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:17.79 | |
— | Miguel Molina (PHI) | DSQ |
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 14 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 13 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 13 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 14 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The women's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 13 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 16 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
Back Su-Yeon is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She edged out her teammate Jung Seul-Ki to take a bronze medal by 0.31 of a second in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, with a time of 1:10.22. Back is also a member of Kang-won-do Cheong swimming club in Seoul. Previously in 2006, Back had won bronze in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2006 Asian Games.
Ratapong "Nuk" Sirisanont is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke, but also competed in long-distance freestyle and individual medley. He is a four-time Olympian, a three-time Asian Games participant, and a seven-time SEA Games athlete (1991–2003). Regarded as Thailand's top swimmer, he has won a total of sixteen medals at the Southeast Asian Games since 1995, and six at the Asian Games, including two golds in the 200 and 400 m individual medley. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Sirisanont became the first Thai swimmer to reach the final twice. Sirisanont is also one of three Southeast Asian swimmers, along with Malaysia's Alex Lim and Philippines' Miguel Molina, to train for the California Golden Bears in the United States, under head coach Nort Thornton.
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