Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date18 November 2010
Competitors20 from 18 nations
Winning time2:10.36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

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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.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
Thursday, 18 November 201009:22Heats
18:23Final

Records

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

World Record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Christian Sprenger  (AUS)2:07.31 Rome, Italy 30 July 2009
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Kosuke Kitajima  (JPN)2:07.51 Barcelona, Spain 8 June 2008
Games Record Flag of Japan.svg  Kosuke Kitajima  (JPN)2:09.97 Busan, South Korea 2 October 2002

Results

Legend

Heats

RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xue Ruipeng  (CHN)2:15.20
22Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Choi Kyu-woong  (KOR)2:15.26
32Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Vladislav Polyakov  (KAZ)2:15.49
41Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Zhi  (CHN)2:15.59
53Flag of Japan.svg  Naoya Tomita  (JPN)2:16.06
62Flag of Thailand.svg  Nuttapong Ketin  (THA)2:16.15
73Flag of the Philippines.svg  Miguel Molina  (PHI)2:17.15
83Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Ryzhkov  (KAZ)2:17.61
91Flag of Malaysia.svg  Yap See Tuan  (MAS)2:19.77
102Flag of India.svg  Sandeep Sejwal  (IND)2:19.78
112Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dmitriy Shvetsov  (UZB)2:20.90
123Flag of Singapore.svg  Lionel Khoo  (SIN)2:21.06
133Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Dmitrii Aleksandrov  (KGZ)2:21.45
143Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Hữu Việt  (VIE)2:22.06
151Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indra Gunawan  (INA)2:23.08
161Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen Cho-yi  (TPE)2:24.93
172Flag of Iran.svg  Soroush Khajegi  (IRI)2:27.99
183Flag of Macau.svg  Chou Kit  (MAC)2:29.19
191Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Mubarak Al-Besher  (UAE)2:31.61
202Flag of Qatar.svg  Ahmed Atari  (QAT)2:36.48

Final

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Naoya Tomita  (JPN)2:10.36
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xue Ruipeng  (CHN)2:12.25
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Choi Kyu-woong  (KOR)2:12.25
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Zhi  (CHN)2:12.37
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Vladislav Polyakov  (KAZ)2:12.38
6Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Ryzhkov  (KAZ)2:14.94
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Nuttapong Ketin  (THA)2:17.79
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Miguel Molina  (PHI)DSQ

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