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

Event:	Men's 200 metre butterfly
Games:	2010 Asian Games
Venue:	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date:	13 November 2010
Competitors:	17
Nations:	12
Win Value:	1:54.02
Gold:	Takeshi Matsuda
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Ryusuke Sakata
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Chen Yin
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

See main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games.

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 13 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 17 competitors from 12 countries who took part in this event. Three heats were held. 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.

Japan finished one-two in this event, Takeshi Matsuda and Ryusuke Sakata won the gold and silver medal respectively. Chen Yin from China won the bronze medal, defending champion Wu Peng only finished fourth.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=100	Event
Saturday, 13 November 2010	09:41	Heats
	18:57	Final

Results

Heats

width=40	Rank	width=40	Heat	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1	2		1:57.57
2	3		1:58.27
3	2		1:58.46
4	3		1:58.47
5	1		1:59.23
6	3		1:59.26
7	1		2:01.52
8	1		2:03.74
9	1		2:03.96
10	2		2:04.39
11	3		2:05.28
12	3		2:05.73
13	2		2:05.82
14	1		2:06.83
15	3		2:08.40
16	2		2:08.59
17	2		2:27.43

Final

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
		1:54.02
		1:55.23
		1:55.29
4		1:55.34
5		1:57.46
6		1:59.07
7		2:01.02
8		2:04.73

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Official Website
• Men's 200m Butterfly Ev.No.5 Final Official Website