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

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	2010 Asian Games
Venue:	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date:	14 November 2010
Competitors:	29
Nations:	17
Gold:	Park Tae-hwan
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Sun Yang
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Takeshi Matsuda
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

See main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games.

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 29 competitors from 17 countries who took part in this event. Four heats were held, with most 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.

Defending champion Park Tae-hwan from South Korea won the gold medal with 1 minute 44.80 seconds, which also broke the Asian record.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=100	Event
Sunday, 14 November 2010	09:30	Heats
	18:25	Final

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

width=40	Rank	width=40	Heat	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1	1		1:47.85
2	2		1:48.86
3	4		1:49.15
4	4		1:49.61
5	3		1:50.20
6	3		1:50.45
7	4		1:51.70
8	2		1:51.91
9	2		1:52.60
10	2		1:53.33
11	4		1:53.42
12	4		1:53.50
13	3		1:53.93
14	2		1:54.02
15	4		1:54.51
16	3		1:54.72
17	3		1:54.98
18	3		1:55.03
19	2		1:55.04
20	1		1:55.48
21	3		1:56.51
22	4		1:57.67
23	1		1:58.05
24	4		1:58.73
25	3		1:58.92
26	2		2:03.90
27	1		2:06.64
28	1		2:23.84
—	2		DNS

Final

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
		1:44.80
		1:46.25
		1:47.73
4		1:48.10
5		1:48.15
6		1:50.42
7		1:51.07
8		1:52.25

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Official Website
• Men's 100m Freestyle Ev.No.9 Final Official Website