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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date	November 18, 2010 (2010-11-18)
Competitors	20 from 18 nations
Medalists
Naoya Tomita   Japan   Xue Ruipeng   China   Choi Kyu-woong   South Korea
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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games
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 15 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.

Schedule

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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian 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

Results

Legend

• DSQ — Disqualified

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
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

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
01 !	Naoya Tomita (JPN)	2:10.36
02 !	Xue Ruipeng (CHN)	2:12.25
02 !	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

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Official Website
• Men's 200m Breaststroke Ev.No.35 Final Official Website