Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Asian Games
Men's 200 metre freestyle ; at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	1 October 2002
Competitors	21 from 16 nations
Medalists
	← 1998 2006 →

The men's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 1 October 2002	10:00	Heats
Tuesday, 1 October 2002	19:00	Finals

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

World Record	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Thorpe (AUS)	1:44.06	Fukuoka, Japan	25 July 2001
Asian Record	File:Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN)	1:49.23	Tokyo, Japan	28 August 2001
Games Record	File:Flag of Japan.svg Shunichi Fujita (JPN)	1:50.14	Busan, South Korea	30 September 2002

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN)	1:50.48
2	1	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Koh Yun-ho (KOR)	1:52.58
3	3	File:Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN)	1:52.93
4	2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yu (CHN)	1:53.49
5	3	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Miguel Molina (PHI)	1:53.51
6	3	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Gary Tan (SIN)	1:53.84
7	2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Cheng (CHN)	1:53.88
8	3	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Han Kyu-chul (KOR)	1:54.18
9	3	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Mark Kwok (HKG)	1:54.22	Withdrew
10	2	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Nien-pin (TPE)	1:54.32
11	1	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Mark Chay (SIN)	1:54.44
12	1	File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Petr Vasiliev (UZB)	1:55.86
13	2	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA)	1:58.17
14	2	File:Flag of Syria.svg Naeem Al-Masri (SYR)	1:58.33
15	3	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Fung Hok Him (HKG)	1:58.78
16	1	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Wong Tuck Kar (MAS)	2:02.02	Withdrew
17	1	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT)	2:08.13	Advanced
18	3	File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Omar Daaboul (LIB)	2:09.26	Advanced
19	2	File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Khan (PAK)	2:09.93
20	1	File:Flag of Maldives.svg Imran Abdul Rahman (MDV)	2:33.65
—	2	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Maher Al-Motar (KSA)	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Nien-pin (TPE)	1:53.60
2	File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Petr Vasiliev (UZB)	1:55.85
3	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Mark Chay (SIN)	1:55.93
4	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA)	1:56.33
5	File:Flag of Syria.svg Naeem Al-Masri (SYR)	1:57.87
6	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Fung Hok Him (HKG)	1:58.37
7	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT)	2:05.58
8	File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Omar Daaboul (LIB)	2:08.87

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yu (CHN)	1:49.29	GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN)	1:49.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN)	1:50.66
4	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Han Kyu-chul (KOR)	1:50.97
5	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Miguel Molina (PHI)	1:52.99
6	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Koh Yun-ho (KOR)	1:53.24
7	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Cheng (CHN)	1:53.91
8	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Gary Tan (SIN)	1:54.25