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

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date	17 November 2010
Competitors	23 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:58.31 GR
Medalists
Ken Takakuwa    Japan   Wang Shun    China   Yuya Horihata    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games

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

There were 23 competitors from 16 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.

Ken Takakuwa from Japan won the gold medal with 1 minute 58.31 seconds.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 17 November 2010	09:46	Heats
	18:40	Final

Records

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

World Record	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:54.10	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Asian Record	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	1:57.24	Hamamatsu, Japan	18 April 2009
Games Record	Takahiro Mori (JPN)	2:00.53	Busan, South Korea	30 September 2002

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	2:01.80
2	2	Wang Shun (CHN)	2:03.72
3	1	Zhang Zishan (CHN)	2:04.28
4	2	Yuya Horihata (JPN)	2:04.71
5	2	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:04.94
6	1	Nuttapong Ketin (THA)	2:05.06
7	3	Kim Min-gyu (KOR)	2:05.09
8	3	Aleksey Derlyugov (UZB)	2:05.54
9	3	Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ)	2:06.24
10	1	Jung Won-yong (KOR)	2:06.91
11	3	Saeid Maleka Ashtiani (IRI)	2:07.19
12	2	Sobitjon Amilov (UZB)	2:07.92
13	1	Pang Sheng Jun (SIN)	2:08.29
14	2	Ian James Barr (MAS)	2:08.46
15	3	Rehan Poncha (IND)	2:08.55
16	2	Vasilii Danilov (KGZ)	2:09.63
17	3	Joshua Lim (SIN)	2:11.15
18	1	Kevin Chu (HKG)	2:11.70
19	1	Loai Tashkandi (KSA)	2:12.13
20	1	Obaid Al-Jasmi (UAE)	2:12.31
21	2	Cheung Siu Hang (HKG)	2:13.26
22	3	Ahmed Atari (QAT)	2:24.46
23	2	Abdulrahman Al-Ollan (QAT)	2:31.85

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	1:58.31	GR
	Wang Shun (CHN)	1:59.72
	Yuya Horihata (JPN)	2:00.48
4	Zhang Zishan (CHN)	2:01.52
5	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:04.24
6	Aleksey Derlyugov (UZB)	2:04.94
7	Kim Min-gyu (KOR)	2:05.12
8	Nuttapong Ketin (THA)	2:05.14

References

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links

• Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Official Website
• Men's 200m Individual Medley Ev.No.30 Final Official Website