Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200m butterfly
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The Men's 200m Butterfly swimming
event at the 2006 Asian Games
was held on December 2, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
event at the 2006 Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
was held on December 2, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
Finals
| Place | Swimmer | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Peng Wu Peng Wu Peng is a Chinese swimmer. His height is 1.80 m and he weights approximately 72 kg. His father died when he was only 16 years old. He has concentrated on the butterfly since the 10th National Games in 2005.-Early life and career:... |
1:54.91 | ||
| 2 | Takeshi Matsuda Takeshi Matsuda is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event... |
1:55.49 | ||
| 3 | Ryuichi Shibata | 1:56.44 | ||
| 4 | Chen Yin | 1:56.96 | ||
| 5 | Hsu Chi-Chieh | 2:00.27 | ||
| 6 | Jeong Doo-Hee | 2:00.94 | ||
| 7 | Daniel Bego | 2:01.32 | ||
| 8 | James Walsh James Walsh (swimmer) James Bernard "J.B" Walsh is an American-born college and international swimmer who represented the Philippines in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.... |
2:01.95 |