Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200m freestyle

The Men's 200m Freestyle swimming

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 3, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Finals

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	1:47.12
2	Zhang Lin Zhang Lin (swimmer) Zhang Lin is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful male swimmer.Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002...	1:47.85
3	Daisuke Hosokawa Daisuke Hosokawa is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Personal bests:In long course:* 50m freestyle: 23.08 * 100m freestyle: 49.86 * 200m freestyle: 1:49.22 -External links:*...	1:49.62
4	Zhang Enjian Zhang Enjian Zhang Enjian is a Chinese swimmer, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:2006 Asian Games – 2nd 4x200m free relay;2007 Japan Open – 2nd 200m free;...	1:49.92
5	Takamitsu Kojima	1:50.37
6	Lim Nam-Gyun	1:51.67
7	Tay Zirong	1:52.09
8	Daniel Bego	1:56.25

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