The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games

2010 Asian Games

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...

 took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 23 competitors from 15 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.

Ryosuke Irie

Ryosuke Irie

is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...

 from Japan

Japan at the 2010 Asian Games

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 won the gold medal, two Chinese swimmers Zhang Fenglin and Cheng Feiyi won the silver and bronze medal respectively.

Records

World record
1:51.92	Aaron Peirsol Aaron Peirsol Aaron Wells Peirsol is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay...	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	31 July 2009
Asian record
1:52.51	Ryosuke Irie Ryosuke Irie is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	31 July 2009

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Ryosuke Irie Ryosuke Irie is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...		1:59.78
2	2	4	Zhang Fenglin		2:00.35
3	2	5	Cheng Feiyi		2:01.31
4	1	4	Kim Ji-Heun		2:02.54
5	3	5	Park Seon-Kwan		2:04.01
6	1	2	Sergey Pankov		2:04.60
7	3	6	Ong Wei Shien Zach		2:04.89
8	2	3	Ng Kai Wee Rainer		2:04.95
9	1	5	Oleg Rabota		2:05.08
10	1	3	Abdullah Altuwaini		2:05.48
11	2	2	Yuan Ping		2:05.63
12	3	3	Stanislav Ossinskiy		2:06.49
13	3	2	Barr Kumarakulasinghe		2:06.52
14	1	6	Daniil Bukin		2:06.75
15	3	7	Gede Siman Sudartawa		2:08.50
16	2	7	Chu Kevin Kam Yin		2:09.31
17	2	6	Yury Zaharov		2:09.88
18	3	1	Antonio Tong		2:10.53
19	1	7	Rohit Rajendra Havaldar		2:12.79
20	3	8	Shuaib A M A H Althuwaini		2:15.09
21	2	1	Rehan Jehangir Poncha		2:18.56
22	1	1	Abdulrahman Al Ollan		2:29.28
23	2	8	Hussain Allanjawi		2:35.19

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ryosuke Irie Ryosuke Irie is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...		1:55.45
	5	Zhang Fenglin		1:57.53
	3	Cheng Feiyi		1:58.93
4	6	Kim Ji-Heun		1:59.03
5	2	Park Seon-Kwan		2:01.33
6	8	Ng Kai Wee Rainer		2:04.06
7	1	Ong Wei Shien Zach		2:04.28
8	7	Sergey Pankov		2:05.31

External links

• Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Official Website
• Men's 200m Backstroke Ev.No.18 Final Official Website