The men's 200 metre freestyle 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 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 29 competitors from 17 countries who took part in this event. Four heats were held, with most 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.

Defending champion 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...

 from South Korea

South Korea at the 2010 Asian Games

Republic of Korea will participate in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on 12–27 November 2010.-Medal Table:-Gold medal:-Silver medal:-Bronze medal:- Diving:MenWomen- Swimming:MenWomen...

 won the gold medal with 1 minute 44.80 seconds, which also broke the asian record.

Records

World record
1:42.00	Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann Paul Biedermann is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He also holds the long course and short course world records in these events.-Career:...	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...	28 July 2009
Asian record
1:44.85	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...	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...	12 August 2008

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	2	Sun Yang Sun Yang Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year...		1:47.85
2	2	4	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...		1:48.86
3	4	4	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...		1:49.15
4	4	5	Yuki Kobori		1:49.61
5	3	4	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...		1:50.20
6	3	3	Lee Hyun-Seung		1:50.45
7	4	6	Yeo Kai Quan		1:51.70
8	2	6	Lim Yong En Clement		1:51.91
9	2	5	Oleg Rabota		1:52.60
10	2	3	Sarit Tiewong		1:53.33
11	4	7	Petr Romashkin		1:53.42
12	4	3	Jessie Khing Lacuna		1:53.50
13	3	7	Aaron Agnel Dsouza		1:53.93
14	2	7	Sobitjon Amilov		1:54.02
15	4	2	Triady Fauzi Sidiq		1:54.51
16	3	2	Abdullah Altuwaini		1:54.72
17	3	5	Alexandr Ivanov		1:54.98
18	3	6	Cheung Kin Tat Kent		1:55.03
19	2	2	Saeed Malekae Ashtiani		1:55.04
20	1	4	Rohit Rajendra Havaldar		1:55.48
21	3	8	Kong Chun Yin		1:56.51
22	4	8	Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi		1:57.67
23	1	5	Tong Antonio		1:58.05
24	4	1	Punyawee Sontana		1:58.73
25	3	1	Mohammed Madouh		1:58.92
26	2	8	Hazem Abdulwahid Tashkandi		2:03.90
27	1	6	Abdulrahman Al Ollan		2:06.64
28	1	3	Hussain Allanjawi		2:23.84
	2	1	Rami Anis			DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	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...		1:44.80	AR
	4	Sun Yang Sun Yang Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year...		1:46.25
	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...		1:47.73
4	5	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...		1:48.10
5	6	Yuki Kobori		1:48.15
6	7	Lee Hyun-Seung		1:50.42
7	1	Yeo Kai Quan		1:51.07
8	8	Lim Yong En Clement		1:52.25

External links

• Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Official Website
• Men's 100m Freestyle Ev.No.9 Final Official Website