The men's 200 metre individual medley 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 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

Japan at the 2010 Asian Games

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 won the gold medal with 1 minute 58.31 seconds.

Records

World record
1:54.10	Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle 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...	30 July 2009
Asian record
1:57.24	Ken Takakuwa	Hamamatsu	18 April 2009

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Ken Takakuwa		2:01.80
2	2	5	Wang Shun		2:03.72
3	1	4	Zhang Zishan		2:04.28
4	2	4	Yuya Horihata Yuya Horihata -References:*...		2:04.71
5	2	3	Miguel Molina Miguel Molina (swimmer) Miguel Molina is a swimmer from the Philippines. He represented the country in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Attended St. Mary's International School in Tokyo.-References:*...		2:04.94
6	1	3	Nuttapong Ketin		2:05.06
7	3	3	Kim Min-Gyu		2:05.09
8	3	6	Aleksey Derlyugov		2:05.54
9	3	5	Dmitriy Gordiyenko		2:06.24
10	1	5	Jung Won-Yong		2:06.91
11	3	2	Saeed Malekae Ashtiani		2:07.19
12	2	2	Sobitjon Amilov		2:07.92
13	1	6	Pang Sheng Jun		2:08.29
14	2	7	Barr Kumarakulasinghe		2:08.46
15	3	1	Rehan Jehangir Poncha		2:08.55
16	2	6	Vasilii Danilov Vasilii Danilov Vasilii Danilov is an Olympic swimmer from Kyrgyzstan. He swam for the country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He also swam at the 2007 World Championships.-References:...		2:09.63
17	3	7	Lim Wen Hao Joshua		2:11.15
18	1	2	Chu Kevin Kam Yin		2:11.70
19	1	7	Loai Abdulwahid Tashkandi		2:12.13
20	1	1	Obaid Ahmad Al Jasmi		2:12.31
21	2	1	Cheung Siu Hang		2:13.26
22	3	8	Ahmed Atari		2:24.46
23	2	8	Abdulrahman Al Ollan		2:31.85

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ken Takakuwa		1:58.31
	5	Wang Shun		1:59.72
	6	Yuya Horihata Yuya Horihata -References:*...		2:00.48
4	3	Zhang Zishan		2:01.52
5	2	Miguel Molina Miguel Molina (swimmer) Miguel Molina is a swimmer from the Philippines. He represented the country in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Attended St. Mary's International School in Tokyo.-References:*...		2:04.24
6	8	Aleksey Derlyugov		2:04.94
7	1	Kim Min-Gyu		2:05.12
8	7	Nuttapong Ketin		2:05.14

External links

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