Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue
Date	15 November
Competitors	23 from 15 nations
Medalists
Ryosuke Irie    Japan   Zhang Fenglin    China   Cheng Feiyi    China
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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2010 Asian Games 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 from Japan won the gold medal, two Chinese swimmers Zhang Fenglin and Cheng Feiyi won the silver and bronze medal respectively.

Schedule[]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	1:51.92	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Asian Record	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	1:52.51	Rome, Italy	31 July 2009
Games Record	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	1:58.85	Doha, Qatar	4 December 2006

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	1:59.78
2	2	Zhang Fenglin (CHN)	2:00.35
3	2	Cheng Feiyi (CHN)	2:01.31
4	1	Kim Ji-heun (KOR)	2:02.54
5	3	Park Seon-kwan (KOR)	2:04.01
6	1	Sergey Pankov (UZB)	2:04.60
7	3	(SIN)	2:04.89
8	2	(SIN)	2:04.95
9	1	Oleg Rabota (KAZ)	2:05.08
10	1	(IOC)	2:05.48
11	2	(TPE)	2:05.63
12	3	Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ)	2:06.49
13	3	(MAS)	2:06.52
14	1	(UZB)	2:06.75
15	3	I Gede Siman Sudartawa (INA)	2:08.50
16	2	(HKG)	2:09.31
17	2	Iurii Zakharov (KGZ)	2:09.88
18	3	(MAC)	2:10.53
19	1	(IND)	2:12.79
20	3	(IOC)	2:15.09
21	2	Rehan Poncha (IND)	2:18.56
22	1	(QAT)	2:29.28
23	2	(QAT)	2:35.19

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Ryosuke Irie (JPN)	1:55.45	GR
	Zhang Fenglin (CHN)	1:57.53
	Cheng Feiyi (CHN)	1:58.93
4	Kim Ji-heun (KOR)	1:59.03
5	Park Seon-kwan (KOR)	2:01.33
6	(SIN)	2:04.06
7	(SIN)	2:04.28
8	Sergey Pankov (UZB)	2:05.31

References[]

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links[]

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