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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue
Date	13 November
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Medalists
Takeshi Matsuda    Japan      Japan   Chen Yin    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 butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 13 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 17 competitors from 12 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.

Japan finished one-two in this event, Takeshi Matsuda and won the gold and silver medal respectively. Chen Yin from China won the bronze medal, defending champion Wu Peng only finished fourth.

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	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:51.51	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Asian Record	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	1:52.97	Beijing, China	13 August 2008
Games Record	Wu Peng (CHN)	1:54.91	Doha, Qatar	2 December 2006

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Hsu Chi-chieh (TPE)	1:57.57
2	3	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	1:58.27
3	2	Wu Peng (CHN)	1:58.46
4	3	(JPN)	1:58.47
5	1	Chen Yin (CHN)	1:59.23
6	3	Chang Gyu-cheol (KOR)	1:59.26
7	1	Daniel Bego (MAS)	2:01.52
8	1	(VIE)	2:03.74
9	1	Rehan Poncha (IND)	2:03.96
10	2	(SIN)	2:04.39
11	3	Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA)	2:05.28
12	3	Sergey Pankov (UZB)	2:05.73
13	2	(KOR)	2:05.82
14	1	(KAZ)	2:06.83
15	3	(UZB)	2:08.40
16	2	(MAS)	2:08.59
17	2	(QAT)	2:27.43

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	1:54.02	GR
	(JPN)	1:55.23
	Chen Yin (CHN)	1:55.29
4	Wu Peng (CHN)	1:55.34
5	Hsu Chi-chieh (TPE)	1:57.46
6	Chang Gyu-cheol (KOR)	1:59.07
7	Daniel Bego (MAS)	2:01.02
8	(VIE)	2:04.73

References[]

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links[]

• Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Official Website
• Men's 200m Butterfly Ev.No.5 Final Official Website