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

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue
Date	17 November
Competitors	23 from 16 nations
Medalists
Ken Takakuwa    Japan   Wang Shun    China   Yuya Horihata    Japan
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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 individual medley event at the 2010 Asian Games 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 won the gold medal with 1 minute 58.31 seconds.

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	Ryan Lochte (USA)	1:54.10	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Asian Record	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	1:57.24	Hamamatsu, Japan	18 April 2009
Games Record	Takahiro Mori (JPN)	2:00.53	Busan, South Korea	30 September 2002

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	2:01.80
2	2	Wang Shun (CHN)	2:03.72
3	1	(CHN)	2:04.28
4	2	Yuya Horihata (JPN)	2:04.71
5	2	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:04.94
6	1	Nuttapong Ketin (THA)	2:05.06
7	3	(KOR)	2:05.09
8	3	(UZB)	2:05.54
9	3	Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ)	2:06.24
10	1	Jung Won-yong (KOR)	2:06.91
11	3	(IRI)	2:07.19
12	2	(UZB)	2:07.92
13	1	Pang Sheng Jun (SIN)	2:08.29
14	2	(MAS)	2:08.46
15	3	Rehan Poncha (IND)	2:08.55
16	2	Vasilii Danilov (KGZ)	2:09.63
17	3	(SIN)	2:11.15
18	1	(HKG)	2:11.70
19	1	(KSA)	2:12.13
20	1	Obaid Al-Jasmi (UAE)	2:12.31
21	2	(HKG)	2:13.26
22	3	Ahmed Atari (QAT)	2:24.46
23	2	(QAT)	2:31.85

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	1:58.31	GR
	Wang Shun (CHN)	1:59.72
	Yuya Horihata (JPN)	2:00.48
4	(CHN)	2:01.52
5	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:04.24
6	(UZB)	2:04.94
7	(KOR)	2:05.12
8	Nuttapong Ketin (THA)	2:05.14

References[]

• 16th Asian Games Results

External links[]

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