Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue
Date19 August
Competitors34 from 22 nations
Medalists
gold medal Sun Yang   China
silver medal Katsuhiro Matsumoto   Japan
bronze medal Ji Xinjie   China
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Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 19 August at the .[1][2][3]

During the medal ceremony, the flags of the three medalists crashed to the ground due to a technical malfunction. Sun Yang, the Chinese swimmer and the gold medalist of the event, immediately got off the podium, walked to some officials and demanded the medal ceremony to be conducted once again. The flags were re-attached to the broken hoist but couldn't be raised, and the Chinese anthem was played for a second time.[4]

Schedule[]

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date Time Event
Sunday, 19 August 2018 09:19 Heats
18:22 Final

Records[]

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

World Record  Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:42.00 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Asian Record  Sun Yang (CHN) 1:44.39 Budapest, Hungary 25 July 2017
Games Record  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 1:44.80 Guangzhou, China 14 November 2010

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 5  Sun Yang (CHN) 1:47.58
2 3  Khader Baqlah (JOR) 1:47.60
3 3  Naito Ehara (JPN) 1:47.76
4 4  Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN) 1:47.94
5 4  Welson Sim (MAS) 1:48.47
6 3  Lee Ho-joon (KOR) 1:48.49
7 5  Ji Xinjie (CHN) 1:48.85
8 5  Hoàng Quý Phước (VIE) 1:49.68
9 3  Danny Yeo (SGP) 1:50.39
10 4   (KOR) 1:50.48
11 3  Aflah Fadlan Prawira (INA) 1:50.78
12 3  Matthew Abeysinghe (SRI) 1:50.97
13 4  Mokhtar Al-Yamani (YEM) 1:51.14
14 5  Jonathan Tan (SGP) 1:51.52
15 3   (UZB) 1:52.02
16 5   (TPE) 1:52.38
17 1  Adil Kaskabay (KAZ) 1:53.37
18 5   (INA) 1:53.88
19 4  Khurshidjon Tursunov (UZB) 1:53.93
20 5   (THA) 1:54.17
21 4   (MAS) 1:54.22
22 4   (IRI) 1:54.28
23 4   (HKG) 1:54.59
24 1   (IND) 1:54.87
25 5  Kent Cheung (HKG) 1:54.90
26 2   (SRI) 1:56.01
27 3  Issa Al-Adawi (OMA) 1:58.19
28 1   (QAT) 2:01.59
29 2   (QAT) 2:06.28
30 2  Mubal Azzam Ibrahim (MDV) 2:11.26
31 2   (PLE) 2:15.07
32 2   (MGL) 2:15.60
33 2   (MDV) 2:17.58
34 2   (MGL) 2:44.57

Final[]

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sun Yang (CHN) 1:45.43
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN) 1:46.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ji Xinjie (CHN) 1:46.68
4  Khader Baqlah (JOR) 1:46.77
5  Naito Ehara (JPN) 1:47.66
6  Welson Sim (MAS) 1:47.99
7  Lee Ho-joon (KOR) 1:48.10
8  Hoàng Quý Phước (VIE) 1:50.57

References[]

  1. ^ "Asian Games 2018 Swimming Schedule". INASGOC. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Final results
  4. ^ Pye, John (19 August 2018). "Sun celebrates Asian Games gold medal before flags fall". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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