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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date	13 November 2010
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:54.02 GR
Medalists
Takeshi Matsuda    Japan   Ryusuke Sakata    Japan   Chen Yin    China

Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games

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 Ryusuke Sakata 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)

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 13 November 2010	09:41	Heats
	18:57	Final

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	Ryusuke Sakata (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	Võ Thái Nguyên (VIE)	2:03.74
9	1	Rehan Poncha (IND)	2:03.96
10	2	Rainer Ng (SIN)	2:04.39
11	3	Triady Fauzi Sidiq (INA)	2:05.28
12	3	Sergey Pankov (UZB)	2:05.73
13	2	Bae Joon-mo (KOR)	2:05.82
14	1	Fedor Shkilyov (KAZ)	2:06.83
15	3	Maksim Danilenko (UZB)	2:08.40
16	2	Kevin Lim (MAS)	2:08.59
17	2	Abdulaziz Al-Marzooqi (QAT)	2:27.43

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	1:54.02	GR
	Ryusuke Sakata (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	Võ Thái Nguyên (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