Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueSajik Swimming Pool
Date5 October 2002
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    Japan
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Schedule

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All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Saturday, 5 October 2002 10:00 Heats
19:00 Final

Records

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

World Record   Aaron Peirsol (USA) 1:55.15 Minneapolis, United States 20 March 2002
Asian Record   Fu Yong (CHN) 1:58.72 Shanghai, China 19 October 1997
Games Record   Fu Yong (CHN) 1:59.30 Bangkok, Thailand 7 December 1998

Results

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Legend
  • DNS — Did not start

Heats

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Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 2   Takashi Nakano (JPN) 2:01.28
2 2   Naoya Sonoda (JPN) 2:04.83
3 1   Sung Min (KOR) 2:07.61
4 2   Wu Peng (CHN) 2:09.57
5 1   Alex Lim (MAS) 2:09.82
6 1   Yu Rui (CHN) 2:09.88
7 2   Dickson Fai (HKG) 2:10.10
8 2   Gerald Koh (SIN) 2:19.25
9 2   Rashid Al-Mohannadi (QAT) 2:32.86
1   Maher Al-Motar (KSA) DNS
1   François Ghattas (LIB) DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Wu Peng (CHN) 2:00.40
    Takashi Nakano (JPN) 2:00.76
    Naoya Sonoda (JPN) 2:01.22
4   Yu Rui (CHN) 2:01.28
5   Alex Lim (MAS) 2:01.97
6   Sung Min (KOR) 2:03.23
7   Gerald Koh (SIN) 2:08.51
8   Dickson Fai (HKG) 2:11.39

References

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