The men's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.
| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Sajik Swimming Pool | |||||||||
| Date | 1 October 2002 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Schedule
editAll times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 1 October 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 19:00 | Finals |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Ian Thorpe (AUS) |
1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2001 |
| Asian Record |  Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN) |
1:49.23 | Tokyo, Japan | 28 August 2001 |
| Games Record |  Shunichi Fujita (JPN) |
1:50.14 | Busan, South Korea | 30 September 2002 |
Results
edit- Legend
- DNS — Did not start
Heats
edit| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN)
|
1:50.48 | |
| 2 | 1 |  Koh Yun-ho (KOR)
|
1:52.58 | |
| 3 | 3 | Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN)
|
1:52.93 | |
| 4 | 2 |  Liu Yu (CHN)
|
1:53.49 | |
| 5 | 3 |  Miguel Molina (PHI)
|
1:53.51 | |
| 6 | 3 |  Gary Tan (SIN)
|
1:53.84 | |
| 7 | 2 | Yu Cheng (CHN)
|
1:53.88 | |
| 8 | 3 | Han Kyu-chul (KOR)
|
1:54.18 | |
| 9 | 3 |  Mark Kwok (HKG)
|
1:54.22 | 
|
| 10 | 2 |  Wu Nien-pin (TPE)
|
1:54.32 | |
| 11 | 1 | Mark Chay (SIN)
|
1:54.44 | |
| 12 | 1 |  Petr Vasiliev (UZB)
|
1:55.86 | |
| 13 | 2 |  Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA)
|
1:58.17 | |
| 14 | 2 |  Naeem Al-Masri (SYR)
|
1:58.33 | |
| 15 | 3 | Fung Hok Him (HKG)
|
1:58.78 | |
| 16 | 1 |  Wong Tuck Kar (MAS)
|
2:02.02 |
|
| 17 | 1 |  Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT)
|
2:08.13 | 
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| 18 | 3 |  Omar Daaboul (LIB)
|
2:09.26 |
|
| 19 | 2 |  Muhammad Khan (PAK)
|
2:09.93 | |
| 20 | 1 |  Imran Abdul Rahman (MDV)
|
2:33.65 | |
| — | 2 |  Maher Al-Motar (KSA)
|
DNS |
Final B
edit| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE)
|
1:53.60 | |
| 2 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB)
|
1:55.85 | |
| 3 | Mark Chay (SIN)
|
1:55.93 | |
| 4 | Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA)
|
1:56.33 | |
| 5 | Naeem Al-Masri (SYR)
|
1:57.87 | |
| 6 | Fung Hok Him (HKG)
|
1:58.37 | |
| 7 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT)
|
2:05.58 | |
| 8 | Omar Daaboul (LIB)
|
2:08.87 |
Final A
edit| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Liu Yu (CHN)
|
1:49.29 | GR |
|
Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN)
|
1:49.36 | |
|
Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN)
|
1:50.66 | |
| 4 | Han Kyu-chul (KOR)
|
1:50.97 | |
| 5 | Miguel Molina (PHI)
|
1:52.99 | |
| 6 | Koh Yun-ho (KOR)
|
1:53.24 | |
| 7 | Yu Cheng (CHN)
|
1:53.91 | |
| 8 | Gary Tan (SIN)
|
1:54.25 |