Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200m butterfly swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 2, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	2 December
Competitors	15 from 12 nations
Medalists
Wu Peng    China   Takeshi Matsuda    Japan   Ryuichi Shibata    Japan

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 2 December 2006	10:52	Heats
	18:43	Final

Records

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

World Record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:53.80	Victoria, Canada	17 August 2006
Asian Record	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	1:54.56	Athens, Greece	17 August 2004
Games Record	Wu Peng (CHN)	1:56.63	Busan, South Korea	1 October 2002

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Ryuichi Shibata (JPN)	1:57.65
2	1	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	1:57.95
3	2	Wu Peng (CHN)	1:58.89
4	1	Chen Yin (CHN)	2:00.97
5	1	Daniel Bego (MAS)	2:01.67
6	1	James Walsh (PHI)	2:01.94
7	2	Hsu Chi-chieh (TPE)	2:02.00
8	2	Jeong Doo-hee (KOR)	2:02.31
9	1	David Wong (HKG)	2:04.99
10	2	Arjun Muralidharan (IND)	2:07.96
11	2	Sergey Pankov (UZB)	2:09.39
12	1	Rami Anis (SYR)	2:09.56
13	1	Enchong Dee (PHI)	2:12.57
14	2	Nasir Ali (PAK)	2:12.95
15	2	Ahmed Salamoun (QAT)	2:15.64

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Wu Peng (CHN)	1:54.91	GR
	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	1:55.49
	Ryuichi Shibata (JPN)	1:56.44
4	Chen Yin (CHN)	1:56.96
5	Hsu Chi-chieh (TPE)	2:00.27
6	Jeong Doo-hee (KOR)	2:00.94
7	Daniel Bego (MAS)	2:01.32
8	James Walsh (PHI)	2:01.95

References

• Results