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

The men's 200m individual medley swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	6 December
Competitors	23 from 17 nations
Medalists
Hidemasa Sano    Japan   Ken Takakuwa    Japan   Han Kyu-chul    South Korea

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 6 December 2006	10:43	Heats
	18:38	Final

Records

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

World Record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:55.84	Victoria, Canada	20 August 2006
Asian Record	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	1:59.81	Victoria, Canada	20 August 2006
Games Record	Takahiro Mori (JPN)	2:00.53	Busan, South Korea	30 September 2002

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	1	Hidemasa Sano (JPN)	2:04.62
2	3	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	2:05.29
3	2	Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ)	2:05.89
4	3	Han Kyu-chul (KOR)	2:06.37
5	2	Qu Jingyu (CHN)	2:07.98
6	3	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:08.18
7	3	Vasilii Danilov (KGZ)	2:08.66
8	1	Park Beom-ho (KOR)	2:08.84
9	2	Lim Zhi Cong (SIN)	2:09.09
10	1	Iurii Zakharov (KGZ)	2:10.06
11	2	Tsai Kuo-chuan (TPE)	2:10.56
12	1	Hsu Chi-chieh (TPE)	2:10.66
13	2	Kevin Chu (HKG)	2:11.44
14	1	Victor Wong (MAC)	2:12.73
15	2	Cheung Siu Hang (HKG)	2:12.89
16	3	Oleg Pukhnatiy (UZB)	2:13.05
17	2	Rehan Poncha (IND)	2:13.14
18	3	Shahin Baradaran (IRI)	2:14.15
19	1	Marzouq Al-Salem (KUW)	2:15.56
20	1	Lei Hong Nam (MAC)	2:18.75
21	3	Ali Mohamed Raaidh (MDV)	2:53.48
22	2	Amir Adnan (IRQ)	2:55.32
—	3	Yousuf Al-Yousuf (KSA)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Hidemasa Sano (JPN)	2:00.73
	Ken Takakuwa (JPN)	2:01.03
	Han Kyu-chul (KOR)	2:02.56
4	Qu Jingyu (CHN)	2:03.80
5	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:05.18
6	Park Beom-ho (KOR)	2:05.28
7	Dmitriy Gordiyenko (KAZ)	2:05.89
8	Vasilii Danilov (KGZ)	2:09.19

References

• Results