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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	1 October 2002
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Medalists
Wu Peng    China   Takashi Yamamoto    Japan   Takeshi Matsuda    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

The men's 200 metre butterfly swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 1 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 1 October 2002	10:00	Heats
	19:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Michael Phelps (USA)	1:54.58	Fukuoka, Japan	24 July 2001
Asian Record	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	1:55.57	Yokohama, Japan	27 August 2002
Games Record	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	1:56.75	Bangkok, Thailand	11 December 1998

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	2:00.02
2	1	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	2:00.36
3	2	Wu Peng (CHN)	2:01.85
4	2	Yoo Jung-nam (KOR)	2:02.00
5	2	Cho Jae-hyun (KOR)	2:02.44
6	1	Jin Hao (CHN)	2:02.51
7	1	Tseng Cheng-hua (TPE)	2:03.83
8	1	Mark Kwok (HKG)	2:06.19
9	2	Charles Szeto (HKG)	2:06.31
10	2	Mohammed Al-Yousef (KSA)	2:08.84
11	1	Ng Cheng Xun (SIN)	2:11.04
12	1	Zulfiqar Ali (PAK)	2:19.67
13	2	Moyssara El-Aarag (QAT)	2:27.11
14	2	Rad Aweisat (PLE)	2:37.24
—	1	Mohammed Al-Hamadi (QAT)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Wu Peng (CHN)	1:56.63	GR
	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	1:57.18
	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	1:57.26
4	Jin Hao (CHN)	1:59.54
5	Yoo Jung-nam (KOR)	2:00.77
6	Cho Jae-hyun (KOR)	2:02.78
7	Tseng Cheng-hua (TPE)	2:03.87
8	Mark Kwok (HKG)	2:03.91

References

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Page 192
• Results