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

The men's 200m breaststroke swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 7, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	7 December 2006
Competitors	26 from 18 nations
Medalists
Kosuke Kitajima    Japan   Daisuke Kimura    Japan   Vladislav Polyakov    Kazakhstan
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Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 7 December 2006	10:23	Heats
	18:11	Final

Records

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

World Record	Brendan Hansen (USA)	2:08.50	Victoria, Canada	21 August 2006
Asian Record	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:09.42	Barcelona, Spain	24 July 2003
Games Record	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:09.97	Busan, South Korea	2 October 2002

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	4	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:15.57
2	2	Daisuke Kimura (JPN)	2:16.57
3	2	Shin Su-jong (KOR)	2:16.78
4	4	Wang Wei-wen (TPE)	2:17.81
5	4	Lai Zhongjian (CHN)	2:18.02
6	3	Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ)	2:18.36
7	3	Xie Zhi (CHN)	2:18.44
8	2	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:19.38
9	3	Chiang Hsin-hung (TPE)	2:19.49
10	1	Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ)	2:20.72
11	3	Andrey Morkovin (UZB)	2:21.03
12	4	Vorrawuti Aumpiwan (THA)	2:21.39
13	4	Leonard Tan (SIN)	2:22.48
14	3	Gerard Bordado (PHI)	2:23.96
15	2	Nguyễn Hữu Việt (VIE)	2:25.95
16	4	Abdulrahman Al-Bader (KUW)	2:27.90
17	2	Lim Zhi Cong (SIN)	2:28.89
18	3	You Seung-hun (KOR)	2:29.15
19	3	Osama El-Aarag (QAT)	2:31.19
20	3	Wael Koubrousli (LIB)	2:33.35
21	2	Firas Chihade (SYR)	2:33.41
22	4	Lao Hei Meng (MAC)	2:34.10
23	2	Pavel Kuleshov (KGZ)	2:38.38
24	4	Ma Chan Wai (MAC)	2:46.43
25	1	Hassan Ashraf (MDV)	2:54.69
—	1	Guwanç Ataniýazow (TKM)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	2:12.05
	Daisuke Kimura (JPN)	2:13.17
	Vladislav Polyakov (KAZ)	2:13.60
4	Lai Zhongjian (CHN)	2:14.95
5	Xie Zhi (CHN)	2:15.11
6	Shin Su-jong (KOR)	2:15.90
7	Miguel Molina (PHI)	2:17.89
8	Wang Wei-wen (TPE)	2:17.95

References

• Results