title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
text: # 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.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 10:43 | Heats |
  | Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  