title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 200m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 3, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 10:28 | Heats |
  | Sunday, 3 December 2006 | 18:13 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | 1:44.06 | Fukuoka, Japan | 25 July 2001 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:47.51 | Victoria, Canada | 17 August 2006 |
  | Games Record | Liu Yu (CHN) | 1:49.29 | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:49.75 |
  | 2 | 5 | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 1:50.14 |
  | 3 | 3 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) | 1:50.71 |
  | 4 | 4 | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 1:50.96 |
  | 5 | 3 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR) | 1:51.07 |
  | 6 | 4 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) | 1:51.47 |
  | 7 | 4 | Bryan Tay (SIN) | 1:53.04 |
  | 8 | 5 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:54.37 |
  | 9 | 3 | Virdhawal Khade (IND) | 1:54.44 |
  | 10 | 3 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 1:54.62 |
  | 11 | 4 | Tang Sheng-chieh (TPE) | 1:55.32 |
  | 12 | 4 | Cheung Siu Hang (HKG) | 1:55.57 |
  | 13 | 4 | Timur Irgashev (UZB) | 1:55.73 |
  | 14 | 5 | Mohammad Madwa (KUW) | 1:55.86 |
  | 15 | 4 | Marcus Cheah (SIN) | 1:55.99 |
  | 16 | 3 | Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart (THA) | 1:56.23 |
  | 17 | 1 | Vyacheslav Titarenko (KAZ) | 1:56.39 |
  | 18 | 5 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) | 1:56.66 |
  | 19 | 3 | Mohammad Bidarian (IRI) | 1:56.84 |
  | 20 | 3 | Waleed Al-Qahtani (KUW) | 1:56.99 |
  | 21 | 5 | Chen Te-tung (TPE) | 1:57.96 |
  | 22 | 5 | Soheil Maleka Ashtiani (IRI) | 1:58.17 |
  | 23 | 5 | Chung Kwok Ting (HKG) | 1:58.55 |
  | 24 | 3 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) | 1:58.87 |
  | 25 | 2 | Daniel Lee (SRI) | 2:01.02 |
  | 26 | 2 | Moyssara El-Aarag (QAT) | 2:01.03 |
  | 27 | 2 | Heshan Unamboowe (SRI) | 2:01.60 |
  | 28 | 2 | Jamil Yamout (LIB) | 2:01.89 |
  | 29 | 2 | Rashid Iunusov (KGZ) | 2:02.48 |
  | 30 | 2 | Antonio Tong (MAC) | 2:03.19 |
  | 31 | 4 | Kendrick Uy (PHI) | 2:04.80 |
  | 32 | 2 | Lao Kuan Fong (MAC) | 2:06.72 |
  | 33 | 2 | Ali Adel (IRQ) | 2:10.87 |
  | 34 | 1 | Ali Majeed (IRQ) | 2:17.00 |
  | 35 | 1 | Ali Mohamed Raaidh (MDV) | 2:30.12 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:47.12 | AR |
  | | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 1:47.85 | |
  | | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 1:49.62 | |
  | 4 | Zhang Enjian (CHN) | 1:49.92 | |
  | 5 | Takamitsu Kojima (JPN) | 1:50.37 | |
  | 6 | Lim Nam-gyun (KOR) | 1:51.67 | |
  | 7 | Bryan Tay (SIN) | 1:52.09 | |
  | 8 | Daniel Bego (MAS) | 1:56.25 | |
  