title: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # 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.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 10:23 | Heats |
  | Thursday, 7 December 2006 | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  