title: Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 21 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sunday, 21 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
  | Sunday, 21 September 2014 | 19:00 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 1:44.47 | Shenyang, China | 6 September 2013 |
  | Games Record | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:44.80 | Guangzhou, China | 14 November 2010 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Sun Yang (CHN) | 1:48.90 |
  | 2 | 2 | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 1:48.99 |
  | 3 | 4 | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 1:50.20 |
  | 4 | 3 | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:50.29 |
  | 5 | 3 | Li Yunqi (CHN) | 1:50.43 |
  | 6 | 3 | Danny Yeo (SIN) | 1:50.91 |
  | 7 | 4 | Hoàng Quý Phước (VIE) | 1:51.00 |
  | 8 | 4 | Huang Yen-hsin (TPE) | 1:51.08 |
  | 9 | 3 | Khurshidjon Tursunov (UZB) | 1:52.03 |
  | 10 | 2 | Wang Yu-lian (TPE) | 1:52.13 |
  | 11 | 3 | Pang Sheng Jun (SIN) | 1:52.42 |
  | 12 | 2 | Welson Sim (MAS) | 1:52.47 |
  | 13 | 3 | Kent Cheung (HKG) | 1:52.72 |
  | 14 | 2 | Aleksey Derlyugov (UZB) | 1:52.80 |
  | 15 | 1 | Jessie Lacuna (PHI) | 1:53.20 |
  | 16 | 4 | Saurabh Sangvekar (IND) | 1:53.33 |
  | 17 | 4 | David Wong (HKG) | 1:54.45 |
  | 18 | 2 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 1:57.39 |
  | 19 | 2 | Issa Al-Adawi (OMA) | 2:02.67 |
  | 20 | 3 | Ahmed Al-Hashem (KSA) | 2:04.62 |
  | 21 | 4 | Ali Boabbas (KUW) | 2:04.80 |
  | 22 | 2 | Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü (MGL) | 2:05.52 |
  | 23 | 3 | Sirish Gurung (NEP) | 2:10.23 |
  | 24 | 1 | Ismail Muthasim Adnan (MDV) | 2:24.10 |
  | 25 | 1 | Mohamed Muthasim Adnan (MDV) | 2:24.17 |
  | — | 4 | Nisar Ahmed (PAK) | DNS |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 1:45.23 |
  | | Sun Yang (CHN) | 1:45.28 |
  | | Li Yunqi (CHN) | 1:49.25 |
  | 4 | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | 1:49.64 |
  | 5 | Danny Yeo (SIN) | 1:49.90 |
  | 6 | Hoàng Quý Phước (VIE) | 1:50.42 |
  | 7 | Huang Yen-hsin (TPE) | 1:51.08 |
  | DQ | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | 1:45.85 |
  
  * Park Tae-hwan of South Korea originally won the bronze medal, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Nebido.
  