title: Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 23 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tuesday, 23 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
  | Tuesday, 23 September 2014 | 19:43 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:07.01 | Gifu, Japan | 15 September 2012 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:07.01 | Gifu, Japan | 15 September 2012 |
  | Games Record | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 2:09.97 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ) | 2:11.11 |
  | 2 | 2 | Kazuki Kohinata (JPN) | 2:11.28 |
  | 3 | 3 | Choi Kyu-woong (KOR) | 2:13.91 |
  | 4 | 3 | Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN) | 2:14.03 |
  | 5 | 3 | Mao Feilian (CHN) | 2:14.50 |
  | 6 | 1 | Li Xiang (CHN) | 2:14.76 |
  | 7 | 2 | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:15.18 |
  | 8 | 1 | Vladislav Mustafin (UZB) | 2:15.19 |
  | 9 | 1 | Ju Jang-hun (KOR) | 2:15.25 |
  | 10 | 1 | Lee Hsuan-yen (TPE) | 2:16.25 |
  | 11 | 2 | Cai Bing-rong (TPE) | 2:16.82 |
  | 12 | 2 | Radomyos Matjiur (THA) | 2:17.12 |
  | 13 | 3 | Ahmad Al-Bader (KUW) | 2:17.23 |
  | 14 | 3 | Chao Man Hou (MAC) | 2:19.20 |
  | 15 | 1 | Dmitriy Shvetsov (UZB) | 2:19.53 |
  | 16 | 1 | Ronald Tsui (HKG) | 2:19.68 |
  | 17 | 3 | Aria Nasimi Shad (IRI) | 2:20.02 |
  | 18 | 3 | Christopher Cheong (SIN) | 2:20.81 |
  | 19 | 2 | Mehdi Ansari (IRI) | 2:23.12 |
  | 20 | 2 | Sutton Choi (HKG) | 2:29.50 |
  | 21 | 1 | Kameil Al-Qallaf (KSA) | 2:42.85 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ) | 2:07.67 | GR |
  | | Kazuki Kohinata (JPN) | 2:09.45 | |
  | | Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN) | 2:09.48 | |
  | 4 | Mao Feilian (CHN) | 2:11.31 | |
  | 5 | Li Xiang (CHN) | 2:12.05 | |
  | 6 | Choi Kyu-woong (KOR) | 2:12.53 | |
  | 7 | Nuttapong Ketin (THA) | 2:14.29 | |
  | 8 | Vladislav Mustafin (UZB) | 2:14.97 | |
  