title: Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
  
  The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 25 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tuesday, 25 September 2014 | 09:00 | Heats |
  | Tuesday, 25 September 2014 | 20:03 | Final |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | 1:51.92 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:52.51 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
  | Games Record | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:55.45 | Guangzhou, China | 15 November 2010 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DSQ — Disqualified
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 1:58.50 |
  | 2 | 2 | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:58.93 |
  | 3 | 2 | Im Tae-jeong (KOR) | 1:59.23 |
  | 4 | 1 | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 2:00.34 |
  | 5 | 1 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 2:02.45 |
  | 6 | 2 | Lin Shih-chieh (TPE) | 2:04.13 |
  | 7 | 1 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 2:05.55 |
  | 8 | 2 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 2:05.99 |
  | 9 | 2 | Trần Duy Khôi (VIE) | 2:06.30 |
  | 10 | 2 | Lau Shiu Yue (HKG) | 2:07.29 |
  | 11 | 1 | Daniil Bukin (UZB) | 2:08.39 |
  | 12 | 1 | Rainer Ng (SIN) | 2:09.10 |
  | 13 | 1 | P. S. Madhu (IND) | 2:10.13 |
  | 14 | 2 | Tsung Chao-lin (TPE) | 2:12.93 |
  | — | 1 | Li Guangyuan (CHN) | DSQ |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 1:53.26 | GR |
  | | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | 1:55.05 | |
  | | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | 1:56.36 | |
  | 4 | Im Tae-jeong (KOR) | 1:58.82 | |
  | 5 | Lin Shih-chieh (TPE) | 2:03.02 | |
  | 6 | Alexandr Tarabrin (KAZ) | 2:04.54 | |
  | 7 | Ricky Anggawijaya (INA) | 2:06.41 | |
  | 8 | Stanislav Ossinskiy (KAZ) | 2:06.67 | |
  