title: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tuesday, 1 October 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
  | Tuesday, 1 October 2002 | 19:00 | Finals |
  
  ## 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 | Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN) | 1:49.23 | Tokyo, Japan | 28 August 2001 |
  | Games Record | Shunichi Fujita (JPN) | 1:50.14 | Busan, South Korea | 30 September 2002 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN) | 1:50.48 |
  | 2 | 1 | Koh Yun-ho (KOR) | 1:52.58 |
  | 3 | 3 | Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN) | 1:52.93 |
  | 4 | 2 | Liu Yu (CHN) | 1:53.49 |
  | 5 | 3 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 1:53.51 |
  | 6 | 3 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 1:53.84 |
  | 7 | 2 | Yu Cheng (CHN) | 1:53.88 |
  | 8 | 3 | Han Kyu-chul (KOR) | 1:54.18 |
  | 9 | 3 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 1:54.22 |
  | 10 | 2 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 1:54.32 |
  | 11 | 1 | Mark Chay (SIN) | 1:54.44 |
  | 12 | 1 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) | 1:55.86 |
  | 13 | 2 | Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA) | 1:58.17 |
  | 14 | 2 | Naeem Al-Masri (SYR) | 1:58.33 |
  | 15 | 3 | Fung Hok Him (HKG) | 1:58.78 |
  | 16 | 1 | Wong Tuck Kar (MAS) | 2:02.02 |
  | 17 | 1 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) | 2:08.13 |
  | 18 | 3 | Omar Daaboul (LIB) | 2:09.26 |
  | 19 | 2 | Muhammad Khan (PAK) | 2:09.93 |
  | 20 | 1 | Imran Abdul Rahman (MDV) | 2:33.65 |
  | — | 2 | Maher Al-Motar (KSA) | DNS |
  
  ### Final B
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 1:53.60 |
  | 2 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) | 1:55.85 |
  | 3 | Mark Chay (SIN) | 1:55.93 |
  | 4 | Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA) | 1:56.33 |
  | 5 | Naeem Al-Masri (SYR) | 1:57.87 |
  | 6 | Fung Hok Him (HKG) | 1:58.37 |
  | 7 | Anas Abu Yousuf (QAT) | 2:05.58 |
  | 8 | Omar Daaboul (LIB) | 2:08.87 |
  
  ### Final A
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liu Yu (CHN) | 1:49.29 | GR |
  | | Yoshihiro Okumura (JPN) | 1:49.36 | |
  | | Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN) | 1:50.66 | |
  | 4 | Han Kyu-chul (KOR) | 1:50.97 | |
  | 5 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 1:52.99 | |
  | 6 | Koh Yun-ho (KOR) | 1:53.24 | |
  | 7 | Yu Cheng (CHN) | 1:53.91 | |
  | 8 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 1:54.25 | |
  